This past week was my late wife’s birthday. She would have turned 36 years old. As I stood by her grave, I marveled that it’s ...
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you’” (Luke 22:19-20). Here we have Jesus instituting the Eucharist and ...
At every Passover, the Jews recalled and renewed their covenant with God by sacrificing a lamb. This sacrificial lamb once spared the firstborn of the Jews from the exterminating angel who came to ...
Covenant Church will host “Walk through Bethlehem.” “Currently, we are building the city of Bethlehem on our front lawn and ...
Key fact Jews believe that God and Abraham entered into a covenant in which God promised many descendants, a blessed nation and a Promised Land. [Circumcision] shall be the mark of the covenant ...
The word covenant means agreement, such as a contract between two people. Many Jews see their relationship with God as a covenant, or an agreement. The belief is that God asks them to do certain ...
It displeases God greatly when we fail to keep the covenant. That is why He punishes His children for disobedience. In addition, God can test our commitment to him.