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Meditations on Jesus Christ

March 30, 2024

Holy Days and Feast Days, Meditations
Death, Burial, and Resurrection – Part 2

The Passover – How it was observed in the Old Testament

The first month of the Hebrew year is Nisan (a.k.a. Abib) according to the Old Testament. In modern times, Nisan (Abib) falls in March/April depending on the year. ¹, ²

The Passover occurs on the 14th day of the month of Nisan (Abib) at sunset. The sacrifice for Passover was performed at 3:00 PM. ³, ⁴

The Feast of Unleavened Bread occurs on the 15th day of the month of Nisan (Abib) and lasts for seven days. Biblical instruction prohibits normal work on the first and last day of this feast. ⁵

“Preparation” day, is the day before the High Sabbath or weekly Sabbath. ⁶
1. Exo 12:2 KJV ↩︎
2. Nisan – The Jewish Enclyclodia ↩︎
3. Exo 12: 6-11 KJV, Num 9:1-5, Lev 23:5, Luk 22:1 ↩︎
4. Passover Sacrifice – The Jewish Encyclopedia ↩︎
5. Lev 23:6-8 ↩︎
6. Mat 27:6, Luk 23:54, Jhn 19:31 ↩︎
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Daily Word

March 15, 2024

Daily Word

Find the old path

Jeremiah 6:16-21 KJV

(16) Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
(17) Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
(18) Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them.
(19) Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
(20) To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
(21) Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

Mark 1:15 KJV

(15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

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Psalm 119:49-56 ~ ZAIN

March 9, 2024

Psalms

Psalm 119:49-56 KJV
ז ZAIN

49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Psalm 119:49-56 WLC
(Hebrew text is read from right to left)

זכר־דּבר לעבדּך על אשׁר יחלתּני׃
זאת נחמתי בעניי כּי אמרתך חיּתני׃
זדים הליצני עד־מאד מתּורתך לא נטיתי׃
זכרתּי משׁפּטיך מעולם יהוה ואתנחם׃
זלעפה אחזתני מרשׁעים עזבי תּורתך׃
זמרות היוּ־לי חקּיך בּבית מגוּרי׃
זכרתּי בלּילה שׁמך יהוה ואשׁמרה תּורתך׃
זאת היתה־לּי כּי פקּדיך נצרתּי׃

C. H. Spurgeon :: Psalm 119 Verses 49-56

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Psalm 119:41-48 ~ VAU

March 4, 2024

Psalms

Psalm 119:41-48 KJV

ו VAU.

41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Psalm 119:41-48 WLC
(Hebrew text is read from right to left)

ויבאני חסדך יהוה תּשׁוּעתך כּאמרתך׃
ואענה חרפי דבר כּי־בטחתּי בּדברך׃
ואל־תּצּל מפּי דבר־אמת עד־מאד כּי למשׁפּטך יחלתּי׃
ואשׁמרה תורתך תמיד לעולם ועד׃
ואתהלּכה ברחבה כּי פקּדיך דרשׁתּי׃
ואדבּרה בעדתיך נגד מלכים ולא אבושׁ׃
ואשׁתּעשׁע בּמצותיך אשׁר אהבתּי׃
ואשּׂא־

C. H. Spurgeon :: Psalm 119 Verses 41-48

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Meditations on Jesus Christ

March 4, 2024

Holy Days and Feast Days, Meditations
Death, Burial, and Resurrection – Part 1

Understanding the Feasts of God in the Old Testament

I am not a Biblical scholar or teacher and do not pretend to be one. My understanding of the Feasts of God has come from studying the Scriptures over the past couple of years. I am, in essence, sharing my study notes with you. I pray that you will search this out for yourself – you may come to the same conclusions that I have. In this short series, I will be writing about the first three feasts.

Learning how the Feasts are observed helps one to understand the events and timeline surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
1) Passover – death
2) Feast of Unleavened Bread – burial
3) First Fruits – resurrection

The Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits are observed concurrently. In the first month ¹ (Nisan/Abib), Passover starts on the 14th² , Unleavened Bread on the 15th ³ , and First Fruits is on the first day ⁴ (Sunday) after the weekly Sabbath (Saturday) during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
1. Exo 12:1-2, Num 28:16, Deu 16:1 ↩︎
2. Exo 12:6, Lev 23:5 ↩︎
3. Exo 12:18 , Lev 23:6 ↩︎
4. Lev 23:10-11 ↩︎
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Psalm 119:33-40 ~ HE

February 29, 2024

Psalms

Psalm 119:33-40 KJV
ה HE

33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 119:33-40 WLC
(Hebrew text is read from right to left)

הורני יהוה דּרך חקּיך ואצּרנּה עקב׃
הבינני ואצּרה תורתך ואשׁמרנּה בכל־לב׃
הדריכני בּנתיב מצותיך כּי־בו חפצתּי׃
הט־לבּי אל־עדותיך ואל אל־בּצע׃
העבר עיני מראות שׁוא בּדרכך חיּני׃
הקם לעבדּך אמרתך אשׁר ליראתך׃
העבר חרפּתי אשׁר יגרתּי כּי משׁפּטיך טובים׃
הנּה תּאבתּי לפקּדיך בּצדקתך חיּני׃

C. H. Spurgeon :: Psalm 119 Verses 33-40

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God Is Light

February 25, 2024

Salvation

1 John 1:5-10 KJV

(5) This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
(6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
(7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
(8) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
(9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(10) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Jesus Christ is waiting for you with open arms. Repent and believe the Gospel.

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Psalm 119:25-32 ~ DALETH

February 22, 2024

Psalms

Psalm 119:25-32 KJV
ד DALETH

25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Psalm 119:25-32 WLC
(Hebrew text is read from right to left)

דּרכי ספּרתּי ותּענני למּדני חקּיך׃
דּרך־פּקּוּדיך הבינני ואשׂיחה בּנפלאותיך׃
דּלפה נפשׁי מתּוּגה קיּמני כּדברך׃
דּרך־שׁקר הסר ממּנּי ותורתך חנּני׃
דּרך־אמוּנה בחרתּי משׁפּטיך שׁוּיתי׃
דּבקתּי בעדותיך יהוה אל־תּבישׁני׃
דּרך־

C. H. Spurgeon :: Psalm 119 Verses 25-32

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Psalm 119:17-24 ~ GIMEL

February 16, 2024

Psalms

Psalm 119:17-24 KJV
ג GIMEL

17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

Psalm 119:17-24 WLC
(Hebrew text is read from right to left)

גּמל על־עבדּך אחיה ואשׁמרה דברך׃
גּל־עיני ואבּיטה נפלאות מתּורתך׃
גּר אנכי בארץ אל־תּסתּר ממּנּי מצותיך׃
גּרסה נפשׁי לתאבה אל־משׁפּטיך בכל־עת׃
גּערתּ זדים ארוּרים השּׁגים ממּצותיך׃
גּל מעלי חרפּה ובוּז כּי עדתיך נצרתּי׃
גּם ישׁבוּ שׂרים בּי נדבּרוּ עבדּך ישׂיח בּחקּיך׃
גּם־עדתיך שׁעשׁעי אנשׁי עצתי׃

C. H. Spurgeon :: Psalm 119 Verses 17-24

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Daily Word

February 15, 2024

Daily Word

Joy

John 15:10-11 KJV

(10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
(11) These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.

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