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Songs of Ascent

Posted in Passover, Psalms, tagged , , , on April 14, 2024|

Read Psalm 118:26. The Songs of Ascent, which were sung during the Ascent up to Jerusalem for the feasts which occurred 3 times per year, consist of Psalms 113 to 118, which were definitely sung during Passover season as the pilgrims came up over the Mount of Olives and back down toward the city of Jerusalem. Once they crested the top of the Mount of Olives, they would have seen the splendor of the Temple before them. The songs would have been on everyone’s mind. “Hosanna!” means “O Save!”

  1. What does Deuteronomy 16:16 say about the requirement of the people to come to the temple in Jerusalem?
  2. Copy the following portions of Hallel Psalms to give you an idea of what the people would have been singing and thinking about as they entered Jerusalem at this time of year.
    Psalm 113:2
    Psalm 113:4-6
    Psalm 115:9
    Psalm 116:1-2
    Psalm 116:12-14
    Psalm 117
    Psalm 118:19-21
Flowers in Jerusalem

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Numbers chapters 8 and 9

Posted in Bible Study, tagged , , , on September 28, 2023|

Read Numbers 8

  1. What does the LORD require be done with the Levites in this chapter?
  2. What do you learn about the Levites from Numbers 8:17-19? First born of Israel?  God?
  3. From what age to what age are the Levites to serve?

Read Numbers 9

  1. Review Exodus 12 and Numbers 9 regarding the specifications God gave for Passover.
  2. Record any new information about the Passover that you learn from verses 1-14?
  3. How did God use the cloud and the fire to lead and direct the children of Israel?
En Gedi – Synagogue

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Chag Pesach Sameach!

Posted in Passover, tagged , , , on March 29, 2023|

Passover will begin this year on April 5 at sundown. It is always good to review the passages that discuss this very important holiday. Passover and the attendant week-long feast of unleavened bread were one of three times Israelites were called to make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem each year. Passover and the feast of Unleavened bread are a feast to remember God’s deliverance of Israel out of slavery in Egypt.

Read Exodus 12
1. In Chapter 12, God establishes a new calendar. What instructions does Moses give about what is to be done on the 10th day of the month?

2. What requirements are stated for the lamb?

3. What is to be done at twilight on the 14th day? What is to be done with the blood?

4. What specific instructions are given about the cooking and eating of the meat?

5. Copy Exodus 12:23.

6. What do you learn about the Feast of Unleavened Bread from this chapter?

7. What is Pharaoh’s response to this plague in Exodus 12:29-32? Egyptians?

8. How many Israelites left Egypt? What was their first stop when they left Egypt?

9. What additional information do you learn about the Passover from Exodus 12:42-49?

10. What do you learn from the following verses?
□ 1 Corinthians 5:7

□ 1 Peter 1:19

□ Revelation 5:6

Note: The feasts of Passover and Unleavened Bread commemorate God’s deliverance of Israel out of Egypt. In addition to looking back, all of the Jewish feasts, of which Passover and Unleavened Bread are just two, look ahead to Jesus, the Messiah (the Promised and Expected One).

As we move through the books of the Law, we have already seen and will continue to see signs, pictures and foretellings of the coming Messiah, the one who will deliver the people of God, both Jew and Gentile, from the bondage of sin.

Israel

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Setting the scene for Passion Week

Posted in Resurrection Sunday, tagged , , on March 25, 2021|

You have arrived to the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Holy City, Jerusalem, after a long journey from your home in Capernaum or maybe Migdol or even from as far away as Cyrene, in Northern Africa. You are mesmerized by the mid-day sun reflecting off of the top of the Sanctuary. You wonder if the gleaming white you see could possibly be snow on the Temple, but you know it cannot be. Your heart swells with the knowledge that HaShem, blessed be He, is near. 

You feel the tug of your lamb on the rope you’re holding. Will it be acceptable? It is without blemish as the law requires, but you have heard of even the most perfect lamb not being accepted by the Temple Priests and Levites. Like the day before you brought home your bride from her father’s house to consummate your marriage, you feel worry creeping into your belly. Your budget is small–you can’t afford another lamb.

Before you know it, you are being pulled forward with the crowd down the side of the Mount of Olives. Olive trees are swaying in the light wind. You begin to sing along with the other pilgrims  making their way in a serpentine formation down the steep path into the Valley Kidron and then back up again to the Sanctuary. “Hoshiana! Hoshiana! The worry slowly dissolves into joy. Adonai has delivered you once again. You will remember Him at the appointed time. You will never forget the love of your God–your Redeemer.

Olives Trees (Mt of Olives, Jerusalem)

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