Building on the Foundation

  As summer turns into fall, the season of God’s fall Holy Days is upon us once more. The seventh month of God’s calendar is beginning. On the first day of the seventh month, as God tells us in Leviticus 23 and Numbers 29, is the Day of Trumpets. On the 10th day is the Day of Atonement. On the 15th day begins the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles, and on the 22nd day is the Eighth Day or “Last Great Day.” This year, these Biblical dates line up with October 3, 12, 17, and 24 on the Gregorian calendar. The Feast of Tabernacles, or the Feast of Ingathering as it’s sometimes also called (Ex. 23:16; 34:22), is an event that many of us eagerly anticipate for months in advance, a highlight of each year. And well it should be! God commanded us to rejoice at the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Deut. 16:14). It’s also important, though, to be sure that we celebrate God’s feasts in the proper manner, the manner He prescribed in His Word. So let’s take a few moments to review God’s instruction...

  Intro Fascinating studies come in all shapes and sizes, but this one has really been interesting and quite pretzel shaped. In the Churches of God we teach that the law of God still needs to be kept, but then we are accused of cherry picking which laws we keep or do not keep. The clean and unclean laws come up specifically, and I got to thinking about it. Why don't we keep those laws?   All the physical actions and laws are there to teach us something about the spiritual realm and our walk with God. None of us keep the law perfectly and there are always new things to learn, so what's the harm in discovering that we should be keeping these things?  At the very least, I want to know what they picture, why they were given, and what relevance they have in our lives today. They could certainly prove to be inconvenient to keep, but inconvenience is hardly an excuse to not do something God has told us to do. This study delves into the Holy Spirit necessarily because that, ...