By CGI New York | March 9, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
The prefiguring of the plan of salvation began when God sent ten plagues on Egypt to force the authorities into letting the people of Israel go. The last and tenth plague was death of every firstborn in Egypt. Not one Israelite was harmed the night the tenth plague struck. God gave specific instructions to the […]
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By CGI New York | March 9, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
The Days of Unleavened Bread When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, His intent was to make them a model nation. He wanted them to be a light to the world, so He gave them specific statutes and judgments, and warned Israel to follow His instructions. God’s instructions to Israel included a series of […]
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By CGI New York | March 9, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
Jesus Christ paid this death penalty for us. God our Father loved the whole world so much He was willing to allow the life of His own son to be sacrificed to pay the debt that no one was capable of paying and still live (John 3:16). God’s Holy character is so consistent there could […]
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By CGI New York | March 7, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
Unquestionably, Jesus Christ was a Jewish Passover observing individual. He never kept an Easter in His life! How then, did the day He both observed and instituted for the sacrificial emblems of His body and blood change from Passover to Easter? Who did it and how was it done? Church history is a fascinating story. […]
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By CGI New York | March 7, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
There was only one original Passover. There will never be another like it. The Old Testament Passover typified the need for a Savior.This original Passover immediately preceded the Exodus of Moses and the children of Israel out of Egypt, the land of sin (Hebrews 11:23-29).God commenced His work of freeing Israel by pouring out His […]
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By CGI New York | May 19, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Like all the other Holy Days, Pentecost is full of rich meaning and symbolism in God’s plan for humanity. In this brief article we will scratch the surface of the themes and meaning within this festival. We will begin by addressing the various names for the day. Then we will look at some controversy about […]
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By CGI New York | April 2, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
In every country, we find that people devotedly celebrate their national holidays. These special days are reminders of important events in a country and/or culture’s history. They provide permanence between a nation’s past and present. Most often, citizens can understand and explain at least some of the significance of these national celebrations. Yet, in contradiction, […]
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By CGI New York | July 7, 2016 | Category Holy Days, KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Bearing Godly Fruit by Brian Bettes Having just celebrated the Day of Pentecost, there are a number of things I have been thinking about with regard to what God’s Holy Spirit does through us. One of the things Scripture tells us to do is bear fruit—in this case, spiritual fruit. John 15:1-8 is very […]
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By CGI New York | December 12, 2015 | Category Holy Days, The Sabbath
The temporal references in the Book of Acts and Paul’s epistles demonstrate that the early New Testament church kept time according to the traditional Jewish calendar. References to the seventh-day Sabbath and some of the festivals of the Lord are scattered throughout the aforementioned documents. Noticeably absent from the New Testament are any mention of […]
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By CGI New York | December 8, 2015 | Category Holy Days, The Sabbath
Letter to Polycrates Controversy was brewing again, not a bit unusual in the Second Century, since the departure of the highly respected and last living apostle ‘Saint’ John. It was near the close of the Second Century in Ephesus, Asia Minor, an area where great men of God such as the apostles Paul and John, […]
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