Read: Luke 1:5–7 “So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age.” Luke 1:35b–36a Perhaps the most ignored aspect of the Christmas story is the birth of John
Read more →Read: Luke 1:1–4 Since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus. Luke 1:3 For the sake of this devotional, allow me a little (or a lot of) liberty: pretend that I wrote
Read more →For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Christmas, or Christ’s Mass, is the festival celebrating Christ’s birthday. It
Read more →Let me conclude by reiterating something from the introduction. I am a Gentile and not a Messianic Jew. What I have learned about the Jewish aspects of the Messiah has been through research. I’ve tried to paint the best Biblical picture I can with the knowledge I
Read more →From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. John 6:66 To say that many of the Jews in Jesus’ day were not receptive to Him would be an understatement. Even though Jesus “had performed so many signs in their presence, they
Read more →In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. Hebrew
Read more →Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. Matthew 9:35 There are no references to synagogues in the Old Testament, but there are many in the Gospels and the book
Read more →For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. Romans 1:16 I hope we can agree that all of the Old Testament and the New Testament
Read more →When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Matthew 27:35–37 When the Magi, or Wise Men, as
Read more →On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” Mark 14:12 As Christians, we remember Jesus’ death
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