Roman Catholics practice eating fish on Friday as a form of penance, commemorating Christ's supposed death on 'Good' Friday. The practice continues unabated as it began in the 13th century, though other acts of penance may take its place …
Each year in the spring, when we observe the Passover, we partake of the wine, which symbolizes the shed blood of Jesus Christ. When He instituted this new Passover symbol, He explained it by saying, "This is My blood of the new …
Now, let's see. During this "holy week" we have Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and finally, Easter Sunday. And let us not forget today's observation of Good Friday! Many people would say "Good Friday" is an oxymoron, and …
(3) Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.
In James 1:22, the apostle admonishes us to be obedient doers, not just hearers, of the Word. One implication of James' comment is clear: When it comes to prophecy, we are to obey the commands so often embedded in the prophetic word. …
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A foundational principle that enables us to be children of God is the idea of type and antitype. If we have been in the church for any time, we have been exposed to this concept. Biblical type-and-antitype concerns the revelation of a truth or a prophecy and its later or spiritual fulfillment. Within Scripture, an antitype in the New Testament is most often foreshadowed or predicted in type or as a pattern in the Old Testament. The Passover lamb is a type of its later fulfillment in the life and death of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Ancient Israel is a type of the spiritual nation of Israel, …
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