PowerPoint for Messianic Liturgy
To assist in maintaining an order of worship (1 Corinthians 14:40) The Messianic Light is pleased to make available a PowerPoint presentation that can be used in Messianic services.
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Sabbath for Believers in Yeshua
How does someone keep the Sabbath? We are instructed to “remember the Sabbath day” (Exodus 12:8) and to “observe the Sabbath day” (Deuteronomy 5:12). So how do we keep this commandment? What should we do?
Continue reading →Sabbath in the Bible
Here is every reference in both the Old and New Testaments where the Hebrew and Greek words for “Sabbath” occur, no matter how they are translated. I wanted to see the context in which they were used, see where they are used the most, and observe where they are not mentioned at all.
Continue reading →A New Cart
It was an exciting day – the worship team had prepared, the praise band was playing their instruments with all their energy, and the whole congregation was lifting their voices and hands in sincere heart-felt worship. Then someone died.
Continue reading →You Shall Not Kindle A Fire
At the beginning of Exodus 35 we are reminded again that we are to observe the Sabbath day. This time the instruction includes a very specific admonition: You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the … Continue reading →
Sabbath – Saturday or Sunday or Not At All?
When is the Sabbath day? Does it really matter? For many, the issue of the Sabbath is one of the first things they encounter when they begin to discover the Hebrew roots of their faith.
Continue reading →A Simple Messianic Sabbath Liturgy
When we gather together on the Sabbath with our families or in our home fellowship groups, we usually don’t have a Hebrew-speaking cantor or the other benefits of a larger congregation reciting a Sabbath liturgy. You likely won’t have a … Continue reading →
Sabbath – First of the Feasts?
The feasts are joyous times that we look forward with great anticipating to celebrating at their appointed time. This most certainly describes the weekly Sabbath. But should the Sabbath be thought of as the “First of the Feasts?”
Continue reading →Two Messianic Siddurs (Siddurim)
A Siddur is a Hebrew book of blessings and prayers in a set order. The word comes from a root meaning “order,” the same place we get the word seder that describes the Passover celebration. The plural form in Hebrew is siddurim.
Continue reading →Why Do You Keep The Sabbath?
If you are a Sabbath keeper, I have a question for you. Why do you keep the Sabbath? There are probably multiple reasons, and some of them are easy answers. Here are a few of the most obvious.
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