He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

   When you read this, we will be moving on from Passover and Unleavened Bread Feasts toward the remembrance of Shavuot and “Counting the Omer” as we are instructed to do while commemorating the wait until the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples.  (It is called Pentecost by many today, simply the Greek word for “fifty.”) 

   HalleluYah!   No power on earth or in the ranks of the powers, principalities, thrones or dominions of wickedness could stop our Father’s plan to redeem us from the power of sin!  Because of Yeshua’s obedience, we are restored to relationship with our Father!  It was established before the foundation of the earth was laid and what He says He will do, HE WILL DO!

   “When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.”
(Colossians 2:15  NASB).

   Many believers are not familiar with this process today and are often confused as to how Messiah’s death and resurrection are connected with Pentecost/Shavuot.  I see it as our Abba’s awareness that we finite human beings need patterns and reminders of His plan for how we are to walk, to help us prepare for that Day, when Messiah returns to gather His elect.  Remember, too, that our God uses metaphorical meanings of numbers in His Word.  The ...