He Will Make Atonement for His Land, His People Deuteronomy 32:43 Don K. Preston “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.” This intriguing prophecy from Deuteronomy is mostly overlooked in discussions of eschatology. Yet, I…
AD 70 WAS A TYPE OF THE END OF THE WORLD . . . OR WAS IT? Don K. Preston © 2008 The biblical testimony that Christ’s parousia, the end of the age, and the resurrection were truly near in the first century is virtually overwhelming when one looks candidly at the passages. As covenant eschatology continues to spread,…
We are studying the Feasts of the Lord found in Leviticus 23. The study of the feasts is a study in typology. Typology is the interpretation of Old Testament events, persons, and ceremonies as signs, which prefigured Christ’s fulfillment in the New Covenant with the church. For time sake, I’m not going to do any review this morning, but we’re…
We are studying the "Feasts of the Lord" found in Leviticus 23. The study of the feasts is a study in typology. These Feasts of the Lord were given to us by God, so His people could understand the coming of Christ and the role that Christ would play in redeeming man back to God following the fall of man…
We are studying the "Feasts of the Lord" found in Leviticus 23. The study of the feasts is a study in typology. Typological hermeneutics involves explicating signs in the Old Testament as foreshadowing events and people in the New. These seven feasts represent and typify the sequence, timing, and significance of the major events of the Lord’s redemptive history. They…
We are studying the Feasts of the Lord. There are seven of them and they are listed in chronological sequence in Leviticus 23. Leviticus 23:4 (NKJV) ‘These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. The word "feasts" means: "appointed times." The word "holy convocation" means: "rehearsal." In other words, the feasts…
As Americans, when we think of holidays, we think of a time away from work when we can do what we enjoy. We observe quite a few holidays; we celebrate everything from Christmas to St. Patrick’s Day. But Old Covenant Israel’s holidays were prescribed by God. There were seven of them. These seven holidays are discussed throughout the Bible, in…
The single most significant event in the history of the human race took place on the first Sunday after Passover in about the year A.D. 30. It’s the day that Jesus rose from the dead. Biblically it is not called Easter but "The Feast of First Fruits." Last year at this time we studied the Feast of First Fruits, so…