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God's Holy Days

"These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times" (Leviticus 23:4).

Is it possible to know what the future holds? The Creator of mankind has an incredible plan for us, and He reveals it through an annual cycle of festivals described in the Scriptures.

  • by United News
The seven festivals can be remembered with the acronym PUPTATL: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles and Last Great Day.
  • by Larry Walker
A recent cellular phone commercial shows a man hanging upside down. This metaphor of our modern world goes all the way back to the first century, when the apostle Paul showed that the truth could turn things around.
  • by Don Hooser
The celebration of the seven biblical Holy Days is a deeply meaningful and joyous experience. The spiritual climax of the year is the fall, when four of God's festivals portray prophesied end-time events.
  • by Jerold Aust
In the shadow of 9/11, who doesn't look forward to better days? They are coming. God guarantees the world many centuries of better days ahead through the fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles.
  • by Mark Winner
Even at the Feast family members can be pulled in many directions. Enjoy the blessing of having physical family at the Feast by making time to spend time together.
  • by Gary Petty
South African photojournalist Kevin Carter snapped a picture of a small, starving Sudanese girl crawling towards a food shelter. A vulture, poised a few feet away, was awaiting the inevitable. Few who saw the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo weren't haunted by the scene. With so much bad news, what a blessing to know the good news of the resurrections revealed through the Holy Days!
  • by John Ross Schroeder
How well do we understand the meaning behind Christ's sufferings? Do we appreciate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ?
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  • by Robert H Berendt
Spiritual growth is serious business. Our Christian calling requires striving for perfection.
  • by Anthony Wasilkoff
For many people, the pain of paying for a vacation afterward can overshadow the joy. But God has a better way!
  • by Cecil Maranville
Public figures speak warmly of all religions, attempting to foster unity and to ratchet down the hostility in the many current religious-based confrontations. But let's ask the tough question: Has religion done for mankind what it purports to do? Is the world community more peaceful? Are the individual citizens of the world more moral for the presence of religion? What can we anticipate the...
  • by Kevin Epps
Some additional technical research can help explain why John used the term "the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles" for this universal Feast.
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  • by Larry Walker
Why is the world awash in suffering? How did the world come to be in such sad shape? Most important, what will bring the end to human misery?
  • by Bruce Gore
Whether our Feast destination is a hundred miles away or 10,000, each of us represents God and a part of His end-time work to those we come in contact with.
  • by Donald Ward, Steven Wood
Are we giving proper attention to physical details in preparing for God's Sabbaths?
  • by Mike Bennett
Sincere people worship God in so many different ways. Does a loving God look at all these paths as equal? If not, what does He have in mind?

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