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.

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Treasure Digest: PUPTATL?

The seven festivals can be remembered with the acronym PUPTATL: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles and Last Great Day.
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Treasure Digest: What Is Leavening?

During the Days of Unleavened Bread we are to have no leaven or leavened products in our home (Exodus 12:15; 13:7).
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The Scarlet Cord: Echoes of Passover

What can Christians learn from the faith of Rahab as we prepare for the Passover?
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Don't Stand on Your Head!

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.
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Preparing for the Feast? Don't Forget Your SOCKS!

The Feast of Tabernacles is the pinnacle celebration of God's Holy Day season for most of us.
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Giving an Answer: Student Asked to Explain Holy Days to Class

I was a little nervous about attending a Church of Christ university, considering the vast differences in our religious beliefs.
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The Inspiring Fall Holy Days

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.
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The Feast of Tabernacles Forecasts Better Days Ahead

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.
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The Feast of Tabernacles: A Time for Family

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.
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From GN Radio: The Good News and the Bad News

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...
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Living a Great Miracle - Being Led by God's Spirit

By understanding what the Holy Spirit is, we can understand how can miraculously work in our life and produce pleasant fruit that benefits others.
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Are We Missing the Message of God?

How well do we understand the meaning behind Christ's sufferings? Do we appreciate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ?
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Less Than Perfect

Spiritual growth is serious business. Our Christian calling requires striving for perfection.
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The Passover Season: the Death and Life of Jesus Christ

Christian churches nominally accept the death of Jesus Christ, but most seem unaware of the true meaning of His resurrected life. God expects His people to understand both.
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The Better Travel Plan

For many people, the pain of paying for a vacation afterward can overshadow the joy. But God has a better way!
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Asking the Tough Question: Has Religion Failed?

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...
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John's Gospel and the Feast

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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Coming: An End to Suffering

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?
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Don't Be An Ugly American

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.
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Many Paths to God?

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?