Saturday, March 5, 2016

Know The Gospel

Gospel means good news. Most of us were raised hearing only that the gospel was the story of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. That is true. But the good news of that story is that He was the Passover Lamb. The good news has always been that God is on our side, and that He will save us in every way. The good news first appeared in the what we call the Old Testament.

Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

When we keep the feasts, the enemy is destroyed. This is what the story of the Exodus was all about.

Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

So this is our promise of rest. If we keep the Sabbaths of Yahuah (Lord), the enemy will be destroyed by God. This is the rest we seek.

Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us. Deliver us from the one that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been stolen. We ask these things for Your power and glory, Yahuah. We ask them in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.