Posts Tagged ‘jerusalem’
JEREMIAH 29:11 – Past, Present, Future
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017
“For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11
This famous and inspiring Bible verse is now the text of many tattoos on men and women all over the world. Apart from John 3:16 (“For God so loved the world….”) and Matthew 7:1 ( “Judge not less ye be judged“) – this one gives hope to a lot of people to the point of being placed on ink on chests, arms etc. along with bumper stickers, T shirts and plaques, paintings and posters. Why should it not be? Here is the God of Heaven, our Creator and Maker, who says in His Word that He is such a personal loving God that He has the right paths to a life well lived.
HOLY WEEK – THURSDAY: “TWO TRANSFORMATIVE EVENTS”
Friday, April 14th, 2017
On the day which some call “Maundy Thursday”, a series of significant events occurred which brought a new paradigm and way of thinking to those who aspire to be both leaders and servants of the Lord. It was Passover, just as it is now, in 2017 around Good Friday. On the biblical calendar (which is different from the Julian calendar we used in today’s world – the one created by Julius Caesar), Passover is always on 14 Nisan 5777 (not the automaker Nissan, but Nisan – which was April 10th 2017 this year). Jesus had sent Peter and the disciples ahead to prepare the Upper Room for the Passover Seder.