Tag Archives: Old Testament Feasts

The Feast of Tabernacles and the Eternal Dwelling Place

Posted on October 10, 2022 by John Valade

This time I want to discuss how some scriptures are sometimes either appropriately or inappropriately “mapped” to others in the Bible. For instance, there is what seems to be a common understanding among some Messianic Christian groups and offshoots of … Continue reading →

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The Day of Atonement and “Goat for the Lord”

Posted on October 8, 2022 by John Valade

On Tuesday night Oct. 4, 2022 our little fellowship gathered to commemorate an Old Testament festival. The Israelite holy day we call the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) presents a fascinating imagery of community purification of sin. It may seem … Continue reading →

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The Eighth Day

Posted on March 6, 2019 by John Valade

For many years the former Worldwide Church of God associated Jesus’ statements of “the last day, that great day of the feast” with the sacred assembly held on the day after the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Many … Continue reading →

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Revelation and Response In Torah-based Festivals – Part 2

Posted on December 14, 2014 by John Valade

[I finished the last post with two important questions my Theology of Christian Worship paper was intending to answer.The first is “what overarching revelatory themes should a liturgy convey?”  And the second is “what constitutes properly reverent obedience?”  The final … Continue reading →

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Revelation and Response In Torah-based Festivals – Part 1

Posted on December 6, 2014 by John Valade

Last time I ranted about what I perceive to be a trend toward mysticism in Evangelicalism that was promulgated in the classrooms of seminaries I attended. One might well wonder what views of my own I was formulating about worship … Continue reading →

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