So, yesterday was 9/11, and I, in my carelessness, failed to even mention it on my blog. Forgive me. Today, the D&C tells me that Rosh Hashana starts tonight...
Rosh Hashana (according to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) has the main themes of: repentance, preparation for the Day of Atonement (10 days later), and prayer for a fruitful year. It is the beginning of the Jewish New Year.
September 11th, 2001 was a wake-up call for America. I believed that people in this country ignored the goofy idea of moral relativism for a little while. Americans ignored the foolish idea of atheism when they all began to pray. It was a wakeup call that for a time softened some of the hardest hearts - I'm afraid we missed a great opportunity for revival in America... (Though to be honest, as a personal testimony, that is right about the time where I committed to being a more serious student of the Bible and a more real disciple of Jesus.) As we look through the book of Judges, only when the people found themselves in a catastrophic situation did they cry out to God, and God was faithful to send a deliverer.
Tying this in to Rosh Hashana which is tomorrow, this should be a time of repentance for us Christians in America. The Day of Atonement, the day of judgment is coming, and I believe that it is soon. But even though it appears to some of us that God is slacking concerning the promise of His return... He is not slack concerning it. His longsuffering is just to lead more to repentance.
Right now I am reading this book written by an ancient Jewish author. His name is Ezekiel - not sure on his last name. Throughout this book, you find God pronouncing judgment on a people, and then He gives the reason: That they may know that the LORD God is God.
Just a thought...
by Andy Hinds
Rosh Hashana (according to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) has the main themes of: repentance, preparation for the Day of Atonement (10 days later), and prayer for a fruitful year. It is the beginning of the Jewish New Year.
September 11th, 2001 was a wake-up call for America. I believed that people in this country ignored the goofy idea of moral relativism for a little while. Americans ignored the foolish idea of atheism when they all began to pray. It was a wakeup call that for a time softened some of the hardest hearts - I'm afraid we missed a great opportunity for revival in America... (Though to be honest, as a personal testimony, that is right about the time where I committed to being a more serious student of the Bible and a more real disciple of Jesus.) As we look through the book of Judges, only when the people found themselves in a catastrophic situation did they cry out to God, and God was faithful to send a deliverer.
Tying this in to Rosh Hashana which is tomorrow, this should be a time of repentance for us Christians in America. The Day of Atonement, the day of judgment is coming, and I believe that it is soon. But even though it appears to some of us that God is slacking concerning the promise of His return... He is not slack concerning it. His longsuffering is just to lead more to repentance.
Right now I am reading this book written by an ancient Jewish author. His name is Ezekiel - not sure on his last name. Throughout this book, you find God pronouncing judgment on a people, and then He gives the reason: That they may know that the LORD God is God.
Just a thought...
by Andy Hinds
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I went to Alpha & Omega bookstore looking for that book written by the Jewish guy, but they did not have it. The good news is - they did have the Purpose Driven Life leather prayer journal, and the Purpose Driven Life keychain, and the Purpose Driven Life candy, and the Purpose Driven Life cell phone cover...
Wait, Isn't Ezekiel that new Christian death metal band? Move over fanny crosby...
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