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Tagged: Feast of Weeks

Wear Red: The Color of Pentecost
Posted on Saturday, May 26th, 2012 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: Feast of the Harvest, Feast of Weeks, Feasts of Israel, Pentecost

A typical Western image of the Pentecost. Duccio di Buoninsegna (1308) Tempera on wood (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Fifty days after Easter comes the feast of Pentecost . For the Hebrews, this is the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of the Harvest. Although Israelites planted both wheat and barley at the same time, barley matured more quickly, and the Israelites reaped …[ read more ]

How Hungry for Righteousness Are You?

Carol McClain Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matt. 5:6 In my twenties, every church ever created came knocking at my door. The ubiquitous Jehovah's Witnesses told me their path was the only one that would let me find God. I think only if I knocked on doors and told others the truth. For sure, I'd meet my maker on that one--me, hounding strangers? That would be a stroke waiting to happen. My husband liked the Satanic Temple, which disguised Satan as a spirit who fought oppression. Hari Krishnas were up there with… ...[ full story ]

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