Counting the Omer to the Resurrection

Can you imagine the harvest season of Judea in AD 30? The events of the days prior to the normally joyous Feast of Bikkurim had been unbearably difficult as the followers of Yeshua went through a time of overwhelming confusion, sorrow, and then great fear. Their teacher and friend, whom...

A Leader Should be Like a Servant Luke 22:27

We are about to celebrate Passover in a few weeks. This year at our Fellowship we will be observing a triclinium vignette called “The Last Supper”.  Leonardo da Vinci’s painting entitled by the same name has captivated the hearts and minds of many over the centuries with his Renaissance era...

Grace and Law The Balance of Dynamic Tension Romans 8:4

It is common for most westerners to approach the Bible from their own personal perspective of culture and language. We often forget that the Bible was written by ancient Hebrew thinkers, not in English but rather in their tongues of Hebrew and Aramaic for the First Testament and Greek for...

The Inscription of God 2 Tim 2:19

Sealed by God   Five verses in the Bible refer to a “seal of God” or an object or person sealed by God (John 6:27; 2 Timothy 2:19; Revelation 6:9; 7:2; and 9:4). The word sealed in the New Testament comes from a Greek word that means “to stamp with a private mark” in the interest...

The End is Where He Begins

Growing up in a formal Liturgical Church, I’m familiar with several of the doxologies that were sung or recited at the end of each service. For some reason, this one always stays in my mind, “As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. World without end....

Proclaim His Name

We are on the brink of a new season, a new harvest, and later this year possibly a new president. All of this change represents change and newness of life—so aptly described in God’s Word. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are...

The End is Near. Are you Ready?

This book should change you--- Prepare you to be different. You NEED to be different.  Ready to face what will be different from “status quo” for your life. Prepare for a God change or holy shift in your thinking and spiritual preparedness.     SENSATIONALISM: Rapture (This teaching is not...

Hebrew Words: The Four Levels of Meaning

“For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language”. Zech. 3:9   by Dr. Victoria Sarvadi © 2017   Hebrew is a fascinating language. Unlike Latin and Germanic languages, all the letters of the Hebrew language have a meaning.   For example: Aleph means “head”, Bet means “house”...