Reason For Hope

For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the  Lord  had filled them with joy by changing the attitu...

“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” Luke 19:40             The religious leaders wanted to muzzle th...

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever ...

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all g...

And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.  The whole Judean country...

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of ...

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given ...

Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s peo...

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the san...

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you....

The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at ...

The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully. Hezekiah ki...

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord , the altar of burnt offering with all it...

            The nation of Judah faced three armies about to attack them.  Let’s follow what the king, Jehoshaphat, did in this crises to u...

These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside...

            The prophet Malachi addressed some issues with the people in Israel when it came to tithing.  The word "tithe" means...

I will stand at my watch      and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me,      and what answer I am...

With what shall I come before the Lord      and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,      wit...

“I hate, I despise your religious festivals;      your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and gra...

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,      and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6 But go and learn what this m...