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Excellent! Whether you are a Jesus scholar or a Christian, this book is for you. And if you’re both, this book can’t be missed. You’ll learn about:

Passover
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
The Feast of Firstfruits
Shavuot – The Feast of Weeks
Rosh Hashanah – The Feast of Trumpets
Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement
Sukkot – The Feast of Tabernacles
Hanukkah – The Feast of Dedication
Purim – the Feast of Lots

Also is a great discussion of the Jubilee year. Inspirational and informative, show more complete with pictures, photos and charts, Howard and Rosenthal first explain the Jewish calendar and discuss the flavor and atmosphere of the Spring and Fall seasons. Then they go through each of the feasts in more detail, presenting their Biblical observance, modern-day observance among Jews, and most fascinating of all, their fulfillment by Jesus. Preterists and historical-critical scholars will easily relate the fulfillment of each feast to the first century, while believers in a futuristic return of Christ will be just as satisfied. (Howard and Rosenthal subscribe to the traditional futuristic interpretation.)

I can’t overemphasize how much more meaning you’ll find when you read Paul and the Gospels if you start with a basic understanding of the Jewish Feasts. The New Testament just reads so much more rich and inspirational from a Jewish perspective! Particularly the Johannine literature, John’s Gospel and Revelation, in which an underlying theme is the fulfillment of the Jewish Feasts. Both these Biblical books recognize the destruction of the Temple as the end of an age, presenting Jesus as the replacement for all the Jewish rituals. show less

In the secular, atheistic mind, biblical sacrifices are barbaric and appalling. In his continuing series. Kevin Howard explains the purposes, requirements, and procedures of the sacrifices, which were divinely instituted for mankind's benefit. They were not intended to be comfortable and pleasant. Sin is indescribably offensive to God, for which he provided the perfect, once-for-all Sacrifice, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God

Throughout history God's House was a spiritual litmus test for the nation. In times of disregard and desecration of the Temple, it revealed Judah's abandonment of the Lord. In times of honor and genune worship, it reflected the nations affection for the Lord. The First Temple spanned a total of 374 years from its construction by Solomon in 960 BC until its destruction by the Babylonians in August, 586 BC. This article traces the chronological history of the First Temple through the reigns of show more Judah's first fifteen years. show less

In this article, Kevin deals with the initial history of the Second Temple. He traces the Second Temple from its anticipation in the Babylonian Captivity until its construction by the returning exiles to Zion in the Persian period. The history of the Second Temple begins on the day the Babylonians burned the First Temple. Once the fall of Babylon occurred and Persian Rule established, Cyrus the Great decreed that God had charged him to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. Cyrus decree was so show more significant it is quoted four time in Scripture. Although opposition caused the work to stop, it was completed just as God's Word said it should be. show less