by Joan Masterson We are about to enter the season of the fall Feasts. In Hebrew the word for feast is Moed. It means Appointed Time. God has appointed times on His calendar to meet with us. Special times set apart for His purposes on the earth. The Hebrew word Mikrah is also used for Feast. It means a holy convocation, a sacred [...]
In this journey to understand my Hebraic Roots, I have decided I want to see what the Word says about each feast and separate that from the rabbinical explanation and the traditional expression of worship for it. Not all tradition is bad. Having practical ways of bringing to remembrance the goodness and mercy of God can be educational and Spirit led. When you [...]
By Charles Medina There is a great mystery to be learned from the blowing of the Shofar. Being a blower myself, the Ruach led me to learn all I could about this wonderful instrument. Part of this mystery can be found in the Shofar blessing: “Baruch atah Adonai elohenu melech Ha’olam asher kishadanu lishmoa Kol Shofar”. The “Kol” can mean “sound” or “voice”. [...]
by Joan Masterson Each year as the Appointed Times of God approach I go through the scriptures to see what God may highlight to me. On our website www.oimm.org you will find two previous articles I have written. “Reflections on Yom Teruah” and “Day of the Awakening Blast”. Each one highlights different aspects of the first of the Fall Feasts known biblically as [...]
by Valerie van den Bergh And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham,” and he replied, “Here I am.” And He said, “Please take your son, your only one, whom you love – Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah; bring him up there as an offering upon one of the mountains which I [...]
