December 20, 2024 • Wayne & Stephanie Anderson • Luke 2:1–20
The Christmas Story❣️
The shepherds watch their flocks by night
The eve of Rosh Chodesh, the first new moon of the biblical new year
The hosts of heaven invited the shepherds into the heavenly celebration
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December 13, 2024 • Wayne & Stephanie Anderson, Kevin Ford • Isaiah 9:6–7, Acts 12:23
The Herod the Great Factor:
It is impossible to consider the Christmas Story without involving the “Child” and the “children.”
Joseph’s destiny, his calling, his parallel prophetic likeness and his job description was to protect that Child and His mother at all costs. Joseph did what he was made to do. But, his protection anointing had and anti-anointing who was named Herod the Great.
Matthew 2:2 (ESV Archaeology Study Bible Notes) Herod’s massacre of the babies/children/inheritance of Bethlehem (Matt. 2:16–18) was wholly within his character. When he died in 4 BC, his kingdom was divided among three of his surviving sons: Archelaus became ethnarch of Judea, Idumea, and Samaria; Antipas was tetrarch of Galilee and Perea; and Philip became tetrarch of Gaulanitis.
1. Herod the Great {father} ordered the children to be killed in Bethlehem
2. Herod Antipas {son} ordered the beheading of John the Baptist
3. Herod Agrippa I {grandson} Executed the apostle James, imprisoned Peter and later was struck by an Angel and eaten by worms
“Immediately an angel of YeHoVaH struck him because he did not give God/Elohim the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.”
Acts 12:23
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November 29, 2024 • Wayne & Stephanie Anderson • 2 Samuel 5:17–25, 2 Samuel 6:1–15, Isaiah 9:6–7, Matthew 16:15–19, 1 Chronicles 15:15
We Can Win With His Presence:
When king David inquired of YaHoVaH, he had victory because he worked WITH YaHoVaH.
Then David decided to move the Ark of the Covenant and Presence of YaHoVaH without inquiring.
David made himself a nice religious presentation, but it ended in disaster.
Then David moved the Ark the way YaHoVaH told Moses to move the Ark, and there were superfluous celebrations.
The message we need to hear is that it is vital that we connect with YaHoVaH
Yeshua has paid the price so that we might be one with our heavenly Father.
As we inquire of YaHoVaH we learn what to do concerning the evil in the world and we will always have the victory.
We are the Ekklesia of Messiah Yeshua
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