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We have forgotten what it all means

The week before Easter is commonly referred to as Holy Week.  Each church has its own tradition and they are meaningful when you care to understand the meanings.  I see many following the programs without deep diving into their significance.  Instead, people get engrossed with Easter bunnies, chocolate presents, and long weekend escapades.  In some countries there are restrictions on opening stores and other business establishments on Good Friday or the whole weekend.  However, these restrictions are being challenged or removed.  We have forgotten what this weekend means for mankind.  It was mentioned over 2,600 years ago in the ancient writings of Daniel where the oldest manuscripts found are over 2,100 years old.  Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.” Daniel goes into a time of repentance prayer before God for I...

Priorities are all relative, but the most important is LIFE

What are your chief concerns at this time?  Building a career?  A comfortable house with all the amenities of daily living taken care of? A wonderful spouse? Nurturing the young ones so that they grow up to be successful?  As you reflect on the daily issues of life, there are others who are not sure if they would be alive tomorrow.  They literally live under the gun.  In remote villages and towns they can be attacked at any time.  Have you ever lived like this before?  The people of Israel have experienced this. Ezekiel 39:11-13 “It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog. For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and the...