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This second week of Advent is the week of Peace! I may speak in the tongues of men, even angels;but if I lack love, I have become merelyblaring brass or a cymbal clanging.I may have the gift of prophecy,I may fathom all mysteries, know all things,have all faith — enough to move mountains;but if I …
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This second week of Advent is the week of Peace! You have enlarged the nationand increased their joy;they rejoice in your presenceas if rejoicing at harvest time,the way men rejoicewhen dividing up the spoil.For the yoke that weighed them down,the bar across their shoulders,and their driver’s goadyou have broken as on the day of Midyan[’s …
This second week of Advent is the week of Peace! It was at that time that Yeshua said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you concealed these things from the sophisticated and educated and revealed them to ordinary folks. Yes, Father, I thank you that it pleased you to do this.“My Father …
This second week of Advent is the week of Peace! On their way Yeshua and his talmidim came to a village where a woman named Marta welcomed him into her home. She had a sister called Miryam who also sat at the Lord’s feet and heard what he had to say. But Marta was busy with all the work …
This second week of Advent is the week of Peace! Here is how the birth of Yeshua the Messiah took place. When his mother Miryam was engaged to Yosef, before they were married, she was found to be pregnant from the Ruach HaKodesh. Her husband-to-be, Yosef, was a man who did what was right; so he made …
This first week of Advent is the week of Hope! Adonai, you are my God.I exalt you, I praise your name.For you have accomplished marvels,[fulfilled] ancient plans faithfully and truly.For you have made a city a heap of stones,turned a fortified city into rubble,made the foreigners’ fortressa city that will never be rebuilt.Therefore mighty peoples …
This first week of Advent is the week of Hope! This is the word that Yesha‘yahu the son of Amotz saw concerning Y’hudah and Yerushalayim:In the acharit-hayamimthe mountain of Adonai’s housewill be established as the most important mountain.It will be regarded more highly than the other hills,and all the Goyim will stream there.Many peoples will go and say,“Come, let’s …
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This first week of Advent is the week of Hope! Concerning love for the brothers we do not need to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other; and you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do it even more.Also, make it your …
This first week of Advent is the week of Hope! In the countryside nearby were some shepherds spending the night in the fields, guarding their flocks, when an angel of Adonai appeared to them, and the Sh’khinah of Adonai shone around them. They were terrified; but the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, because I am here announcing to you Good News …
This first week of Advent is the week of Hope! Around this time, Emperor Augustus issued an order for a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This registration, the first of its kind, took place when Quirinius was governing in Syria. Everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Yosef, because he was …
