Counting the Omer The phrase, counting the Omer, may sound foreign to you. What do we count down to? The Bible often counts days and years from significant events. But can you recall a countdown to a future event? I...
Jewish Holidays
Biblical feasts, or Jewish holidays, are an inherent part of the Jewish culture and traditions. Many Christians today are keen on discovering the origins and connections between their feasts and the Jewish ones. For this reason, we invite you to explore the Biblical Feasts with FIRM!
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Hanukkah and Christmas The days of Hanukkah and Christmas quite often overlap. In rare instances Hanukkah coincides with American Thanksgiving. But more often, as Jews around the world celebrate the Festival of Lights, Christians celebrate (or are getting ready to...
The Moedim The Jewish people are unparalleled in culture and tradition — especially when it comes to times of festivities. All throughout the year, the Jewish holidays (moedim) abound. These days and weeks with major significance to the people of...
The Last Supper and Passover Jesus shared a Passover meal with his disciples in what Christians call “the last supper”. It was an important holiday on the Jewish calendar, so it was natural for the Messiah and His disciples to...
This year, 2024, as Christians mark Holy Week to prepare for Easter (Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday), Jews are celebrating Purim. Calendar convergence of the two holidays is quite rare. Yet prophetic parallels do exist in this highly unusual overlap....
The story of Queen Esther, recorded in the book named after her, revolves around the deliverance of Israel while in Persia. Many are familiar with the story of Purim, the holiday commemorating the salvation. But there is also an underlying...
Is Hanukkah Prophetic? Before I believed Yeshua (Jesus) to be the Messiah, I didn't understand that anything about Hanukkah could be prophetic. Every winter when I was a child, as Christmas trees and manger scenes filled the world around me,...