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On this New Year’s Day 2023, Pastor Kevin takes a break from our study in Deuteronomy to deliver his annual prophecy update, which focuses this year on how rapidly technological developments and geo-political initiatives are converging to “build” a centralized, universal, surveillance and economic tracking and control system that must be in place to fulfill the Revelation 13 “Mark of the Beast” prophecy. Only a few decades ago, such a global, universal system was unthinkable. Today, it is unfolding before our eyes, which, along with other “signs of the times,” signals the imminent rise of the final, ten-kingdom global government and the antichrist. Pastor Kevin exhorts believers to live soberly, comfort and edify one another with the certain hope of his soon-appearing to take believers to be with him, and to share the gospel while there is still time to do so. Associated notes, charts, articles, and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Topical, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/new-years-day-2023-prophecy-update-but-you-brethren-are-not-in-darkness1-thessalonians-51-11 Maranatha!

The origin of comets and asteroids, including Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), is a puzzle to secular and creation scientists alike. Scientists who maintain that comets originate from the far-distant Oort Cloud are baffled by discoveries of comet composition and morphology that belie the Oort Cloud theory. Most young-earth creationists maintain that these bodies were part of the original creation, along with the sun, moon, planets, and stars. In this video, you will see that these bodies could not have been part of the original creation, a creation that God proclaimed “good” or “very good” at least seven times in Genesis 1 since these bodies can cause severe damage when they fall to earth. In fact, NASA’s successful data-gathering DART mission was conceived, launched, and executed to deflect a perceived major incoming threat in the near future. How could objects that can cause death and destruction be “good?” Further, the Bible suggests that one or more meteor impacts will be part of God’s future judgment of the earth. If these cosmic bodies were not part of the original, good creation, then when and how were they formed? This video presents the Hydroplate Theory explanation for the origin of comets, asteroids, and TNOs - that they formed in space from water, rocks, and other debris ejected from the earth during the initiation of the global flood event. The Bible describes this as the day when “all the fountains [water] of the great deep were broken up” (Genesis 7:11). We also show how recent scientific discoveries about comets and asteroids show that their origin was recent, their lifetime is short, and how their composition and morphology can be understood in light of the HPT explanation. Included in this presentation are animated explanations, which are also at: https://www.youtube.com/@BryanNickel_Hydroplate (Bryan Nickel's Hydroplate Channel on YouTube) and missionimperative.org/store ("Horror of the Flood" DVD from Mission Imperative, the creation ministry of Mike Snavely).

This week, we look at the final commands in Deuteronomy, which address two men in personal combat; honesty in commerce; God’s judgment of the Amalekites; and the offering of the first fruits. Considering the cultural context and underlying purposes of these rules, we see how these laws benefited the Jewish people and how they apply to us today. Because of the Law, the Jewish people were miraculously preserved until the birth of Jesus, fulfilling God's promises to Abraham that all the world would be blessed through his family, and until the present day. Of special note, Pastor Kevin shows how the Amalekites are a type of our flesh, which wars against the Spirit of Jesus (Galatians 5:17) and the Feast of First Fruits was a type of Jesus, the first fruits from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20). Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Deuteronomy, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/remember-what-the-amalek-did-to-you-deut-2511-2615/ Maranatha!

Part 2 - The origin of comets and asteroids, including Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), is a puzzle to secular and creation scientists alike. Scientists who maintain that comets originate from the far-distant Oort Cloud are baffled by discoveries of comet composition and morphology that belie the theory. Most young-earth creationists maintain that these bodies were part of the original creation, along with the sun, moon, planets, and stars. In this video, you will see that these bodies could not have been part of the original creation, a creation that God proclaimed “good” or “very good” at least seven times in Genesis 1 since these bodies can cause severe damage when they fall to earth. In fact, NASA’s successful data-gathering DART mission was conceived, launched, and executed to deflect a perceived major incoming threat in the near future. How could objects that can cause death and destruction be “good?” Further, the Bible suggests that one or more meteor impacts will be part of God’s future judgment of the earth. If these cosmic bodies were not part of the original, good creation, then when and how were they formed? This video presents the Hydroplate Theory explanation for the origin of comets, asteroids, and TNOs - that they formed in space from water, rocks, and other debris ejected from the earth during the initiation of the global flood event. The Bible describes this as the day when “all the fountains [water] of the great deep were broken up” (Genesis 7:11). We also show how recent scientific discoveries about comets and asteroids show that their origin was recent, their lifetime is short, and how their composition and morphology can be understood in light of the HPT explanation. Included in this presentation are animated explanations, which are also at: https://www.youtube.com/@BryanNickel_Hydroplate (Bryan Nickel's Hydroplate Channel on YouTube) and missionimperative.org/store ("Horror of the Flood" DVD from Mission Imperative, the creation ministry of Mike Snavely).

CEO of Lipkin Tours and amateur archeologist Aaron Lipkin from Jerusalem, Israel presents latest findings related to the recent discovery of a lead curse tablet found among rubble from a prior excavation on Mt. Ebal. The prior excavation, conducted by the late archeologist and University of Haifa Adam Zertel, uncovered a structure that Zertel became convinced was the altar built by Joshua upon entering the Promised Land as commanded by Moses in Deuteronomy 27:4 and described in Joshua 8:30-31. Years later, Mr. Lipkin convinced American archeologist Dr. Scott Stripling to sift through the rubble piles a second time, this time with water, which lead to the discovery of the lead tablet. Mr. Lipkin gives exciting details of the finding and the technologies used to analyze and interpret the ancient writing on tablet, which corroborate the biblical accounts in amazing detail.

This topical teaching by Pastor Kevin was given during a Sunday night service on the week that Russian troops entered Ukraine. Pastor Kevin gives the history leading up to this war starting in 1954 when the USSR gave Crimea to Ukraine (also part of the USSR at the time). The western media says that this attack by Russia was unprovoked. Is this true? Many spiritual leaders are saying that Christians should be on the side of Ukraine. Is this true? If not, why not? If we are in the last of the last days, what should we expect to see happen as a result of this war based on the yet unfulfilled prophecies of Daniel and Revelation? These and other topics are discussed during this teaching.

Pastor Kevin starts this study through the Book of Revelation by giving the background to this increasingly pertinent prophecy. Many believe that the events foretold in the Book of Revelation have found their fulfillment in the first century when the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed “Herod’s Temple” and scattered the Jews. Pastor Kevin gives several reasons why this Preterist interpretation of Revelation cannot be accurate since God Himself said that He wanted the reader to “hear/understand” what was being written through the Apostle John: Rev 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. NKJV If God did not inspire the prophecies in a way to be understood, then no one can know the meaning of this intriguing book, which concludes God’s Holy Word. Pastor Kevin teaches that there will be a literal ten nation empire, a literal Antichrist, a time where a literal mark on people’s right hand or forehead will be mandated along with worshiping the Antichrist, without which the offending person will not be able to buy or sell, etc, etc. For centuries people have rejected the consideration of a literal interpretation because it was impossible to conceive how these statements in Revelation could ever become true. However, the technological revolution has not only made them possible, but anticipated. Pastor Kevin will continue to teach from a premillennial, dispensational point of view over the ensuing weeks. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Revelation, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/things-which-must-shortly-take-place-revelation-11-3/ Maranatha!

There is No One Like the God of Jeshurun, Deuteronomy 32:48-34:12 Jan 15, 2023, S-1523-KL This week, we conclude our yearlong study in Deuteronomy, the fifth and final book of the Mosaic Law, which the Jews call The Torah. As we review the final verses of Deuteronomy 32 and Moses’ blessings upon the tribes of Israel in Chapter 33, Pastor Kevin explains how these verses, all prophetic when written, have either been fulfilled or will be fulfilled at Jesus’ Second Coming. Although most of the Christian church today rejects Dispensational Theology, which teaches that the Jewish nation will once again be used by God in the future, just as prophesied, in favor of Replacement Theology, which teaches that God has permanently set aside the Jewish people due to their disobedience, we can trust that God means what He says in His Word. Just as all Old Testament prophecies regarding Messiah’s First Coming were literally fulfilled in Jesus 2,000 years ago, we know that the remaining prophecies will be literally fulfilled at His Second Coming. We anticipate the day of which Moses spoke in Deuteronomy 32:43, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His servants and render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.” Pastor Kevin concluded the series by explaining how the New Testament clearly teaches that Jesus was “The Prophet” of Deuteronomy 18:15. As we approach the end of the Church Age, Pastor Kevin urges those who do not yet believe to receive The Prophet, and believers to trust Him more and more as the Day draws near. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Deuteronomy, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/there-is-no-one-like-the-god-of-jeshurun-deuteronomy-3248-3412/ Maranatha!

Hebrews 11:8-10 - Abram Did Not Ignore the True and Living God May 7, 2023. S-1539-DC We continue our study in Hebrews 11, God’s “Hall of Fame,” this week looking in detail at the life of Abram (Abraham) before he obeyed God’s command to leave pagan Ur and travel to a land “that I will show you.” Pastor Dustin shared Josephus’ account of Abram’s life in ancient Ur and how he became to believe in and proclaim the one true and living God as revealed in creation. Like the pagan Chaldeans of antiquity, our “modern” world is increasingly “suppress(ing) the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:18-20), which always leads to sexual perversion and worship of the creation instead of the Creator (Romans 1:24-25), and the eventual collapse of that civilization. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Hebrews, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/hebrews-118-10-abram-did-not-ignore-the-true-and-living-god/ Maranatha!

Pastor Kevin starts with a review of Revelation 15:4, “Who shall not fear You?”; where he gives an answer based the biblical separation of those who believe and trust in Jesus as their savior and those who reject Him to their own hurt. Then in Chapter 16, Kevin covers the first five of the seven bowls of wrath: loathsome sores on all who have taken the Mark-of-the-Beast, the sea turning to blood and killing all that lived in the sea, the rivers and springs of water becoming blood as judgment against those who killed the saints and prophets, the sun being given power to scorch men with fire, and the fifth angel who poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness. Next week Kevin will cover the final two bowls of wrath and then cover the parenthetical Chapter 17. Kevin has posted the associated notes and links at the church’s website under sermon archives, Revelation, Revelation 15:5-16:11, February 28, 2021. Be sure to right-click and refresh your browser in order to see the newly posted info at the web site. https://calvarypo.org/sermons/you-have-given-them-blood-to-drink-revelation-155-1611/ Maranatha!

Exodus 15:1-27, The Jews Praise God for Their Deliverance from the Egyptians October 15, 2023, S-1562-KL Exodus 15 begins with the Israelites singing songs of praise to the Lord for their miraculous deliverance them from slavery in Egypt and concludes, three days later, with these same people complaining to Moses about the lack of drinking water. The bitter waters of Marah was the third of God’s ten wilderness tests, all designed to train the Israelites to trust Him for all their needs, in all their circumstances. Pastor Kevin shows the parallels between God’s physical deliverance of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt and the spiritual deliverance from the slavery of sin that believers receive through faith in Jesus’ miraculous redemptive act on the cross 1500 years later. We also look at examples from Scripture and modern history in which God again acted miraculously to preserve His witness people, the Jews. Pastor Kevin shows how past conflicts between Israel and her enemies foreshadowed future wars, including the current war between Israel and Hamas, which could erupt any moment into the horrific war described Psalm 83 and Isaiah 17. Believers today may well experience hardship because of these wars, and Pastor Kevin exhorts us to trust God no matter what comes. We know God wins! Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Exodus, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/the-jews-praise-god-for-their-deliverance-from-the-egyptians-exodus-151-27/ Maranatha!

Continuing their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, the Israelites encounter the Amalek people who come out to fight them in Rephidim. Pastor Kevin shows how the Amalekites and their descendants continued to threaten the Jewish people throughout their history. They are also a type of all peoples to the present day who are inspired by Satan to hate and strive to destroy the Jewish people, and only the complete destruction of Israel’s enemies will bring lasting peace. Although still future to us, we know that one day, God “will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven” (Exodus 17:14). Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Exodus, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/ god-will-utterly-blot-out-those-who-hate-israel-exodus-178-16 Maranatha!

I Have Set Before You Today Life and Good, Death and Evil – Deuteronomy 29:20-30:20, Nov. 27,2022 Deuteronomy 29 concludes with Moses’ prophecy that the nation – the people and the land – would, despite all the warnings of Deuteronomy 28, rebel against God and consequently experience those judgments, including expulsion from the land. History has proven this to be the case. The Jews were expelled from the land on two occasion – By Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. to Babylon and by the Romans in A.D. 70, into a worldwide dispersion. Fulfilled prophecy is proof that the Bible is true! In Deuteronomy 30, Moses tells the people that God is always ready to restore them to the place of His blessings if “you return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you” (Deuteronomy 30:2-3). In May 1948, the world witnessed the miraculous return of the Jewish people to their land and as a nation, as prophesied in Ezekiel 36 and elsewhere in the Bible. Although the nation is not yet fully restored, God brought about the re-establishment of Israel: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake” (Ezekiel 36:22). As these prophecies were literally fulfilled, we know that their prophesied future spiritual restoration will be literally fulfilled someday. As New Testament believers, we observe (and experience) the same inclination to rebel against God, a curse of the fall. But the same God always stands ready to forgive and restore us when we humbly receive the gift of eternal life through faith in His Son, Jesus. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Deuteronomy, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/i-have-set-before-you-today-life-and-good-death-and-evil-deut-2920-3020/ Maranatha!

Deuteronomy 28:18-35, You Have Forsaken Me S-1512-KL This week, we begin examining the extended passage in Deuteronomy 28 in which God revealed to the Israelites what “…shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today…” (Deuteronomy 28:15). In detail, God lists the many things that bring a curse and described their corresponding and increasingly severe "curses” (judgments), with the intent that the Israelites would recognize when they were being judged by God and then repent and return to Him. Pastor Kevin shows how these curses/judgments were realized throughout the history of Israel and how God demonstrated His mercy time and time again in spite of Israel’s repeated disobedience and “the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me” (Deuteronomy 28:20b). Although Deuteronomy 28 was written to Israel, not America, these judgments for sin are based on God’s unchanging character. Pastor Kevin shows how these judgments are being realized in our country today, with increasing intensity as our society intensifies its rejection of God and His moral law. Without repentance and a return to the God of the Bible, our country will continue accelerating towards self-destruction. Pastor Kevin exhorts us to remember that America is not our real home; a better, eternal home awaits true believers, those who remain faithful to Jesus despite the increasing darkness of our world. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Deuteronomy, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/you-have-forsaken-me-deut-2818-35/ Maranatha!

This week the writer of Hebrews is emphasizing the need for persevering faith, which is saving faith. He compares the readers current plight of persecution with the Jews of Moses’ day who were on their way to the promised land. Under the leadership of Moses, the Jewish people were set free from the slavery of Egypt, but they did not mix that freedom with faith in the God who worked the miracles to set them free. They were always complaining about facing hardship and death, demanding to go back to Egypt. In doing so they proved that they were not really God’s children by faith. Thus the writer of Hebrews exhorts the Jews who were professing faith in Jesus of his day that they only truly belong to Jesus IF they hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. The only way to enter God’s rest (heaven), is to having saving faith until death. Pastor Kevin compares the persecution at the time Hebrews was written with the persecutions that are coming to the American Christians. He also reads some examples from Fox’s Book of Martyrs, as an encouragement of what the Saints of old endured for confessing faith in Jesus as their savior. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Hebrews, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/if-we-hold-fast-the-confidence-to-the-end-hebrews-31-411/ Maranatha!

After last week’s study about the church that lost its first love (Ephesus), Pastor Kevin moves on with the letter to the Church at Smyrna (the persecuted church). Polycarp was a disciple of John the apostle. He was born in Smyrna and was the leader of the church at Smyrna when he was arrested and burned at the stake about 60 years after the letter of Revelation was delivered to his city, warning of coming persecution. He was given the opportunity to save his temporary life if he were only to denounce Jesus and worship Caesar as god. His reply, "Eighty and six years have I served him, and he never once wronged me; how then shall I blaspheme my King, Who hath saved me?" Kevin gives examples of persecution storm clouds forming against Christians in America, and exhorts the church to be courageous as the hardships are certainly going to be ramping up based on the plans of the globalists to bring about a collapse of the world economy. Kevin quotes from the World Economic Forum web site about the goals of the Jan 2021, “Global Reset” meeting https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/about. Next week Kevin plans to finish expounding on the persecuted church of Smyrna and cover the next two churches as well. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Revelation, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/but-you-are-rich-revelation-28-9/. Maranatha!

Greg Savitt from Rock of Israel Ministries teaches on how Jesus fulfills the Jewish feasts of Trumpets and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) of Leviticus23, including ways that contemporary Jews observe these “mandatory” cultural celebrations that reflect the life and work of their Jewish Messiah, Jesus. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Topical, Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement. https://calvarypo.org/sermons/how-jesus-fulfills-the-feast-of-trumpets-and-day-of-atonement/ Maranatha!

This video teaching was originally recorded on December 30, 2009. It is re-released here to assist the Christian wondering about the timing of the last days. Many reject the idea of the soon coming of Jesus because people have been naming dates of Jesus’ return for over a century. Obviously, they were wrong. Why were they wrong? Is it possible to know the season of Jesus second coming since He told us, “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”? Luke 21:28 NKJV Pastor Kevin answers these questions in a ways that are just as applicable today as they were in Dec 2009.

We continue our study in Hebrews 11, God’s “Hall of Fame,” looking at the lives of Enoch, whom God translated because he please God; Noah, who obeyed God’s command to build an ark to escape the impending judgment of the flood; and Abraham, who obeyed God’s command to leave pagan Ur and travel to a land “that I will show you.” All three humbly heard God, responded in faith by calling upon the name of the Lord for salvation, and demonstrated their faith through their lives and actions, even though it meant believing God’s promises despite opposition. As we reflect on the lives of these heroes of faith in light of the growing opposition of the gospel today, Pastor Kevin exhorts us to persevere in faith in these last days, remembering that “…the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:17). Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Hebrews, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/enoch-walked-with-god-and-god-took-him-hebrews-116-8/ Maranatha!

March 2020. Pastor Kevin covers prophecies from the book of Daniel predicting that there will be a ten-nation global government ruled by the Antichrist in the last days just before Jesus returns to set up His kingdom. We are starting to see articles surrounding the COVID-19 crisis which have world leaders asking for a global government in order to solve global problems. Pastor Kevin then teaches about New Testament prophecies which teach that the church will be taken off of the earth before the global leader can come to power. This study concludes with the thought that if global government is being advocated for the near future, and the Christian Church has to be gone before the global leader (Antichrist) can come to power, then it appears the time is getting close for us to look up for our redemption is drawing near. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/is-this-the-time-the-church-should-be-looking-up/. Maranatha!

Exodus 13:17-14:31 So They Were Afraid Oct 8, 2023 S-1561-KL Pastor Kevin leads us in the historical study of when God parted the Red Sea to allow the Jews to start their journey to the Promised Land. This teaching was on the day after Hamas launched thousands of missiles at Israel, invaded southern Israeli cities while killing hundreds of civilians, and taking hundreds of men, women and children as hostages In Moses’ day, when the Jews safely reached the Arabian shore, God brought the parted waters down upon the entire Egyptian army, killing them all. Why? - Because of Pharaoh’s pride when he rejected God’s command to let God’s people go. This miracle is a fact of history and a warning to all those who want to destroy the Jewish people. Thirty-five-hundred years ago it was Pharaoh who thought he could kill the Jews he had only days earlier released from slavery because of the tenth plague (death of the first born). This week, with the help of Iran and other nations of the world, the Muslim Hamas and Hizbullah leaders think the time has arrived for them to wipe the Jewish state of Israel off of the map. The same God who parted the Red Sea is able to keep His Jews from being cast out of the Promised Land that God brought them back into after two thousand years of being scattered. Throughout today’s study, Kevin compares these “then and now” scenarios, based on the prophetic promises of God pertaining to the future wars of Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38-39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5HzmbfJAN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAMmnXojb80&t=541s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3vhfZHMMmk&t=10s You can also listen to an after service informal Middle East Update pertaining to the Hamas invasion of Israel here: https://calvarypo.org/sermons/middle-east-update-on-the-day-after-the-hamas-invasion-of-israel-october-8-2023/ Maranatha – Jesus come quickly!

In this study Pastor Kevin teaches on the sixth trumpet judgment after reviewing the first five. Unlike the fifth trumpet, judgment which was a five-month torment (but not death) of everyone on earth except the hundred-and-forty-four-thousand who were sealed/protected by God, the sixth trumpet results in massive death. In the sixth trumpet judgment, demonic angels are released at the Euphrates. This releasing somehow results in a two-hundred-million strong horse and rider judgment that results in one third of the remaining population of the earth being killed. Pastor Kevin explains how this judgment differs from the sixth bowl of wrath judgment in Revelation chapter 16. Those who confuse the two teach that the two-hundred-million horses are a prophecy about a Chinese mechanized army bringing death to the world. Explaining why this view is not what the scriptures teach about the sixth trumpet, Kevin teaches the alternate interpretation that this judgment is another unleashing of demonic forces. Associated notes and links at the church’s website under sermon Archives, Revelation, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/four-angels-released-a-third-of-mankind-are-killed-revelation-913-21 Maranatha!

In this study, Pastor Kevin picks up where he left off two weeks ago. Malachi continues his rebuke of the Priests and Levites who were corrupting the sacrificial system by allowing the people to bring defective animals. God used Malachi to warn them that if they didn’t turn from their wicked ways, He would replace His blessings toward them with cursings. God was challenging anyone to close the doors of the temple until the Priests and people repented of their rebellion against God’s law. God then makes a profound prophecy that He would use the Gentile nations who He knew would embrace Him. This prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus came to die for the sins of the whole world, raise from the dead and then send the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, giving birth to the church. But now the church has corrupted their witness by following in the footsteps of the corrupt priests of Malachi’s day. As a result, God will again use the Jews has His witness people after taking the faithful church home and leaving the apostate church to go into the tribulation. Associated notes and links are at calvarypo.org under Sermon Archives, Malachi, https://calvarypo.org/sermons/but-you-have-departed-from-the-way-malachi-19-28/ Maranatha!

In this week’s study, Pastor Kevin expounds on God’s command in Deuteronomy 15:19-23 that the Israelites sanctify (sacrifice to Him) the firstborn of their flocks and herds and how this points to Jesus as one example of the “scarlet thread” throughout Scripture. Like Jesus, the selected animals were to be young males without blemish. They were to be sacrificed to God and eaten by the household “year by year in the place which the Lord chooses” (Deuteronomy 15:20), pointing to Jesus, the perfect “Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) Who would be crucified in Jerusalem on Passover 1,500 years later. In Deuteronomy 16, Moses reviews the three feasts (of seven) for which Jewish males were required to “appear before the Lord your God in the place He chooses” – Passover, the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and Tabernacles. The feasts all point to Jesus, and Pastor Kevin explains how Jesus perfectly fulfilled the four spring feasts – Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Pentecost – at his First Coming and how the three remaining (fall) feasts – Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets),Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Feast of Booths/Tabernacles – will be fulfilled at His Second Coming. The associated notes and links are at the church’s website (calvarypo.org) under Sermon Archives, Deuteronomy, God Uses the Jewish Feast to Point to Jesus, June 12, 2022. Be sure to right-click and refresh your browser to see the newly posted info at the web site. https://calvarypo.org/sermons/god-uses-the-jewish-feasts-to-point-to-jesus-deut-1519-1617/ Maranatha!