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The Light of the World Born in Bethlehem

The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Gerard van Honthorst

For most Believers in Yeshua today, a spirit of joy and tenderness is triggered at this time of the year when they remember His birth and His coming to His Jewish people. Among many other Believers, however, the holiday of Christmas is reviled because it is perceived as being a holiday of pagan origin. While those who believe this are, perhaps, viewed with suspicion and in a minority among Gentile Believers, they are in excellent company. Charles Spurgeon, a Strict Baptist preacher, who is revered today as a great theologian condemned Christmas as a pagan holiday. Despite that, he understood that it was a good day to spend time with family (since there are too few times we can do so) and an excellent time to discuss the birth of the Messiah.

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The Kapporet: Discover the Mercy Seat of God

The Idol Broken Down Before the Ark, by James Tissot

In the Torah, we see that only the Cohen HaGadol (High Priest) had access once a year on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) to the very Presence of God in the Kodesh HaKodeshim (Holy of Holies), which was the heart of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and later the Beit HaMikdash (Temple). To enter in, the Cohen HaGadol would go through the Parokhet (פרוכת / veil or curtain) that separated this holiest of places from the rest of the Temple. The word parokhet is derived from the root perek פרך which can mean to break apart or to fracture, but also rigour and severity.

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