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MAY
2012
This month, many followers of the
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
will be setting apart the time to
follow the command to Count the
Omer, as the seven weeks between
Passover and
Shavuot
or the Feast of Weeks, will be
concluded:
“You shall also count for yourselves
from the day after the sabbath, from
the day when you brought in the
sheaf of the wave offering; there
shall be seven complete Sabbaths”
(Leviticus 23:15).
As I
discovered many years ago, the
command to Count the Omer can be so
much more than simply acknowledging
the individual days during this
Spring Holiday season. I recently
decided to go back and review my
book
Counting the
Omer: A Daily Devotional Toward
Shavuot, which I
compiled back in 2004—especially
since there has been a surprising
surge of orders in both its
paperback and eBook editions this
past month.
Much to my
delight, I was reminded of the
spiritual joy I received when I had
taken the time, in a concerted
effort, to chronicle my thoughts in
this account. I remembered how the
Spirit of God was wooing me daily,
as I sensed His approval that one of
His children was actually attempting
to follow this command, by focusing
on Him and His Word. The Psalms the
Holy Spirit led me to contemplate,
and the insight received, were
especially uplifting. So this month,
I think it is appropriate for me to
share a contemporary article about
the Omer Count. As I have revisited
this subject matter to a degree, I
have been reminded that without
having a Messianic perspective on
the Holy Scriptures, I would have
never really considered some of the
significance about Counting the
Omer. This month’s lead article is
entitled,
“A
Messianic Omer Count,” as it
touches on some current issues that
might prevent many of today’s
Messiah followers from
ever being
exposed to what
the Omer Count actually is.
Many
Christians, who recognize the Day of
Pentecost, are not that aware of how
this is intended to be the
culmination of the Counting of the
Omer. Many do not know that the Day
of Pentecost is in actuality the
Feast of Weeks or
Shavuot.
But this year on May 27th, both
Jewish followers of the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and those
who have recognized Yeshua the
Messiah (Jesus Christ) as Savior,
are going to be remembering, or at
least recognizing, remarkable
occurrences on this unique day. Many
Jewish people will make
proclamations, and give thanks for
the giving of the Torah. On the
other hand, Christians will proclaim
that this is the day commemorating
the birth of “the Church” in Jerusalem.
Messianics will be largely
recognizing the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit in fulfillment of
ancient prophecies from the Tanakh
or Old Testament. The Day of
Shavuot
is an excellent time for all of us
to be unified in prayer, asking for
the Lord to once again come in
power—so that all might experience
His redemption!
We would like to thank each of you
again, for your continued financial
and prayerful support of our
endeavors at Outreach Israel
Ministries. Your partnership with
all that we are doing, to remain
vigilant in our call to minister to
those being drawn into a Messianic
lifestyle, has helped many as they
struggle with some of the challenges
of life. We continue to be humbled
by your faithfulness to the Lord and
His to us!
Until the
restoration of all things…
Mark Huey
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