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Three flat pieces of unleavened bread called
matzah are stacked one upon another and used during the Seder. The top piece of matzah is never eaten during the feast. The middle piece of matzah is broken in half one half is returned to its place; it’s called the “bread of poverty,” to represent the many years of slavery the Hebrews had to endure. The other broken half is called the
afikomen which literally means “dessert,” not because the bread is sweet but because it will be eaten at the conclusion of the meal. The
afikomen is wrapped in a linen cloth and hidden, usually by a child, till the end of the feast.
Bethany Verrett 21 Jan
It seems that ever since God expelled humanity from the Garden of Eden, mankind has tried to find its way back. Whether they build a personal paradise like the fabled hanging gardens of Babylon, or they seek a land too good to be true like the golden city of El Dorado, people seek perfection. Even today, theories about going to Mars to build utopia in biodomes abound.
In the Bible, there are mentions of a promised land, which have bled into Christian culture as songs and as powerful imagery. Sometimes, centuries, even millennia, of use in culture distorts the meaning of a word or concept. Let s first discuss where the promised land is. In the Old Testament, the promised land referred to a place in the Middle East promised to Abraham’s descendants, known as Israel; in the United States, enslaved people used it to refer to states where they would be free. In recent times, it refers to Heaven, the land promised for those w
Bethany Verrett 16 Jan
Biblical guidance is something that Christians hold in high esteem. They want to live according to God’s precepts, under His guidance, and righteously. For varying reasons, some individuals have a crisis of conscience about the food they eat. Whether they wish to give up meat, eat in alignment with Jewish customs, or other personal decisions, they want to know what the Bible says about godly behavior, including whether or not meat is okay to eat.
Should people take a life if they don’t have to? Does the Levitical law apply to the church? Was man even meant to consume flesh in the first place? The Bible does address these questions, though sometimes it is indirectly.