Sheila Walsh Interviews Dr. David Jeremiah … Friday Night Was “Prophecy Night” SW: Let me ask you first of all – where did your interest and your passion to understand prophecy begin? DJ: I grew up in a pastor’s home with my dad who loved the Word of God. Every year when I was growing up, we would have what they called evangelistic campaigns. And sometimes they called them revivals. But they would bring people in from the outside and almost every one of these people who came would have one night devoted to prophecy. I remember a man by the name of John Carrera who used to come to our church every year. And every time he came on Friday night, it was “prophecy...
Category - Prophecy
Exodus from Egypt & Slavery – Passover (a physical salvation) Passover or the Feast of Freedom is the foundational feast of the Jewish people. In it, we remember God’s loving kindness in saving His people from bondage in Egypt and creating Israel as a nation. All that so that God Himself would dwell among His people and give us His Word in order to bless all nations. But could it be that this feast actually alludes to an even greater salvation yet to come? In the story of the crossing of the Red Sea, Moses encourages his nation to trust God. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Then, after God saves them from the Egyptians, it says: When Israel saw the great...
The Feasts – What do they foreshadow? The Old Testament is full of signs that point to the arrival of Jesus the Messiah or (in Hebrew) Yeshua Hamashiach. Some of them are obvious, such as the well-known prophecies from Isaiah that we read every Christmas. But did you know that the seven holy days of Israel contain prophetic significance in regard to the first and second coming of Jesus? Let’s take a closer look. Leviticus 23:4 says, “These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.” The rest of the chapter goes on to describe seven annual feasts when God’s people were to worship, repent, celebrate, and reflect...
