Steve Dupuie gives an offertory for the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
Millennial Kingdom of God
Did early Christians teach the millennium? Did they tie it in with the Sabbath? Did early Christians believe that Jesus would return 6,000 years after Adam & Eve? What about the Jews? Was the millennium an original catholic doctrine? Did Nazarene Christians tie the keeping of the Feast of Tabernacles with the millennial kingdom of God? What is chiliasm? Does the Bible support the millennial teaching? …
Behind the Work 2021: Preparing to Instruct Many
What has been going on in the Continuing Church of God? What is the reason for documented books on the Bible, church differences, and doctrine? What about sermons on those topics as well as prophecy? Are Philadelphian Christians prophesied to instruct many in the end times? Does this include Gentiles? What about reaching people of multiple religions? What about the use of multiple languages? Are you willing to accept the Philadelphian role and be prepared to instruct many?
Feast of Tabernacles: 2021 Opening Night Message
The Bible commands keeping the Feast of Tabernacles. Is that the only reason to keep it? What about learning? What about rejoicing? Can you rejoice about matters in your past and present? What about the future millennial Kingdom of God? Can you rejoice and be happy despite tests and trials? What if things go wrong at the Feast of Tabernacles? Does God's word promise no problems? Does it promise a fantastic eternity? …
The Godhead
What does the Bible teach about the Godhead? How did original catholic Christians view the Godhead? Did early Christians teach that the Father and the Son were God? What about the Holy Spirit? Is the Godhead one family? Was the trinity promoted by early apostates such as Montanus and Valentinus? Were Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna, Justin Martyr, Athenagoras, Melito of Sardis, Theophilus of Antioch, Irenaeus of Lyon, Hippolytus of Rome, Lucian of Antioch, and the historian Eusebius trinitarian or binitarian? What is binitarianism? Did Origen of Alexandria, Athanasius, Emperor Constantine …
Jesus THE Atonement
The Jews call it Yom Kippur and Christians call it the Day of Atonement. In transliterated Hebrew, the Bible calls the day Yom Hakippurim, which is Hebrew for "Day of the Atonements." What do Old Testament scriptures say about it? Why is fasting associated with it? Did Jesus shed His blood only for Christians in this age? What about the age to come? If Jesus is only to be sacrificed once, why is He symbolically sacrificed as the Passover lamb as well as one of the goats associated with the Atonement ceremony in the Book of Leviticus? …
Real Repentance
Jesus' message included REAL REPENTANCE. But Christ really meant it. He meant to really repent--not just experience an emotional upset or disturbance. There is a "sorrow of this world" which is merely human and physical--it is EMOTIONAL--but it leads to death. Do YOU know the difference between sheer human emotion, which would even lead some to sob and SHED TEARS as they "go down the aisle," and GODLY SORROW which leads to real repentance? Is obedience and real repentance REQUIRED for salvation? Do YOU HAVE TO CHANGE DIRECTION? …
Trumpet Resurrection to Life
The Bible tells of a Holy Day where trumpets are to be blown in the seventh month. When is the biblical seventh-month? This Feast of Trumpets is called Rosh Hoshana by the modern Jews. Jews believe that this is the day names are inscribed in the Book of Life. The New Testament also speaks of the Book of Life as well as a resurrection that occurs at the seventh and last trump. Is this a day Christians have long observed? What are some of the lessons that it teaches us? How do you choose life? …
Utopia: From Humans or God?
Is utopia possible? Will humans bring it about? Are we about to go from a time of chaos to a time of humanitarian peace? Will climate change policies result in equity? Will gender fluidity and reproductive rights lead to peace? What about the World Council of Churches, the Vatican, the ecumenical/interfaith movement? Was the United Nation's the last real hope for human peace? Should we expect the 'great reset' to be the answer? What about a possible European utopia? Is a time of peace going to come? What about the Kingdom of God? Will it be a millennium of peace? Is it really real? …
Fall Holy Days or Holidays?
Which days did Jesus, His disciples, and early Christians observe that came in the Fall? Do we have any references from them in the Old and New Testaments? Might the gap between Pentecost in the 2nd chapter of the Book of Acts and the fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets symbolize the Christian church age? What about later Greco-Roman-Protestant holidays, Emperor Constantine, and Mithraism? Did early Christians keep the Day of Atonement or the Feast of Tabernacles? What about Christmas or Halloween? Does the Bible warn against combining demonic worship practices with biblical ones? Can Holy Days be observed …