Pastor Ralph “Yankee” Arnold
Calvary Community Church of Tampa
December 2019
Greetings from
our family to yours,
In the Old Testament, the LORD gave Israel 7 Feast
Days that were memorials to remind the people of coming events dealing with the
Messiah. There are no commands for his children today to celebrate any of these
feast days except when we partake of the Lord’s Supper as we look back to the
events surrounding the Passover. I don’t believe the Lord is offended when we
voluntarily choose to celebrate His birth and Resurrection.
The Son
Isaiah
9:6-7 (KJV)
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order
it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for
ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Psalm
2:7-8 (KJV)
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said
unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Proverbs
30:4 (KJV)
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or
descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters
in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name,
and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Micah 5:2-4
(KJV)
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be
little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto
me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old,
from everlasting.
3 Therefore will he give them up, until the
time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his
brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength
of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall
abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Zechariah
9:9 (KJV)
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and
having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
ass.
The Messiah to be a light to the Gentiles
Isaiah 42:6 (KJV)
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of
the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isaiah 11:10 (KJV)
10 And in that day there shall be a root of
Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles
seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah 49:5-6 (KJV)
5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from
the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be
my strength.
6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the
preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that
thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Time of Messiah’s Coming
Daniel 9:25-26
(KJV)
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall
be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Messiah was to come and be cut off before the destruction of the 2nd
Temple, which was destroyed by the Roman Titus, in 70 A.D.
The Messiah Not To Remain In the
Grave
Psalm 16:9-10 (KJV)
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory
rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Zechariah 12:9-10 (KJV)
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I
will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications:
and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for
him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as
one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
John
3:16 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
In John 3:16,
the Lord promised two things that were sure to happen if we believe that he
died to pay for our sins. ONE was that I would not perish (go to Hell), and TWO was that I would have Eternal Life the moment I believe that God gave his Son
for me. Isn’t God good? Yes, and he’s good all the time.
Sincerely yours,
Yankee and Betty
Arnold
Yankee@YankeeArnold.com
