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Understanding Leaven

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Understanding Leaven The observance of the Days of Unleavened Bread occurs each spring. In 2025, these holy days begin at sunset on April 12 and continue until sunset on April 19. This period is outlined in the Biblical record and should still be kept actively now. Exodus 12:18–20 instructs that no leaven should be present in any home from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day of the first month. Anyone consuming leavened food is to be cut off from Israel. Early Christians embraced this period of reflection, a practice still maintained by the Church of God to this day.  The Symbolism of Leaven The Bible uses the image of leaven to convey important spiritual truths. Deuteronomy 16:4 tells us that “no leaven shall be seen among you,” which implies two crucial ideas: 1. There exists a hidden type of leaven. 2. We must eliminate every trace of this leaven in our lives—both literally and metaphorically—by cleansing ourselves of known sins. Jesus him...

Earthquakes Rock Myanmar and Thailand

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Earthquakes Rock Myanmar and Thailand TCWriter – March 28, 2025 A 7.7-magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar sent shockwaves throughout Southeast Asia on Friday, leaving widespread devastation and triggering urgent rescue efforts. In Myanmar, a mosque in Taungoo partially collapsed—claiming at least three lives—and a hotel in Aung Ban collapsed, resulting in two deaths and 20 injuries. In Bangkok, Thailand, a 30-story high-rise under construction crumbled, trapping 81 people in its rubble; local officials report three fatalities at the site. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck at lunchtime with a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, followed by a 6.4-magnitude aftershock just 12 minutes later. The epicentre was near Sagaing, close to Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city. Earlier tremors in Taiwan and Tibet underscore that nature’s might is on full display. What Happened The initial tremor rattled central Myanmar, triggering panic and significant structural d...

Overcome Procrastination – NOW!

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  The old Worldwide Church of God published the following: Do you put off doing things that need to be done? You need to know the causes — and some practical, effective solutions — for this problem!  … You’re probably familiar with procrastination — all of us fall into it, and fairly easily, from time to time. And the effects can be devastating: You can be robbed of happiness and peace of mind, harm your relationships with others and, yes, even keep yourself out of God’s Kingdom!  Does that last statement sound shocking? It shouldn’t! Procrastination — putting things off — can be a deadly, sinister enemy. How?  Christ’s parable about the 10 virgins (Matt. 25:1-13) addresses this problem. All the virgins wanted to meet the bridegroom, but only five were wise. The others had neglected to bring along a supply of oil (symbolic of the Holy Spirit) for their lamps. They had procrastinated by placing more importance on some thing else. As a result, they were not allowed to ...

What Is Now Prophesied! - Herbert Armstrong

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What Is Now Prophesied! Herbert W Armstrong       Will the next two decades bring human extinction—or the dawn of a new world of peace and incredible achievement?    SUDDENLY this world has become different! It was never like this before. Look at the change in the last 80 years—then look at the change in the last 10. What will another 10 years be like?    When I was a boy, our family transportation was a horse and buggy. Horse-drawn streetcars had just been replaced. Telephones were rare, hanging on walls. Only a few downtown streets in cities were paved. Automobiles were a curiosity—we called them horseless carriages. They were steered with a stick instead of a steering wheel.    Gaslights dimly illuminated city streets. A man, riding horseback, rode past with a lighting stick to turn them on at dusk and again to turn them off at dawn. Our home was dimly lighted by kerosene lamps.    No man had ever flown. ...

The Second Exodus

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"About 3466 years ago God performed an amazing miracle when He freed a slave people from Egypt and made them a nation in their own right. The crossing of the Red Sea was another tremendous miracle that the God of Israel performed. Each year, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread we commemorate the deliverance of our people Israel from Egypt, particularly with the Night to Be Much Observed when they first came out of Egypt with a high hand. We look to that event because it is a type of our own spiritual lives, our coming out of this world and our exodus out of Satan’s world into the Promised Land of God’s Church. The Feast of Unleavened Bread concluded with this climactic event – the crossing of the Red Sea! Just as the first Exodus occurred in 1446 B.C., it is also going to occur again with the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the Kingdom of God on this Earth. Once again, the remnant of Israel is going to cross the Red Sea, but this time on a far more massive scale. The ...