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What is a Mikvah?
Our annual Mikvah is an event that
includes a time to reflect on what God has done throughout the past
year, or a declaration of a new phase of life in Yeshua, and a time of
fellowship with one another - the Mishpocha. It is a bonding
event - with the Lord and with other members of The Tabernacle. And
it's a time of getting wet (if you so choose)!
This
Jewish ritual of Mikvah goes back to the time when God
brought the children of Israel through the waters of the Red Sea, as
He delivered them from Pharaoh and his host. This took place
immediately after the first Passover, when the blood of the lamb was
applied to the door post of every Israelite home.
As God led them though the water,
Israel as a nation, became baptized unto a whole new way of life. God
not only delivered them from a former life of oppression, slavery and
bondage, but He also established them as a holy nation, as He let them
toward the promised land.
As believers in the Messiah Yeshua, God
has done the same for us through the blood of His Son, the Lamb of God
who died for our sins on Passover. We have been set free from a former
life of bondage, slavery and sin. We observe the ceremony of Mikvah as
being baptized unto a whole new way of life in the Messiah, to be a
holy nation as God leads us toward the Kingdom of heaven.
Romans 6:3&4 says: "Don't you know
that all of us who were baptized into the Messiah Yeshua were baptized
into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into
death in order that just as Messiah was raised from the dead through
the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."
Our time together will begin with a
picnic lunch and fellowship. We will then proceed to the water's
edge for our Mikvah. Those who plan to be immersed should make
sure to indicate that on the sign up sheet.
Come share in this event with The
Tabernacle family
Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at the Indian
Point Camp Grounds
Sign up sheets and directions are in the
foyer
Need
more information? Call
417-334-7373
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