Repentance
Shabbat shuva always falls on the Shabbat before Yom Kippur and is a time for Repentance and Return to Covenant! Shabbat Shuvah (“Sabbath [of] Return” שבת שובה) refers to the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur!
Each year to prepare for the fall feast and the prophetic foreshadowing of the coming of the King all of Israel would begin repenting from the beginning of the month of Elul for 30 days up to Rosh Hashanah/Yom Terumah and then 10 final days leading up to Yom Kippur the 10 days of Awe!
How and when and to whom should we Confess is a common question asked from those raised Catholic but not often asked by others, and yet it is such an important spiritual principle to understand! Let’s look at what the Bible says…
Do you think that the word ‘Church’ is in the Bible? It’s not.
The name for a group of believers in the Greek NT is ‘Ecclesia” which means “Called-Out” Believers.
So where did the word ‘church’ come from? Read and find out..