Author Archives: Gary Vail

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: Isaiah 14:13 Anyone who has witnessed a horrific event comes away from their experience a changed person.Continue reading “Lucifer: The High Jacker of Festivals?”

Today marks the end of the Feast of Weeks, otherwise known as Pentecost. We count fifty days from the weekly Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread to get to this day. There are two related and significant events that happened in history today. It is a long held belief that it is the timeContinue reading “Shavuot and the day of Pentecost”

“Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law” Act 21:24b The Apostle Paul has been used to justify Christian lawlessness since his conversion. When it comes to the way Christians are to live their life orContinue reading “Was the Jerusalem Council Deceitful; or did Paul Keep the Commandments?”

“For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.” Hebrews 6:7-8 DuringContinue reading “Recalculating Our Direction: The New Reformation”

“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 We have been hearing rumours of there being a third temple built in the Holy land forContinue reading “Where is the Temple?”

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out. And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.Continue reading “Who’s Deceived?”

“Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive’. For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyesContinue reading “Sowing the Seed”

And Aaron saw, and he built an altar before it, and Aaron called, and he said, “A feast for Yahweh tomorrow.” And they started early the next day, and they offered burnt offerings, and they presented fellowship offerings, and the people sat to eat and drink, and they rose up to revel. And Yahweh spokeContinue reading “False Feasts and Other Abominations”

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.  Nahum 1:6 The Dead Sea scrolls are fragments of ancient, sacred texts that were found in the caves of Qumran in the late 1940’s.Continue reading “Recent Dead Sea Scroll Discovery”

“I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched,Continue reading “Broken Branches”