My search is ongoing and with each festival, with each Sabbath, and with every scripture I read, I am asking the Father to reveal Jesus to me. I pray that if your own heart is stirred to search for Him in the pattern of the Leviticus 23 festivals, that you do not feel overwhelmed if you are at the beginning of the journey. It has taken me almost 40 years to make a switch from Greek to Hebrew thinking and to plow through endless books the Holy Spirit put in my path to glean; sometimes only one sentence, and then toss away the rest.

I asked Him endless questions and sometimes He would take years to answer or He would randomly drop things in my heart that I had never even thought to ask Him. My tenacity was fueled by the pleasure of His fellowship and presence in the pursuit, without which I never would have continued. So please don’t feel overwhelmed. He will help you navigate through the foreign culture, the foreign thinking, and the Jewish concepts and idioms that are found throughout the Old and New Testaments. Yes, it will be foreign to your Greek lens that you have been looking through, but it is what He has grafted you into, and He will give you revelation understanding and walk with you and be your teacher. Just stay child-like and don’t focus on theology; focus first on His heart and His emotions and your theology will follow. How do we begin walking in this? My answer is simple. Just say, “yes” and tell Him you want to find Him in the riches of the pattern of His festivals. With a child-like spirit and a resistance to gaining head knowledge before heart revelation, you are headed in the right direction. Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”.

I am putting some practical ways for you to begin celebrating the Sabbath and the festivals in a practical book called, Rehearsing with Ruth: let the journey begin. Of course it is not complete because it is an ongoing walking with Him and there will be more riches to be unveiled for eternity. I will just give you some practical resources that John and I have done to get you started, and over time, you and the Holy Spirit will add your own unique expression and make it yours. We are forming an international community walking out the biblical feasts together so we are creating this website, as a place to post teachings and insights with one another to keep learning and celebrating together. We will keep you informed of new material we publish in the future as well as short podcasts of new teaching material. In the mean time, buy a Jewish calendar and be aware of His appointments and just “show up” and ask for Him to meet with you.