Lent

[Sam]

Well, today is Palm Sunday and next Sunday is Easter for those of us who use the Roman Catholic calendar. This is a time of the year when we see that we have not come very far from Rome and things Romish.

How about Lent? Anybody here observe Lent?

The word "lent" is found 7 times in the KJV Bible.
4 times it refers to lending and is used as a past tense form of the word lend or loan.
3 times it is used of Samuel --often considered to be the last of the judges and the first of the prophets (although others before him were called prophets/seers).

In Hannah's prayer she said, "...For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the LORD there.
1 Sam 1:27-28

Then in the next chapter verse 20 we read,"And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord.

Both of these places it is referring to the act of consecrating her son to the Lord, lending him to the Lord.

As parents, perhaps we could observe Lent by lending/consecrating/dedicating our children to the Lord. And we could lend/consecrate ourselves to the Lord, not just for 40 days in the spring but all years around.

[coadie]

Don't forget they celebrate Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras to ramp up for Lent.
It is not my work but the shedding of Blood at the cross.

[Austin]

I did a little study on how far off we are on the calendar of events, I think if I remember correctly, Sunday is really Tuesday, and the sabbath is like on a Thursday. And we are numerous years off on the historic calendar. A catholic pope tried to correct it but he didn't get it right and as a result it even set back the calendar from that time until now. Sorry I can't be more exact it has been years since I have read those articles.

[Sam]

I did a little study on how far off we are on the calendar of events, I think if I remember correctly, Sunday is really Tuesday, and the sabbath is like on a Thursday. And we are numerous years off on the historic calendar. A catholic pope tried to correct it but he didn't get it right and as a result it even set back the calendar from that time until now. Sorry I can't be more exact it has been years since I have read those articles.

and then because of the different time zones, when it is Sunday in some parts of the world it's Saturday in other parts.

[Sam]

Neither yield(lend) ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield(lend) yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. Romans 6:13

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present(lend) your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1

My son, give(lend) me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. Proverbs 23:26