Understanding God's festivals according to instructions in Leviticus chapter 23:4-44 and their significance are very important to comprehend or grasp Jesus's Messianic fulfilment.
There are seven major Jewish holidays.
SPRING FESTIVALS
• Passover
• Unleavened Bread
• First Fruit
• Pentecost
FALL FESTIVALS
• Feast of Trumpets
• Day of Atonement
• Feast of Tabernacle
The above listed festivals are in line with Jesus's journey as Saviour and redeemer of the world...see Luke 2:10-13.
Four of the 7 feasts occur in the spring of the year. representing Jesus's first coming, which has happened. The 3 final feasts, in the fall of the year, starting with the Feast of Trumpets which signify the rapture of the church, "And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call,and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other (Matthew 24:3).
These 3 final feasts form the basis for what the Bible calls "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13).
Jesus is the true and final Passover Lamb that was used to describe what took place in Egypt the night before the Exodus. None fits better than one word – “Redemption”. Israel was redeemed so that they could worship and serve the true and living God. But this redemption is not without cost. Blood had to be shed. All of the lambs sacrificed in Egypt pointed to the one true Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29).
Jesus was the Unleavened Bread
"And he took(Unleavened) bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”Luke 22:19.
Jesus is the First Fruit, one word connected to this feast is "Resurrection". The Lord's acceptance of the first fruits is a “pledge” or “down payment” on his part for the full harvest or resurrection, " who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."(Ephesians 1:14).
Jesus Promise of the Comforter.
This feast is also known as "Pentecost" (Acts 2:1) – meaning “fiftieth”. This feast was the first fruits of the wheat harvest. The one word that connects this feast is the word "Orientation". This feast is recorded in Leviticus chapter 23:15–21.
With this first fruits of the wheat harvest, Israel was to bring to 2 loaves of bread. This is the only feast where leavened bread was used. The two loaves represented Jew and Gentile – one in Messiah. It was the coming of the Holy Spirit that reinstated the renewed covenant. The separation between Jew and Gentiles has been broken down.
This Feast of Trumpets is recorded in Leviticus 23:23–25. The one word that will connect to this feast is "Ingathering". Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah points to the future day when the Messiah returns to rescue the righteous and judge the wicked.see Matthew 24:31.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
(1Thessalonians 4:16). Also in Revelation 10:7 "...in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.
The Day of Atonement. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished
On this day, white is usually worn, symbolizing the hope of the high holy days, and the cleansing of our sins according to Isaiah 1:18. This day will close with the final blast of the shofar. It is believed that the fate of each individual is sealed at that time for the upcoming year.
The Feast of Tabernacle
This feast is recorded in error Leviticus 23:33–44. It has a twofold purpose. It was to bring in the latter harvest, and the command to dwell in huts. It is also a reminder of the children of Israel in the wilderness and God Tabernacle dwelling in the midst. One word that can summarize this feast is (habitation). Tabernacles (Sukkot) point to the future day when the Messiah sets up his messianic kingdom and Tabernacles or dwells among men, John in his vision of Revelation gives us the reality of Sukkot as recorded in Revelation 21:1 –3.
Along with the 7 Jewish holidays the entire Bible is about Jesus Christ the Messiah and Saviour of the world.
"Jesus said to them, this is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures." (Luke 24:44-45)
Reference
https://yeshuabreadoflife.org/the-feasts/
Marcel &
Jacqueline Bruff 🙏🏾
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