The Feasts Of The LORD
The Feasts of the LORD are God’s Prophetic Calendar
for all mankind, and not just only for the Jews.
In Leviticus 23, seven feasts are outlined. They
are more properly referred to as the Feasts of the LORD, and not the
feasts of the Jews!
These feasts, in fact, are rehearsals or convocations for
prophetic appointed times by God for the First Coming and Second
Coming of the Messiah.
Some of the appointed times have been fulfilled, while some are
yet to be realized. This is good reason enough for all Christians to
pay close attention to these seven feasts.
What should we expect in the near future? The past will tell us!
Knowledge, wisdom and revelation of a well-devised plan for the
chronological events of Planet Earth are laid out and abbreviated in
these 7 Feasts of the LORD.
All the drama unfolding in prophecy today and in the days to come
has been hinted to us in these rehearsals for the end of time.
The covenant-keeping character of God is disclosed in the details
of the Feasts, each one pointing us to a contact point on His
schedule for the wrap-up of history.
It was in recent years that the significance and importance of
the Feasts were rediscovered!
After the 3rd century AD, the formal church council of Rome
passed laws forbidding church members to observe these seven Feasts.
Since then, the Church had divorced herself from her Hebraic roots
including these appointed times of the LORD.
Only in recent times are we seeing a desire to rediscover the
Feasts of the LORD and to participate in the celebrations.
God calls the feasts "My appointed times" in Leviticus 23. He
established special times and appointments to meet with us in a
particular way to commemorate events in His dealings with man. His
appointed times and feasts are God’s way to remind His people that
He is the King of creation and the Ruler over time - past, present,
and future.
When we celebrate His Feasts in the way that He ordained, He
reinforces the relationship He had established with us, and honors
His sovereignty over us.
The timing of the feasts is perfect and important. God is very
specific on when and how we are to celebrate these events. The
Jewish Calendar is used to calculate the
dates of the Feasts. It is based on the lunar cycle, not the solar
cycle used in the Gregorian or modern calendar.
The Seven Feasts are:
- Passover
- Unleavened Bread
- Firstfruits
- Pentecost
- Trumpets
- Day of Atonement
- Tabernacles
|
Spring Feasts |
Former Rain |
First Coming of
Jesus |
Passover |
|
Unleavened Bread |
|
Firstfruits |
|
Outpouring of Holy Spirit |
Pentecost |
Fall
Feasts |
Latter Rain |
Second Coming Of Jesus |
Trumpets |
|
Day of Atonement |
|
Tabernacles |
|
Feast |
Historical
Significance |
Prophetic
Fulfillment |
Spiritual
Journey |
|
Passover |
Israel’s deliverance out of
Egypt |
Christ’s Death |
Salvation |
|
Unleavened
Bread |
From Egypt into the Red Sea |
Christ’s Burial |
Water Baptism |
|
Firstfruits |
Coming out of the Red Sea |
Christ’s Resurrection |
Resurrected New Life |
|
Pentecost |
Giving of the Law (Torah);
Birth of the nation |
Giving of the Holy Spirit;
Birth of the Church |
Baptism in Holy Spirit |
|
Trumpets |
Call to possess the
Promised Land |
Messiah as Deliverer |
Tribulation / Rapture |
|
Atonement |
National cleansing and
consecration |
Messiah as High Priest and
Bridegroom |
Full Redemption |
|
Tabernacles |
Possessing the Promised
Land |
Messiah as King
(Millennial Reign) |
Full Rest in God |