The bible is somewhat like that. However there are two different types of readers. Those who are born again and those who are not. We'll call them believers and unbelievers. To the natural eye (an unbeliever) the word of God seems quite difficult to understand, kind of like a puzzle with several missing pieces. However, when a born again believer (made alive in Christ) studies the bible, the words seem to jump off the pages into their heart. This is because the word of God is living and you must be alive to understand the living Word, otherwise it remains a mystery. (Hebrews 4:12)
Now, a mystery is not all revealed at once. When you are born again, you start with milk, just like you did when you were a baby. You were not yet ready for solids. As you grow and mature from digesting the nutrients in Gods word, He gives more and more light, or understanding of the things of God. This is called revelation-something that was once covered becomes uncovered, or revealed.
How Jesus connects to the Feasts of the bible:
Our time on earth is almost up, therefore I believe it's important to have an accelerated understanding of the connection of God's appointed times and seasons called The Feasts of the Lord and how they point to Jesus.
Just like connecting the dots, each feast is directly connected to the Messiah. (Jesus) The old testament is connected to the new. It's true that in Christ we have a better covenant, but if we skip over the rest of the bible, we'll miss out on extraordinary revelations. Christ is interwoven throughout the entire bible and the God's Feasts play a very special part.
Jesus himself taught in parables, so that we could connect the natural with the spiritual. The whole plan of redemption has an order and sequence to it. We can learn so much from the Feasts, but we will keep it short to connect the dots.
There are 7 feasts in which God commanded the Jews to observe.
Our time on earth is almost up, therefore I believe it's important to have an accelerated understanding of the connection of God's appointed times and seasons called The Feasts of the Lord and how they point to Jesus.
Just like connecting the dots, each feast is directly connected to the Messiah. (Jesus) The old testament is connected to the new. It's true that in Christ we have a better covenant, but if we skip over the rest of the bible, we'll miss out on extraordinary revelations. Christ is interwoven throughout the entire bible and the God's Feasts play a very special part.
Jesus himself taught in parables, so that we could connect the natural with the spiritual. The whole plan of redemption has an order and sequence to it. We can learn so much from the Feasts, but we will keep it short to connect the dots.
There are 7 feasts in which God commanded the Jews to observe.
SABBATH...THE DAY OF REST.... connected to Christ.
(Shabbat)
(Leviticus 23) The Lord instituted the Sabbath.
(Luke 4:16) Jesus reads Isaiah 61 scroll on the Sabbath in the synagogue. He proclaimed it to be fulfilled that day. Jesus rose from the dead on the Sabbath. Fulfilling our rest in his finished work.
PASSOVER...DEATH PASSES OVER ISRAEL...connected to Christ.
(Pesach)
(Leviticus 23:5) Israelites were instructed to kill a lamb,one without blemish or defect, slay it and offer it by fire,then eat the lamb inside their homes, place the blood of the lamb on the doorposts so that the death angel passes over them.
(John 1:21) John refers to Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus was perfect, without sin.
(Matthew 26:17) Jesus celebrates Passover in the upper room (Passover) Jesus Himself became our Passover Lamb. This was fulfilled. His blood has redeemed us from death.
FEAST OF EARLY FIRST FRUITS...connected to Christ.
(Sfirat Haomer)
(Leviticus 23:9) The Lord instructs Moses about the feasts of first-fruits which takes place in early spring.
These were a symbol of God's sovereignty and provision over all the earth.
This immediately follows Passover. Christ himself was our first fruit being raised from the dead.
(1 Corinthians 15) This was fulfilled.
THE LATTER FIRST FRUITS...connected to Christ.
FESTIVAL OF WEEKS (Shavuot, Pentecost)
(Leviticus 23:15) The Lord instructs... count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. In the early fruits offering, barley was waved before the Lord, fifty days later, the latter first fruits, wheat was offered.
(Acts 2:1) The festival of Shavuot arrived, (Pentecost) and the believers all gathered together in one place. suddenly there came a sound from the sky...this was the day the Holy Spirit came and rested on them and filled them all. (50 days after Christ ascended) Holy Spirit came..this was fulfilled.
FEASTS OF TRUMPETS...connected to Christ.
The Day of Sounding.
(Leviticus 23:23) A day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated by the trumpet blasts. In synagogues the shofar, or rams horn is sounded daily to alert that the time of repentance is near. Rabbis observed that the shofar was used in ancient times to hail a king. So at Rosh HaShanah (Jewish new year) all Israel is said to appear before the King of Kings in anticipation for judgement. The shofar was also sounded to gather troops for battle. This is connected to...
The second coming of Christ
(1 Corinthians 15:52) In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
(1 Thessalonians 4:17) For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. NOT YET FULFILLED
Those who've repented and are washed in the blood, will meet the Lord in the air when this happens.
THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT...Connected to Christ.
(YOM KIPPUR)
(Leviticus 23:26) The Day of Atonement was considered the most holy day in Jewish history, it was on this day that the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the nation, with the blood of the animal being sprinkled on the mercy seat.
(Hebrews 9) Christ Himself became our High Priest, going in once and for all into the Holy of Holies with His own blood, purchasing our everlasting redemption. This was fulfilled.
FEAST OF TABERNACLES...Connected to Christ.
(SUKKOT)
Fall feast (Harvest) FEAST OF IN GATHERING...Yet to be fulfilled
(Leviticus 23:33) Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. Live in booths (temporary hut) for seven days so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. The word for sukkot is "habitation." God dwells with His people. The word dwelt is derived from the term tabernacle.
(John 1:4) The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. The birth of Yeshua is believed to have took place on Sukkot. Since we know that He died on Passover, (March/April) by backtracking we arrive much closer to Sukkot (September/October) than to Dec 25.
Other spiritual lessons taught by this holy day: Because Sukkot was a harvest festival in the late fall, it was customary to thank God for the produce of that year, prayers were chanted for the upcoming winter rains needed to replenish the land. During this day (the eighth day) a priest would take a water pitcher down to the pool of Siloam, dip it in the water and carry it back to the temple. The highlight of the ceremony came when the priest dramatically poured the water at the altar of the temple.
(Isaiah 12:3 "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." Salvation in Hebrew means Yeshua.
John 7:37 "On the last day of the festival, Yeshua stood up and cried out, "if anyone is thirsty, let him keep coming to me and drinking. Whoever puts trust in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being."
Christ will come again to gather His bride for the Wedding feast during the season of Tabernacles.
God Himself will finally dwell with His people in all His fullness. The Sukkah of God will be among men when Yeshua dwells as the ruler of the 1000 year Messianic Kingdom!
(Shabbat)
(Leviticus 23) The Lord instituted the Sabbath.
(Luke 4:16) Jesus reads Isaiah 61 scroll on the Sabbath in the synagogue. He proclaimed it to be fulfilled that day. Jesus rose from the dead on the Sabbath. Fulfilling our rest in his finished work.
PASSOVER...DEATH PASSES OVER ISRAEL...connected to Christ.
(Pesach)
(Leviticus 23:5) Israelites were instructed to kill a lamb,one without blemish or defect, slay it and offer it by fire,then eat the lamb inside their homes, place the blood of the lamb on the doorposts so that the death angel passes over them.
(John 1:21) John refers to Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus was perfect, without sin.
(Matthew 26:17) Jesus celebrates Passover in the upper room (Passover) Jesus Himself became our Passover Lamb. This was fulfilled. His blood has redeemed us from death.
FEAST OF EARLY FIRST FRUITS...connected to Christ.
(Sfirat Haomer)
(Leviticus 23:9) The Lord instructs Moses about the feasts of first-fruits which takes place in early spring.
These were a symbol of God's sovereignty and provision over all the earth.
This immediately follows Passover. Christ himself was our first fruit being raised from the dead.
(1 Corinthians 15) This was fulfilled.
THE LATTER FIRST FRUITS...connected to Christ.
FESTIVAL OF WEEKS (Shavuot, Pentecost)
(Leviticus 23:15) The Lord instructs... count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. In the early fruits offering, barley was waved before the Lord, fifty days later, the latter first fruits, wheat was offered.
(Acts 2:1) The festival of Shavuot arrived, (Pentecost) and the believers all gathered together in one place. suddenly there came a sound from the sky...this was the day the Holy Spirit came and rested on them and filled them all. (50 days after Christ ascended) Holy Spirit came..this was fulfilled.
FEASTS OF TRUMPETS...connected to Christ.
The Day of Sounding.
(Leviticus 23:23) A day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated by the trumpet blasts. In synagogues the shofar, or rams horn is sounded daily to alert that the time of repentance is near. Rabbis observed that the shofar was used in ancient times to hail a king. So at Rosh HaShanah (Jewish new year) all Israel is said to appear before the King of Kings in anticipation for judgement. The shofar was also sounded to gather troops for battle. This is connected to...
The second coming of Christ
(1 Corinthians 15:52) In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
(1 Thessalonians 4:17) For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. NOT YET FULFILLED
THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT...Connected to Christ.
(YOM KIPPUR)
(Leviticus 23:26) The Day of Atonement was considered the most holy day in Jewish history, it was on this day that the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the nation, with the blood of the animal being sprinkled on the mercy seat.
(Hebrews 9) Christ Himself became our High Priest, going in once and for all into the Holy of Holies with His own blood, purchasing our everlasting redemption. This was fulfilled.
FEAST OF TABERNACLES...Connected to Christ.
(SUKKOT)
Fall feast (Harvest) FEAST OF IN GATHERING...Yet to be fulfilled
(Leviticus 23:33) Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. Live in booths (temporary hut) for seven days so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. The word for sukkot is "habitation." God dwells with His people. The word dwelt is derived from the term tabernacle.
(John 1:4) The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. The birth of Yeshua is believed to have took place on Sukkot. Since we know that He died on Passover, (March/April) by backtracking we arrive much closer to Sukkot (September/October) than to Dec 25.
Other spiritual lessons taught by this holy day: Because Sukkot was a harvest festival in the late fall, it was customary to thank God for the produce of that year, prayers were chanted for the upcoming winter rains needed to replenish the land. During this day (the eighth day) a priest would take a water pitcher down to the pool of Siloam, dip it in the water and carry it back to the temple. The highlight of the ceremony came when the priest dramatically poured the water at the altar of the temple.
(Isaiah 12:3 "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." Salvation in Hebrew means Yeshua.
John 7:37 "On the last day of the festival, Yeshua stood up and cried out, "if anyone is thirsty, let him keep coming to me and drinking. Whoever puts trust in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being."
Christ will come again to gather His bride for the Wedding feast during the season of Tabernacles.
God Himself will finally dwell with His people in all His fullness. The Sukkah of God will be among men when Yeshua dwells as the ruler of the 1000 year Messianic Kingdom!
A feast of harvest also speaks of separating the wheat from the chaff. God harvesting His people.
WHEN YOU CONNECT THE DOTS IN THE BIBLE, IT CREATES A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE THAT POINTS TO THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND BY A LOVING GOD WHO HAS INVITED US TO THE WEDDING FEAST...
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