Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy Feasts
As I read through the giving of God's comprehensive body of laws in these three books, I am struck that all the feasts and festivals are laid out so precisely, and may be a picture of God's Plan of the Ages.
Leviticus 23:
- Passover & Feast of Unleavened Bread -- 1st Month, 14th Day (March/April) The Spring Feast.
- First Fruits -- Early Harvest
- Pentecost -- 50 days after First Fruits The Summer Feast.
- Trumpets -- 7th Month, 1st Day (September/October)
- Day of Atonement -- 7th Month, 10th Day (just 9 days later).
- Tabernacles -- 7th Month, 15th Day (just 5 days after that) The Fall Feast.
- Passover -- Jesus Christ is our Passover, the Lamb is slain.
- First Fruits -- Jesus is our First Fruits of Resurrection (I Corinthians 15:20).
- Pentecost -- The Church began on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1).
- Trumpets -- There was no sacrifice associated with this feast. But we read in I Corinthians 15:52 that "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." So this may represent what Christians today refer to as "The Rapture" of the church.
- Day of Atonement -- Could this be the cleansing of the Earth that King Jesus will accomplish at the beginning of His 1000-year reign?
- Tabernacles -- (Possible scenario:) Rejoicing, we will celebrate our Divine King and His rule on this Earth while we live in temporary shelters as we build our homes and rebuild the cities in the land that is now scoured and cleansed.
If anyone has any other (better?) ideas after doing their own study, I would like to hear them.
