Feasts of Jehovah (A)

Monday, January 10, 2011: Leviticus 23:4 – 5 (NKJV)

‘These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.

How was the blood of the Passover lamb to be used? A sign of the cross on each door: Christ’s death.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011: Leviticus 23:6 – 8 (NKJV)

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it. But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.’”

What does leaven speak of in the Bible? The analogy is always sin. This proclaims our sinless state.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011: Leviticus 23:10 – 11 (NKJV)

“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

What does wave offering mean? Barley was cut down, tied into a bundle, and offered. The priest would wave it before the Lord and keep it. Christ’s resurrection is here portrayed.

Thursday, January 13, 2011: Leviticus 23:15 – 17 (NKJV)

‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord. You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the Lord.

What is the Greek word for the 50th day? Pentecost. It represented the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Friday, January 14, 2011: Leviticus 23:23 – 24 (NKJV)

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

What do trumpets signify? The future gathering of the Diaspora: the start of the Millennium.