As we approach the high holy days contemplation comes to mind about how the fall feasts fit in to Messiahs plan. How will the fall feasts be fulfilled by Messiah? We as believers are able to study the intricate relation between the spring feasts and Messiahs first coming because they have been fulfilled. But we are left wondering how future fulfillment of the coming prophetic fall feasts relate to our Messiahs second coming. We, like the apostles, still only have the prophets words and the Spirit given us to interpret and teach us what they meant. We have not a hind-site view, yet.
That said, I would like to make a study of Jeremiah 25 and discuss the prophetic implications of the text, as it relates to the feasts of the Lord. But first let me bring something Messiah Yeshua referred to:
Mark 10:38 Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?39 And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized,
Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.
John 18:11 So Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?
Luke 22:12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there.13 And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
14 And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.17 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. 18 For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. 19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. 21 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. 22 For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!
This cup mentioned by Yeshua that is poured out for us is the suffering (servant) of sacrifice. The shouldering of the sins of the world upon the body of Messiah. Notice, the first cup was divided among the disciples. This indicates the work Messiah did among Yisrael during his 3.5 yr ministry which included his disciples. But the cup after they had shared the meal (earthly ministry within Yisrael) represented the blood of the new covenant being poured out for all. This was accomplished through his suffering and bleeding out on the land of Yisrael till death. The pouring out not only indicates the blood that poured out of his body for the remission of sins, but also indicates that his suffering will be poured out among the nation(s). All will drink of the cup, to newness of life, eternal, or to destruction. The cup was his blood produced through suffering, it was poured out for us to enter the new covenant.
With this in mind lets look at the first part of Jeremiah 25:
The Word is two-edged, as I have been laying out, there is a positive side and a negative side to it. The same Word, Person, Spirit can save your soul or condemn it. The cup Yeshua poured out was a blessing and a curse. A curse for those who do not believe, and a blessing for those who do.
This concludes the spring feast prophetic implications for Jeremiah 25.
That said, I would like to make a study of Jeremiah 25 and discuss the prophetic implications of the text, as it relates to the feasts of the Lord. But first let me bring something Messiah Yeshua referred to:
Mark 10:38 Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?39 And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized,
Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.
John 18:11 So Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?
Luke 22:12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there.13 And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
14 And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.17 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. 18 For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. 19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. 21 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. 22 For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!
With this in mind lets look at the first part of Jeremiah 25:
The Cup of the Lords Wrath
15 Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them. 17 So I took the cup from the LORDs hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: 18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); 21 Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; 22 all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; 26 all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon shall drink.
This represents the pouring out of the blood from the cup as mentioned in Luke 22:20. It involved the sacrifice of Yeshua AND the destruction of Yisrael as a nation. All nations are commanded to believe in the sacrifice of Yeshua or suffer the same fate as the nation of Yisrael. Yeshua, like Ezekiel and other prophets, walked through the act described for the nations. He suffered to death as a sign of what would happen if we did not drink the cup in faith.15 Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them. 17 So I took the cup from the LORDs hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: 18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); 21 Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; 22 all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; 26 all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon shall drink.
27 Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you. 28 And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: You must drink! 29 For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of hosts.
When he says he is summoning a sword against all the earth it is speaking of the Word of God, who is Yeshua, whom we MUST believe in (drink from). Or we will suffer and die according to his Word (sword).
Matthew 10:34Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.
Ephesians 6:17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Revelation 1:16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.
Ephesians 6:17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Revelation 1:16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
The Word is two-edged, as I have been laying out, there is a positive side and a negative side to it. The same Word, Person, Spirit can save your soul or condemn it. The cup Yeshua poured out was a blessing and a curse. A curse for those who do not believe, and a blessing for those who do.
This concludes the spring feast prophetic implications for Jeremiah 25.
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