Great post. Nice to see you.I have seen some say decreasing order, yearly, monthly, weekly, for instance Bacchiocci, "Dale" as you affectionately call him, etc.
However, I think both that and the proposal that the sabbaths here refer only to the yearly is incorrect.
The Feasts refer to the three pilgrim feasts. This becomes more apparent in the OT listings.
The term moed is used to refer to all the appointed times. The KJB renders this "feasts" in Lev. 23:2
23:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
4150. moed ►
Strong's Concordance
moed: appointed time, place, or meeting
Original Word: מוֹעֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
However, within the description of the various appointed times or convocations the feasts are distinguished from the sabbaths.
2282. Chag
Strong's Concordance
chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast
So for instance, the term chag is used in the following, rendered "feast":
Lev. 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.
Meanwhile, the Trumpets and Day of Atonement are specifically said to be sabbaths:
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
We again see Chag here rendered "feast days".
Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
All of her solemn feasts is "moed". So again we see that all the appointed times are "moed" but only the pilgrim feasts are designated as chag.
In Numbers 28-29 we again see the same pattern. Chag is used to describe the pilgrim feasts:
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days:
Also, chag is the word used in all of the following. You obviously referenced most of these already in your posts above. But consistently the three pilgrimage feasts are designated as chag, while the others are not.
Exodus 23:16 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Deut 16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deut 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
This last one is instructive in that it breaks down the various appointed times, in to the various types.
2 Chronicles 8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles
It references the sabbaths, new moons, and the feasts (again chag), which it designates as the three pilgrim feasts. The Day of Atonement and Trumpets are specifically said to be Sabbaths in Lev. 23 as noted. So since the feasts here are spelled out to be the three pilgrim feasts, then the others would fall under sabbaths.
They are all moed, appointed times, but not all are chag (feasts).
And we see this again in Ezekiel 45. Feasts in vs. 17 is chag. Then it lists the new moons, sabbaths, and summarizes "all the solemnities" which is moed.
So all of them are moed, or appointed times, but only the pilgrim feasts are chag.
17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
The weekly sabbath is included in Lev. 23 in the moed:
23:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts (moed) of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
It is also referenced with its offerings in Numbers 28, and 29:
9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
And therefore it is also referencing it in Ezekiel 45 and Col. 2.
By the way, if you are asserting Col references the 7 year sabbaths of the land, etc. you would need to demonstrate that Numbers 28, 29, Ezekiel 45, etc. reference them.
It makes more sense to then understand it as
feasts - chag, pilgrimage feasts, the three
new moon
sabbaths- weekly and day of atonement, trumpets, etc.
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