OT Feasts

[YeshuamySalvation]

I thought you have some decency after the embarassing epistle of you impersonating someone else. But apparently you would not excuse yourself.

I was never impersonating anyone, that is more of your false accusations against me.. Do to the fact that you do not have any answeres you have to recruite false and dirty tactics of accusing someone on the evidance of one person that came into this message board and all he did was lie about me.. So there is no reason why i should be embarassed as you indicated in your attempt to attack my character to prove your own self righteousness to others.

 

[visionary]

We have gone over this many times before...In the SOP, the studying of sanctuary and its services is highly encouraged. But the OT ceremonial feasts are rarely mentioned without saying its observances were abolished at the cross.

Now I'm not against participate in some of these feasts. But there is no requirement in the scripture to observe them for the NT believers and we are not under these laws.
It all depends on what we want to believe. But the scripture is very clear. The OT ceremonies were shadows pointed to the savior. The rituals and the levitical priesthood were done away.

Maybe it is because you are not respecting the feasts themselves?

Colossians 2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

There is nothing in this verse that gives you the right not to observe it. Just do not judge others on how it is observed. But the point is that it is still to be observed.

 

[OntheDL]

Maybe it is because you are not respecting the feasts themselves? There is nothing in this verse that gives you the right not to observe it. Just do not judge others on how it is observed. But the point is that it is still to be observed.

Col 2:16 wasn't even talking about the sabbath or the feast days. It was talking about the sin offerings in connection to those days.

One verse does not a doctrine build. If you will, read Acts 15 and Gal 2-4 with an open mind.

 

[visionary]

Col 2:16 wasn't even talking about the sabbath or the feast days. It was talking about the sin offerings in connection to those days.

One verse does not a doctrine build. If you will, read Acts 15 and Gal 2-4 with an open mind.

excuse me,..... we are talking about this Col 2:16.... you know that one that says...

Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Where do you think in Acts or Gal is the idea that feasts are no longer? Paul never spoke of them as done away with but commented on the way they were attended.

Luke related the time of James' murder and Peter's imprisonment to the Days of Unleavened Bread (Acts 12:2, 3). Both men clearly understood when the Days of Unleavened Bread occurred and the timing of these events.

Paul said in Acts 18:21, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." It would appear this was the Feast of Tabernacles.

Other verses in Acts show the time of events being referred to by the biblical Holy Days, not Roman or Greek festivals. Two of these references are to the Days of Unleavened Bread in Acts 20:6, and the Day of Atonement in chapter 27:9. This day, "the Fast," according to virtually all biblical scholars, refers to the Day of Atonement described in Leviticus 23:27-32.

Paul wanted to hurry to be at Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, as we read in Acts 20:16. It would make no sense for him to hurry to get there if he did not observe the biblical Holy Days. But since Paul did observe the Holy Days, he had a real reason to be there by the time the day arrived.

More than 20 years after the crucifixion of the Lamb of God, about the year A.D. 55, the apostle Paul gave some important instruction to the church at Corinth, a Gentile city. Most church members there were Gentile, though some were probably Jewish. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:8).

We are to put physical leavening out during the seven days of Unleavened Bread to drive home the spiritual lesson that we need to put sin out of our lives.

In a similar way, wine and unleavened bread at the Passover remind us of Christ's sacrifice (1 Corinthians 11:23-29). IF you do not keep the feast of unleaven bread, how are you to understand how insidious and daunting the task of removing sin from you life is?

When Paul commented, "since you truly are unleavened," he was not saying the Corinthians were unleavened spiritually. This account clearly shows they were anything but spiritually unleavened. They were full of sin. Paul, by mentioning the sacrifice of Christ, our Passover, is not saying they were spiritually unleavened through the sacrifice of Jesus. The blood of Jesus Christ does not pay for unrepented-of sin!

Paul said to these Gentile and Jewish Christians, "Let us keep the feast." Then he emphasized the importance of the spiritual aspect of putting sin out. Paul's intent was not to spiritualize away the Days of Unleavened Bread, but to magnify them.

Keeping the feast can only be understood in the light of what the Bible instructs. The instruction to put leavening out as covered in Leviticus 23 is not abrogated. The New Testament builds on the foundation of the Old by emphasizing the spiritual intent of these days. This passage is truly a strong assertion that the annual festivals of God were being observed by and taught to Gentile Christians. If Paul elsewhere abolished these days, he did not practice what he preached, and he contradicted himself.

God's Holy Days have tremendous meaning-not just the Passover, but all the days God made holy are relevant to us. God does not apportion to us the right to decide what is holy and unholy, or what is right and wrong. It is His prerogative. Our choice is whether we will obey.

The annual festivals are also mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul reiterates and reconfirms the New Testament Passover, as well as reproves the sinful church at Corinth for abusing the true purpose of the occasion. Some sought to be satiated to the exclusion of others who were poorer. This attitude was hardly compatible with the dire need to recognize the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ for their sins. This is another example of where the Corinthians misunderstood or ignored the spiritual lessons they should have learned from observing these days.

Toward the end of this epistle, Paul states, "But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost" (1 Corinthians 16:8). If he were only gauging time by Pentecost, there would have been no need to wait. He waited so he could observe Pentecost at Ephesus with God's people before continuing his travels.

God is love (1 John 4:8). The annual festivals are His feasts (Leviticus 23:2), or "love feasts." They are alluded to in Jude 12 and 2 Peter 2:13. The early church kept "love feasts." The only feasts of God described in the Bible are the ones we have been reading about throughout much of the New Testament. There is nothing in the Bible to indicate they could have been anything else.

The annual festivals are the only feasts God ever gave! They are an expression of God's love and a delight and joy to those who observe them. Why would Paul be telling the Gentile Colossians not to follow practices of asceticism on these festive days? Because they were following the commandments and doctrines of men, not God (verses 18-23). By no stretch of the imagination could one find anything in the Bible labeling the annual Holy Days as doctrines of men. They are God's Feasts.

Another misunderstood text is Galatians 4:10: "You observe days and months and seasons and years." Nothing in these scriptures identifies these as God's Holy Days. The Galatian Christians were Gentiles who were going back to what they had come from (verse 9). They were returning to pagan observances. God nowhere made any months holy, and He condemned the observance of times in Deuteronomy 18:10, so these could not refer to biblical festivals and Holy Days.

Verses 8 and 9 of Galatians 4 refer to the practices of the Galatians before they knew the true God. Then they are shown to be returning to the weak and beggarly elements. To say that God's laws are weak and beggarly elements is blasphemous. These "days and months and seasons [times] and years" were the pagan practices of men-possibly similar to astrology today.

 

[YeshuamySalvation]

excuse me,..... we are talking about this Col 2:16.... you know that one that says...
Where do you think in Acts or Gal is the idea that feasts are no longer? Paul never spoke of them as done away with but commented on the way they were attended.

Luke related the time of James' murder and Peter's imprisonment to the Days of Unleavened Bread (Acts 12:2, 3). Both men clearly understood when the Days of Unleavened Bread occurred and the timing of these events.

Paul said in Acts 18:21, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." It would appear this was the Feast of Tabernacles.

Other verses in Acts show the time of events being referred to by the biblical Holy Days, not Roman or Greek festivals. Two of these references are to the Days of Unleavened Bread in Acts 20:6, and the Day of Atonement in chapter 27:9. This day, "the Fast," according to virtually all biblical scholars, refers to the Day of Atonement described in Leviticus 23:27-32.

Paul wanted to hurry to be at Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, as we read in Acts 20:16. It would make no sense for him to hurry to get there if he did not observe the biblical Holy Days. But since Paul did observe the Holy Days, he had a real reason to be there by the time the day arrived.

More than 20 years after the crucifixion of the Lamb of God, about the year A.D. 55, the apostle Paul gave some important instruction to the church at Corinth, a Gentile city. Most church members there were Gentile, though some were probably Jewish. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:8).

We are to put physical leavening out during the seven days of Unleavened Bread to drive home the spiritual lesson that we need to put sin out of our lives.

In a similar way, wine and unleavened bread at the Passover remind us of Christ's sacrifice (1 Corinthians 11:23-29). IF you do not keep the feast of unleaven bread, how are you to understand how insidious and daunting the task of removing sin from you life is?

When Paul commented, "since you truly are unleavened," he was not saying the Corinthians were unleavened spiritually. This account clearly shows they were anything but spiritually unleavened. They were full of sin. Paul, by mentioning the sacrifice of Christ, our Passover, is not saying they were spiritually unleavened through the sacrifice of Jesus. The blood of Jesus Christ does not pay for unrepented-of sin!

Paul said to these Gentile and Jewish Christians, "Let us keep the feast." Then he emphasized the importance of the spiritual aspect of putting sin out. Paul's intent was not to spiritualize away the Days of Unleavened Bread, but to magnify them.

Keeping the feast can only be understood in the light of what the Bible instructs. The instruction to put leavening out as covered in Leviticus 23 is not abrogated. The New Testament builds on the foundation of the Old by emphasizing the spiritual intent of these days. This passage is truly a strong assertion that the annual festivals of God were being observed by and taught to Gentile Christians. If Paul elsewhere abolished these days, he did not practice what he preached, and he contradicted himself.

God's Holy Days have tremendous meaning-not just the Passover, but all the days God made holy are relevant to us. God does not apportion to us the right to decide what is holy and unholy, or what is right and wrong. It is His prerogative. Our choice is whether we will obey.

The annual festivals are also mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul reiterates and reconfirms the New Testament Passover, as well as reproves the sinful church at Corinth for abusing the true purpose of the occasion. Some sought to be satiated to the exclusion of others who were poorer. This attitude was hardly compatible with the dire need to recognize the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ for their sins. This is another example of where the Corinthians misunderstood or ignored the spiritual lessons they should have learned from observing these days.

Toward the end of this epistle, Paul states, "But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost" (1 Corinthians 16:8). If he were only gauging time by Pentecost, there would have been no need to wait. He waited so he could observe Pentecost at Ephesus with God's people before continuing his travels.

God is love (1 John 4:8). The annual festivals are His feasts (Leviticus 23:2), or "love feasts." They are alluded to in Jude 12 and 2 Peter 2:13. The early church kept "love feasts." The only feasts of God described in the Bible are the ones we have been reading about throughout much of the New Testament. There is nothing in the Bible to indicate they could have been anything else.

The annual festivals are the only feasts God ever gave! They are an expression of God's love and a delight and joy to those who observe them. Why would Paul be telling the Gentile Colossians not to follow practices of asceticism on these festive days? Because they were following the commandments and doctrines of men, not God (verses 18-23). By no stretch of the imagination could one find anything in the Bible labeling the annual Holy Days as doctrines of men. They are God's Feasts.

Another misunderstood text is Galatians 4:10: "You observe days and months and seasons and years." Nothing in these scriptures identifies these as God's Holy Days. The Galatian Christians were Gentiles who were going back to what they had come from (verse 9). They were returning to pagan observances. God nowhere made any months holy, and He condemned the observance of times in Deuteronomy 18:10, so these could not refer to biblical festivals and Holy Days.

Verses 8 and 9 of Galatians 4 refer to the practices of the Galatians before they knew the true God. Then they are shown to be returning to the weak and beggarly elements. To say that God's laws are weak and beggarly elements is blasphemous. These "days and months and seasons [times] and years" were the pagan practices of men-possibly similar to astrology today.

Execellent post visionary.. I noticed that [ONTHEDL] loves to read scripture and ignor there context... For instance you cannot possibly pull a passage in Galatians isolated from it's context and invent a doctrine. I noticed that that goes on very often in Adventism [and other denominations as well] were they yank a passage in a book isolated from it's context and apply it to another passage in a completely different book that has nothing to do with the previous context nor with the later.. Ive also noticed that it's very difficult for most Adventist to let scripture speak for themselves rather then applying there unsupported understanding to certain passages.. Till his Ellen White googles are removed, he will continue ignoring, yanking, pulling or wrenching scripture out of context to defend his prophetess.

 

[OntheDL]

excuse me,..... we are talking about this Col 2:16.... you know that one that says...
Where do you think in Acts or Gal is the idea that feasts are no longer? Paul never spoke of them as done away with but commented on the way they were attended.

Luke related the time of James' murder and Peter's imprisonment to the Days of Unleavened Bread (Acts 12:2, 3). Both men clearly understood when the Days of Unleavened Bread occurred and the timing of these events.

Paul said in Acts 18:21, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." It would appear this was the Feast of Tabernacles.

Other verses in Acts show the time of events being referred to by the biblical Holy Days, not Roman or Greek festivals. Two of these references are to the Days of Unleavened Bread in Acts 20:6, and the Day of Atonement in chapter 27:9. This day, "the Fast," according to virtually all biblical scholars, refers to the Day of Atonement described in Leviticus 23:27-32.

Paul wanted to hurry to be at Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, as we read in Acts 20:16. It would make no sense for him to hurry to get there if he did not observe the biblical Holy Days. But since Paul did observe the Holy Days, he had a real reason to be there by the time the day arrived.

More than 20 years after the crucifixion of the Lamb of God, about the year A.D. 55, the apostle Paul gave some important instruction to the church at Corinth, a Gentile city. Most church members there were Gentile, though some were probably Jewish. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:8).

We are to put physical leavening out during the seven days of Unleavened Bread to drive home the spiritual lesson that we need to put sin out of our lives.

In a similar way, wine and unleavened bread at the Passover remind us of Christ's sacrifice (1 Corinthians 11:23-29). IF you do not keep the feast of unleaven bread, how are you to understand how insidious and daunting the task of removing sin from you life is?

When Paul commented, "since you truly are unleavened," he was not saying the Corinthians were unleavened spiritually. This account clearly shows they were anything but spiritually unleavened. They were full of sin. Paul, by mentioning the sacrifice of Christ, our Passover, is not saying they were spiritually unleavened through the sacrifice of Jesus. The blood of Jesus Christ does not pay for unrepented-of sin!

Paul said to these Gentile and Jewish Christians, "Let us keep the feast." Then he emphasized the importance of the spiritual aspect of putting sin out. Paul's intent was not to spiritualize away the Days of Unleavened Bread, but to magnify them.

Keeping the feast can only be understood in the light of what the Bible instructs. The instruction to put leavening out as covered in Leviticus 23 is not abrogated. The New Testament builds on the foundation of the Old by emphasizing the spiritual intent of these days. This passage is truly a strong assertion that the annual festivals of God were being observed by and taught to Gentile Christians. If Paul elsewhere abolished these days, he did not practice what he preached, and he contradicted himself.

God's Holy Days have tremendous meaning-not just the Passover, but all the days God made holy are relevant to us. God does not apportion to us the right to decide what is holy and unholy, or what is right and wrong. It is His prerogative. Our choice is whether we will obey.

The annual festivals are also mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul reiterates and reconfirms the New Testament Passover, as well as reproves the sinful church at Corinth for abusing the true purpose of the occasion. Some sought to be satiated to the exclusion of others who were poorer. This attitude was hardly compatible with the dire need to recognize the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ for their sins. This is another example of where the Corinthians misunderstood or ignored the spiritual lessons they should have learned from observing these days.

Toward the end of this epistle, Paul states, "But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost" (1 Corinthians 16:8). If he were only gauging time by Pentecost, there would have been no need to wait. He waited so he could observe Pentecost at Ephesus with God's people before continuing his travels.

God is love (1 John 4:8). The annual festivals are His feasts (Leviticus 23:2), or "love feasts." They are alluded to in Jude 12 and 2 Peter 2:13. The early church kept "love feasts." The only feasts of God described in the Bible are the ones we have been reading about throughout much of the New Testament. There is nothing in the Bible to indicate they could have been anything else.

The annual festivals are the only feasts God ever gave! They are an expression of God's love and a delight and joy to those who observe them. Why would Paul be telling the Gentile Colossians not to follow practices of asceticism on these festive days? Because they were following the commandments and doctrines of men, not God (verses 18-23). By no stretch of the imagination could one find anything in the Bible labeling the annual Holy Days as doctrines of men. They are God's Feasts.

Another misunderstood text is Galatians 4:10: "You observe days and months and seasons and years." Nothing in these scriptures identifies these as God's Holy Days. The Galatian Christians were Gentiles who were going back to what they had come from (verse 9). They were returning to pagan observances. God nowhere made any months holy, and He condemned the observance of times in Deuteronomy 18:10, so these could not refer to biblical festivals and Holy Days.

Verses 8 and 9 of Galatians 4 refer to the practices of the Galatians before they knew the true God. Then they are shown to be returning to the weak and beggarly elements. To say that God's laws are weak and beggarly elements is blasphemous. These "days and months and seasons [times] and years" were the pagan practices of men-possibly similar to astrology today.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. It's well written.

Maybe I missed where you said how the feasts should be observed. Nevertheless the other side of the story is totally ignored and that's a major problem.

I do not have the time right now to make a reply as the day is dying. But I will surely address all that is brought up here.

 

[visionary]

Execellent post visionary.. I noticed that [ONTHEDL] loves to read scripture and ignor there context... For instance you cannot possibly pull a passage in Galatians isolated from it's context and invent a doctrine. I noticed that that goes on very often in Adventism [and other denominations as well] were they yank a passage in a book isolated from it's context and apply it to another passage in a completely different book that has nothing to do with the previous context nor with the later.. Ive also noticed that it's very difficult for most Adventist to let scripture speak for themselves rather then applying there unsupported understanding to certain passages.. Till his Ellen White googles are removed, he will continue ignoring, yanking, pulling or wrenching scripture out of context to defend his prophetess.

Don't blame EGW for corporated theology. I do not believe EGW would be against this light on the OT feasts were she alive today. Just as she pointed to the light given wagnor, so also she would have pointed to the light shinging forth from these portions of scriptures regarding the feasts and declare that they are from God. She had been telling the people for years that there was more light coming, and that if the people were prepared for it, they would receive it with gladness. It is the darkened mind that does not look up at what is offered and ask if God's blessings are in it.

 

[visionary]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. It's well written.

Maybe I missed where you said how the feasts should be observed. Nevertheless the other side of the story is totally ignored and that's a major problem.

I do not have the time right now to make a reply as the day is dying. But I will surely address all that is brought up here.

I never said how the feasts should be observed, for I do not know. I do know that by at least having an open mind to the blessings hid within any of God's words, there is light that is yet to shine forth. I have studied the feasts for twenty-four years and am still finding gems that are treasures hidden in plain sight.

 

[OntheDL]

Hi,

Bear with me, here is my reply...going to be long...

excuse me,..... we are talking about this Col 2:16....

I'll cut-and-paste from another post...something different to consider...


OntheDL >>>
"And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." "The Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations." "In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people."

So long as the heavens and the earth endure, the Sabbath will continue as a sign of the Creator's power. And when Eden shall bloom on earth again, God's holy rest day will be honored by all beneath the sun. "From one sabbath to another" the inhabitants of the glorified new earth shall go up "to worship before me, saith the Lord." Isa. 66:23. --Maranatha p371

In Hebrew mindset, when they wanted to convey something important, they gave multiple parrallels to bring emphassis on it. This pattern is evident throughout the whole bible.

When the bible mentions the feasts, new moon and sabbaths, every single instance is associated with sacrificial ceremonies. When unclear, the practice is that we always go the first instance when it was mentioned in the bible.

1 Chronicles 23:31
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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.

2 Chronicles 31:3
He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

Nehemiah 10:33
For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

Ezekiel 45:17
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.

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.

Notice offerings were made on weekly sabbaths, new moons and feasts and daily continual bases.

Colossians 2:16
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

However, regardless which sabbath Col 2:16 was talking about, it was clearly talking about the ceremonies (drink, meat, sacrificial offering) and let no man judge you on ceremonies in respect of (in connection with) feast days, new moon or sabbaths which are shadows of Christ vs17

Where do you think in Acts or Gal is the idea that feasts are no longer?

See below...

Luke related the time of James' murder and Peter's imprisonment to the Days of Unleavened Bread (Acts 12:2, 3).

By barely mentioning the feast that the jews celebrated at the time has no bearing on the subject. If you look a few verses down in your KJV, the holiday Easter is mentioned. Does that mean you observe it also??? Don't think so.

Paul said in Acts 18:21, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." It would appear this was the Feast of Tabernacles.

Alright, I'll give you this one. I have not been able to come up with a definitive answer for it. But a few things to take into consideration:

There are questions if Paul indeed said he must keep the feast in Acts 18:21. This phrase does not exist in certain manuscripts. Though not my favorite group of text, the Greek minority text does not have this phrase. So this potentially is a problem.

In the context of Acts 18, Paul was persuading the jews. Paul was a jew but now a christian, was using this to relate to them. Also the feast days are days of wholy convocation. It would also be a great opportunity to reach many of them.

Nonetheless one verse here can not be used to build a doctrine. We'll see if the rest of the scripture agrees with it.

More than 20 years after the crucifixion of the Lamb of God, about the year A.D. 55, the apostle Paul gave some important instruction to the church at Corinth, a Gentile city. Most church members there were Gentile, though some were probably Jewish. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:8).

I must say this is a classical example of taken out of context.

The week of Unleavened Bread 1: pointed to the sinless nature of Jesus, 2: taught a moral lesson that the believers ought purge sins from their lives. Not just during that week, but a life long practice. The Week was a type of a sanctified life.

1 Cor 5 deals with the issues of sexual morality of believers of Corinth. Nothing in context remotely sugguests any issue with the keeping or not the feast of Unleaven Bread. Paul was using it as a figurative speech to point out they should live a sinless life.

In a similar way, wine and unleavened bread at the Passover remind us of Christ's sacrifice (1 Corinthians 11:23-29). IF you do not keep the feast of unleaven bread, how are you to understand how insidious and daunting the task of removing sin from you life is?
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All the feasts were types and pointed to Christ's earthly ministry. Yes, the dying animals and everything pointed to Christ and studying them diligently will reveal greatly about Christ's characters. But the rituals have no merit of saving men. Partaking in them will not necessarily bring men closer to God. The jews are the example. They had been observing and are still observing them. To understand the whole plan of salvation, we have to also learn the spiritual applications: Christ's heavenly ministry.

Keeping the feast can only be understood in the light of what the Bible instructs. The instruction to put leavening out as covered in Leviticus 23 is not abrogated. The New Testament builds on the foundation of the Old by emphasizing the spiritual intent of these days. ...

Paul never preached about keeping the feasts. In fact, he taught quite the opposite. I'll looking into them later on in this post...one more time.

God's Holy Days have tremendous meaning-not just the Passover, but all the days God made holy are relevant to us. God does not apportion to us the right to decide what is holy and unholy, or what is right and wrong.

Yes. However the covenant of observing rites and rituals was done away along with the Levitical priesthood. Is there a priesthood so that you can observe them according the ritual laws??? No. The essential element of any feast was the sacrifice (without the shedding of blood there is no remission). Would God still accept any sacrifices? I would think you'd agree with me.

The annual festivals are also mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul reiterates and reconfirms the New Testament Passover, ...

Aren't these statements contradict themselves?

If we must unstand spiritually, then how participating the rituals would help?

The NT Lord Supper is different from the Passover. We don't kill a lamb, we don't east the lamb meat and we don't have priests who would sprinkle the blood.

These rituals are shadow. But Christ is the reality.

Toward the end of this epistle, Paul states, "But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost" (1 Corinthians 16:8). If he were only gauging time by Pentecost, there would have been no need to wait. He waited so he could observe Pentecost at Ephesus with God's people before continuing his travels.

By the ritual law, Pentecost required wholy convocation just like your agreement that Paul must go to Jerusalem to 'observe' the other feast. If Paul was really following the ritual law, Paul would have gone to Jerusalem.

This is as if I say I'll be here until Christmas before I go for a trip. Doesn't necessarily mean if I celebrate it or not. But you can interpretate it either ways.

God is love (1 John 4:8). The annual festivals are His feasts (Leviticus 23:2), or "love feasts." They are alluded to in Jude 12 and 2 Peter 2:13.

Jude 12 and 2 Peter 2:13 are actually not about feasts themselves. The context talks about association with unbelievers.

The annual festivals are the only feasts God ever gave! They are an expression of God's love and a delight and joy to those who observe them....

They were temperary provisions that brought men to the coming messiah. Was the old covenant not replaced by the new? Was the Levitical priesthood not replaced by Christ's priesthood after His ascension? The 10 commandments are the expression of God's love.

Another misunderstood text is Galatians 4:10: "You observe days and months and seasons and years." Nothing in these scriptures identifies these as God's Holy Days. The Galatian Christians were Gentiles who were going back to what they had come from (verse 9). They were returning to pagan observances. God nowhere made any months holy, and He condemned the observance of times in Deuteronomy 18:10, so these could not refer to biblical festivals and Holy Days.

These "days and months and seasons [times] and years" were the pagan practices of men-possibly similar to astrology today.

How can one make a statement without reading the whole Chapter?

Most of the books of Galations deal with the issue of Jewish legalism. The judaizers went after Paul left to teach the new christians to keep the law of Moses. All you have to do is to read through all these books without making the word of God none effect.

Look at what Paul was talking about!

Galatians 4

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

Question: what bondage is this? That's the product of works. Agar and her children were result of Abraham's unbelieve and his own works. By trying obtain salvation through observing the law of Moses: observe dates, months and years put the believers in bondage.

Let me ask you the same question: Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

In a later post, I'll go over the NT scripture on the ritual laws being abolished.

I'll appreciate those of you who do not belong to this congregation respect the rules and only post questions and fellowship here so we can avoid these kind of endless arguing due to the obvious differences of our believes.

But do take these words into consideration and don't let them be a stumbling block.

 

[OntheDL]

I never said how the feasts should be observed, for I do not know. I do know that by at least having an open mind to the blessings hid within any of God's words, there is light that is yet to shine forth. I have studied the feasts for twenty-four years and am still finding gems that are treasures hidden in plain sight.

If you do not know to observe, then to what extend do you observe it. Are you breaking the whole law if you do not observe according to the law?

I'm all for studying the sanctuary and its services. It's essential to understand the plan of salvation. That's why I started a thread on this subject in the traditional SDA section. You're welcome to give your inputs.

 

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If you do not know to observe, then to what extend do you observe it. Are you breaking the whole law if you do not observe according to the law?

I'm all for studying the sanctuary and its services. It's essential to understand the plan of salvation. That's why I started a thread on this subject in the traditional SDA section. You're welcome to give your inputs.

TO clarify, my observation is like you keeping the sabbath, it may not have any jewish flavor in it but the essence and purpose of the weekly sabbath is there in purpose and heart in your observance.

If I made no effort to be watching during the time of the fall feasts, how will I observe how will I know when the symbolism is meeting its fulfillment found in the feasts themselves. It is like the jews who were not at Jerusalem for Pentecost, how can they be a part of the fulfillment unless they were there. SO in like manner, unless we are on top of all scriptures and there purpose, will we miss out on the message found within.

I am not a jew, therefore have no reason to observe it as a Jew. I am obligated to follow the Lord, and this shadow (the feasts) are to come, and if the spring fulfillments are any indications, it means that I need to understand what is a fulfillment of the fall feasts is to be, in order to able to see it here in the last days.

For example, we know that two identical goats are brought before the congregation on the Day of Atonement, and the congregation will pick the sacrifice and the other is assigned as the scapegoat, which is full of end time events in this symbolic picture alone.

If you would like I can present some of the spiritual insights I have gathered so far, and you can see for yourself if there is any value in the fall feasts.

 

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The ministry of Yeshua before He returns is conducted in the Most Holy Place before the mercy seat. This final ministry forms the connecting link that helps you understand Revelation. The final ministry reveals the relationship between heaven and earthly events in the last days. It can be better understood in the light of the Fall feasts.

In understanding the rehearsals of the fall feasts and the implied implications of the reality involvement dealing with His second coming, we should then be better prepared for the end times, having a better understanding of where we are to spiritually be, spiritually better prepared for what is to come upon the earth, and truly closer to the Lord that He may protect us from what is soon to come upon the earth.

Lev. 23:1-4 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. 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. 4 These are the Feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

According to Jewish tradition, the day Moses came down from Mount Sinai was in the fall at the time of fall feasts. The picture of Moses in his second coming is startlingly messianic. On Moses' first trip down the mountain out of the presence of God, the tablets were broken. Like Christ himself, the Word was broken for the sin of the people. After this initial descent down the mountain, Moses returned to the God. He went back into the very presence of God to make atonement, to effect a new covenant, to reveal the true and essential person of God. He was able to reveal the full extent of God's mercy and grace. These things accomplished, he then returned, bearing the New Covenant in his arms. He came down from the Father in splendor, in glory, in brilliance, terrible to behold. If you look closely to the first version of the ten comandments, the sabbath is given in honor of the creator, and in the second version the sabbth is given for the redeemer.

On the Biblical calendar, the 10th day of the 7th month is the appointment known as Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement is the Holiest day of the Biblical year. It is a day of intense prayer, fasting and calling out to God for mercy and grace. It is a day for doing business with God. It is a day for coming face to face with God. We can see an intersection of three holies. On the Day of Atonement, the Holiest man in the world (the High Priest of Israel) goes into the Holiest Place in the world (the holy of holies) on the Holiest Day of the year (the day of Day of Atonement).

Acts 3:19-21 (KJV): "19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Yeshua Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

History does have a habit of repeating itself. Here we are again, when they returned to Jerusalem... and what will be it for...the judgment of God and the controversies are growing over Israel, over Judaism, over Christ, and over the covenants of God.

 

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The fist fall feast is the feast of trumpets.

Feast of Trumpets is the First day of the seventh month and start of the civil year.(Leviticus 23.23-25) Hebrew name is Rosh HaShanah which literally means head of the year on the Jewish Calendar it falls around September or October depending on the year. It is Tishri 1 of the Jewish month and first day of the year on the Jewish civil calendar. The Jews have two calendars, one which they call the sacred calendar and the other that they call the civil. They believe that since God never abrogated the old calendar when He gave them the new calendar they are to have two calendars. This is why Joel says that Christ will come in the first month, both for the first coming and for the second, both in the spring and in the fall.

Interesting that you find seven trumpets in Revelation and not many people have made any connection with the Feast of Trumpets. It would take understanding of the Feast of Trumpets throughout scripture and prophecy of old and new testament prophets to glean concepts and understand the significance of the Feast of Trumpets. The Feast of Trumpets are about remembrances, a memorial, but the Bible does not tell us what we are supposed to remember!

Neither the name of the festival or the meaning of the festival are made explicitly clear in the Bible. The symbolism of this festival is something of a mystery, a sort of Bible riddle begging to be solved. The Bible grants us only two sparse verses to explain the festival:

Leviticus 23:23,24 In the seventh month, on first day of the month, it will be for you a sabbath, a trumpet blast memorial, a sacred assembly. 24 All regular work you shall not do, and you shall cause to be brought near to the LORD an offering made by fire.

This memorial is yet to have an event to memorialize it. We have yet to fulfill this event. By faith we are to keep it. By faith, we are to understand it. So let us begin with the offering made by fire. To be tried in the fires, the cleansing spoken of, is to have a purification effect which will be total and complete just as it is in Jesus. We are the offering, the sacrificing of our sins in the flesh, that we may live the spiritual life and real life with Jesus. The sacred assembly will be those who are looking forward to the fulfillment of the Feasts of Trumpets.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Yeshua Christ:

Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

 

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If you do not know to observe, then to what extend do you observe it. Are you breaking the whole law if you do not observe according to the law?

I'm all for studying the sanctuary and its services. It's essential to understand the plan of salvation. That's why I started a thread on this subject in the traditional SDA section. You're welcome to give your inputs.

As mentioned in post by ontheDL, there are sacrifices that are to be done with each of the feasts including the sabbath. Since the sacrifices have been done away with on the cross, I think we can safely say that the observance fo the sabbath and the feasts are to be keep in the true spirit of Christ. With Him as our center in our observance, I believe we will see the light that shines forth. As with the verses that ontheDL used to show sacrifices with the sabbath, we now see Christ in our sanctuary services, and follow the keeping of the sabbath in truth and spirit. So also should the keeping of the rest of the feasts be keep in that same spirit, with Christ in mind. SO while we can not and do not, and see no reason to keep it as it was observed in the OT, it does not change the fact that there are to be observed or why else would we gather for the feast of tabernacles in the new kingdom?

 

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In discussing the Day of Atonement it is helpful to accurately define the word "Atonement." Atonement does not mean forgiveness of sin. It is from the Hebrew word kaphar which means, "covering". This is the one day a year when the High Priest is to create a covering for Israel, separating the sin from the sinner forever. This covering, is the robe of righteousness, that fine linen you have been looking for. This the wedding day when Jesus will marry His bride.

The sense in which the word is used is as a covering-protection from danger. The idea is that God is dangerous, as a consuming fire, sin does burn up, melt like wax. If common, mortal, finite and sinful man is to enter the presence of the Holy, Immortal, Infinite and Righteous God, the man must be covered (i.e. atoned for) or he will be consumed and destroyed by the presence of God.

For example, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden enjoyed the presence of God. They walked with him daily in the garden. Then they sinned. Their eyes were opened and they immediately realized that they were naked. They immediately realized that they were without covering. Instinctively they began to try to sew fig leaves together to cover themselves because they knew God was coming, and they knew they could no longer withstand his presence. They could not enter his presence without covering.

Their effort to cover themselves, however, was futile; so when they heard God's voice and knew that he was entering the garden, they hid themselves. They could not come face to face with him.

After judging them, the book of Genesis tells us, that God made garments of skin to cover them. Thus the story of the fall of man leaves us with our first glimpse of atonement. God kills an animal to cover Adam and Eve. It is the first record of death in the creation, and it is a sacrifice meant for a covering.

Perhaps this was the very first Day of Atonement. According to tradition, Feast of Trumpets is the anniversary of their creation. Is it possible that 10 days later was the day they sinned?

Another example of the need for atonement is found in the story of Moses and the Golden Calf. After Israel sinned by making the golden calf, Moses ascended Mount Sinai to interceding for them. God was ready to destroy Israel; He was unwilling to even let His presence be among them. He said, "I will send an angel with Israel, but I cannot go with you or I might break out against you and destroy you." (Exodus 33) Because of the sin of the calf, Israel found herself unprotected. She has no covering. She is in danger from the presence of God.

But Moses says to Israel, "Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." (Exodus 32:30). He fasts for forty days and nights, and then goes back up the mountain with the two new tablets. The two tablets are meant to replace the ones he broke when he saw the calf. He goes back up the mountain, back up into the presence of God. On the mountain Moses implores God for mercy and requests to be shown all of God's glory. Face to face. God replies that no man can see his face and live. Moses would be consumed by God's glory. Instead God offers to cover Moses with his hand, hiding him in the cleft of the rock, while God passes by and declares the full meaning of His Name. He offers to tell Moses exactly who he is. He offers to reveal to Moses his essential person.

Exodus 34:5-7 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, 'The Lord, the Lord,*** the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.

I just have to point this out..

***Did you notice “The Lord, the Lord”? There are two Lords. There are two, and there are many more texts where this is repeated, it could be because there were two Lords, God the Father, and God the Son that were addressed.

This experience that Moses went through was the first time in record history that the full extent of God's mercy and grace were revealed. Moses already knew God was gracious, he already knew he was abounding in loving kindness, but to what extent he probably never realized, until that moment when God covered him with his hand and proclaimed his Name. Only then was it made clear that God is so Holy and pure that even when He reveals Himself it is only the essence of God and a better understanding of the meaning of his Name.

In the Day of Atonement, we need to readily admit that we have no nothing, no worthy deeds, no spiritual strengths of our own, we have nothing to show God, nothing to tip the scales of judgment in our favor, except Jesus. We have no basis to ask for mercy except for this, "You are the Lord, the Lord, gracious and compassionate:

 

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To start the Feast of Trumpets you must have two witnesses spot the new moon. Now the two trumpets of silver can be paralleled to the two witnesses who are calling people to the last call of redemption. The two witnesses will call for the ingathering of the believers and for the journeying that will need to be done spiritually to be in the place in the wilderness, where God can again speak to us as it was at Mount Sinai.

Numbers 10:1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

Remember brass represents judgment, gold is divine nature, and silver is redemption. There is no silver in the new heaven and earth reign of Christ, indicating that redemption has ceased for there is not more need for it in a new world of saints in whom is no guile, and who are perfect in Christ.

Matthew 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

Now that will be the time when the book is opened and it tastes sweet, but when the full impact of what this means, to the wicked and those in rebellion to the Word of God will cause the stomach to churn.

Just before the two witnesses are brought up in the Revelation, there is the little book taken and eaten. I believe that is significant. Before things come to pass, God warns His people.

Revelation 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

When the two witnesses come, they will come in the power from on High. They will be able to command plagues like Moses and conviction will be with their words, for Jesus will be with them like a voice out of the cloud. The clouded mind that each and every one of us has is confusion on one point or another, lost and not knowing where to turn, will be cleared by the messages of the two witnesses of Revelation. It will ring true and will be like the voice of God to our hearts and minds. It will bring us convictions, repentance, and salvation in the mysteries of God that have for so long been covered by traditions and our own sinful lives. The mystery of God will be truly finished. They will cause the mystery of God to be finished with the messages that they bring. The hidden things of God will no longer be hidden, the truth will shine in all its glory.

The two witnesses message and the son of perdition that appears to confuse the masses brings about tribulation such as never before witnessed upon the earth. Tribulation of the mind and turmoil with the conflicts of information given. As tribulation is in everyone’s mind, so also will the outwards signs of turmoil be among the people, as the rulers look to control the masses, and leaders look to lead the crowd. Everyone will be taking a position, everyone holding and protesting even if it takes forcing their beliefs or position upon others until there is nothing left to be said because everyone is willing to die for the position they will then hold. All the world will then be judged accordingly, and the plaques will fall afflicting each and everyone justly in righteous judgement.

Rev. 13:5 And there was given unto him [the sea beast] a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

In that three and one half time period, during this turmoil, those who are witnessing for Christ will find it getting extremely difficult to the point that they will wear out. They will be exausted from warning and wooing on the hardness of the hearts of men to change while there is still an opportunity.

Daniel 7:25 And he [the horn that came up] shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

During the Feast of Trumpets, you will have watchmen who will give out the trumpet warning, the heralding of the news, the announcements of what is soon to come to pass. These watchmen on the wall of Zion are the two witnesses of Revelation.

Numbers 11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

So it will be when the two witnesses, in Revelation, prophesy to the world, they will open the eyes of the world as to what is going on in God’s world. They will also show what is going on and going to happen in our world as we near the end of earth’s history.

 

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This ram's horn that was blown on the tenth day of the seventh month was also blown during a jubilee year. Jubilee points to the future perfect freedom. This Jubilee coming up will be the Jubilee of Jubilees or better known as the Millennium.

1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Yeshua, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

The Bible commands us to blow the trumpets on the Feast of Trumpets as a memorial, ten days to remember but what? It does not tell us why the trumpets need to be blown. Nothing, no explanation, no meanings divulged or even hinted at. Various attempts have been made to explain the festival. By searching through the Scriptures for references to trumpets blasts we find they were used for a variety of purposes. Each purpose gives us a different reason to remember and highlights a unique aspect of the festival. Each remembrance is a key facet to this feast.

Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

God wants the people who seek after him daily and are delighted to know the way that God wants them to live and the way that things should be. These people who are willing to approach Him for all the truth will not forsake anything that is of God. They have found delight, truth, righteousness, justification, and sanctification in all of God’s ordained ministries and services.

Isaiah 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

There is also the aspect of the coming of the Day of Atonement and the need for repentance. Feast of Trumpets marks the beginning of a ten day countdown to the Day of Atonement. Because the Day of Atonement is judgment day, the trumpet is sounded as a reminder that judgment is very near and the time for repentance is short.

Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

and

Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Many have heard this verse over and over again, but this time read it with the understanding the kingdom of heaven is truly at hand. We are at the door of eternity. We are soon to be at the end of this earth’s history. We are soon to see Yeshua come in the clouds of glory with all of the Heavenly Host with Him.

Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Have you learned what Jesus meant said there was a difference between mercy and sacrifice. Many have sacrificed their whole lives, living the cloistered life, the celibate life, and did all these works in the name of their religion but have never come to Yeshua, though they call out His name often. They sing His name, they pray His name, and they worship any image they have of Him. They do not live the repentant life where in they are under the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit, and will follow Jesus where ever He leads, even if it is away from what they thought was truth.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

This is why studying the Bible to see if it is so, and praying for godly direction for the believer to walk in is so important in your relationship with God and men.

Matthew 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

 

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Trumpets were also used for Coronation Ceremonies. In the Scriptures, the trumpet is sounded at the coronation of a king. The trumpet announces the newly crowned King and proclaims his ascent to sovereignty. It is well illustrated in the coronation contest for David's throne.

1 Kings 1:39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!"

Only the King of Kings can take The Book out of the Hand of God. As one of the elders told John the Revelator, the Lion out of the tribe of Judah, and the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Revelation 5:7 And He came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

So the coronation of the King of the Universe, our Lord Yeshua could occur during the Feast of Trumpets or on the Day of Atonement when He is handed all dominions.

Psalm 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalm 98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

The last message pure and swift riding and striking the heart with arrows of convictions dead on the mark by the one who has been given the crown.

Revelation 6:2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

According to ancient Jewish tradition, the first day of the seventh month is the yearly anniversary of God's completion of creation. As such, it is also the New Year's Day of the Biblical Calendar. This New Year's Day aspect is reflected in the festival's common Hebrew name: Rosh Hashanah. The first day of the seventh month marks and remembers the anniversary of the completion of creation as well as the day that Jesus becomes King over the new creation in us. Jesus never denied that He was the King of the Jews or the Universe.

Matthew 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest...... Matthew 27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Yeshua the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Yeshua Christ.

Therefore, the sound of the trumpet on the Feast of Trumpets is a remembrance of the coronation of the King of the Universe, and it symbolizes our acceptance of God as King. As with any Kingdom, the law of the land is pronounced and proclaimed throughout the kingdom and to all the citizens.

Nehemiah 8:1-3 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

We need that again, where the Word is brought forth to the people in clear light that they may see the eternity of God's Word.

Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

that would include understanding the feasts.

Nehemiah 8:11-12 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

It was at Mount Sinai when God descended upon the mount in Exodus 19, that there was a heavenly trumpet sounding loud and long. The sound of the trumpet at Sinai was one of the miraculous signs that accompanied the giving of the Ten Commandments and the invitation to covenant with God. Therefore, the sound of the trumpet on Feast of Trumpets is a remembrance of that day at Mount Sinai when Israel accepted her covenant with God. Later when Joshua came to the promised land, it was lead by the priests carrying the ark of the covenant with seven trumpets blowing.

Joshua 6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

 

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Trumpets were used to give warnings. In ancient Israel, a watchman blew a trumpet to sound an alarm when danger was approaching, just the way civil defense sirens are used in our modern world for natural disasters like tornados approaching and invasions. When the Israelite heard the sound of the trumpet, he knew to take note of some imminent danger. Ezekiel employs this image by comparing the words of the prophets to the sound of the trumpet warning. These warning in the form of trumpets from God are not to be trifled with. It will be on your own head for not taking warning seriously.

Ezekiel 33:4 The listener who heard the voice of the trumpet and did not taking warning, and a sword came and took him, his blood will be on his own head."

If a person heard the words of the prophet but did not take warning from them, it will be his own fault when the trouble comes. The sound of the trumpet on Feast of Trumpets is a remembrance of the need to take warning from the words of the prophets.

The Feast of Trumpets is usually now observed on not one but on two consecutive days. The (Jewish) day begins at sundown and ends just before sundown the next day. Similarly, the months were calculated from the New Moon. The only Feast of Trumpets is the only feast that is set apart based the time of the new moon. Since Feast of Trumpets is the only appointed feast that begins on the first day of the month that makes it easy to know. As we are trying to narrow the field as to when is the soon return of Yeshua, it is important to remember what Yeshua said,

Matt 24:36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

The next verse tells us He is speaking about the day of His coming. No one knew for sure whether the New Moon (the first day of the new month) would fall at the end of the 30th day or the 31st day. They had to wait until they saw the moon's crescent. We know that the Lord's coming will be signaled by a trumpet blast, the sound of a ram's horn. In the same way, the sound of the ram's horn ushers in the Feast of Trumpets. This is why this festival is celebrated for two days because of the uncertainty of the correct calendar day. Each new month was solemnly proclaimed to begin by the priests only after two witnesses testified to the appearance of the crescent of the moon.

Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

The trumpet was blown as a battle cry during sieges and assaults. When the soldiers heard the trumpet, they knew to initiate the attack. The prophets invoke the battle cry of the trumpet as they repeatedly warn of the impending destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. One of the most famous was the fall of the wall at Jericho.

There is to be another time that the trumpet will sound.

Jeremiah 4:19-21 I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry. Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment. How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

When you think about the feast of trumpets, from what I am gathering, they are important messages to prepare the people for the end days.

The sealing of destiny are illustrated and announced with trumpets. There were trumpets that were made out of the horn of a ram. The most famous ram in the Bible is the ram of Genesis 22 which was sacrificed in Isaac's place.


Watchman blew a trumpet to sound an alarm when danger was approaching a city. When the city inhabitants heard the sound of the trumpet, they were frightened of what unknown danger might be about to befall them. Amos employs this image of the fear inspired by the trumpet blast when he says,

Amos 3:6 If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?

The danger which approaches on Feast of Trumpets is God himself as he readies the heavenly court for judgement. In Jewish observance, the intervening days between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement are called the "Awesome Days."

On the Day of Atonement, there will be the coming of the Lord to His temple, your mind. The second coming, and the coming of the Lord to His temple, are distinct and separate events. The Day of Atonement is the coming to His temple and the Feast of Tabernacles is the second coming. The coming of the Lord to His temple, Malachi foretells as the judgment. Before the Lord comes to the temple, he will send “my messenger” to prepare the way just as John, the Baptist prepared the way with a call to repentance before Yeshua began His ministry. Malachi with these words prophetically pointed out that this coming will be harder to abide by for some. It will be for the believers, the messenger of the covenant that they have waited for:

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

They are to be days of intense soul searching and repentance and even fear as we prepare to enter the presence of the judge of all creation. Amos reminds us to fear the judgement of God as we would tremble at the sound of the watchman's trumpet.

 

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