Why should we observe God's Feast Days?

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Because, all of them prophetically point to Jesus.

Passover - Jesus died on it.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread - Jesus was unleavened bread from heaven. He was bread from heaven, and no leaven was found in Him. He died so that through Him, the world would be given life. He was put in the tomb during this feast - John 6:47-51

Feast of First Fruits - During this feast, He was resurrected. He became the first fruit of the children of God.

Pentecost - His ascension and His glorification, and uniting with the throne of God was how he fulfilled this feast. After all of this, on the day of Pentecost, He sent the Holy Spirit upon the people.

These are all of the spring feasts. The very next feast that is to be fulfilled, is one of the three fall feasts, and is as follows:

The Feast of Trumpets - Jesus is foretold to come with the sound of a trumpet. This feast, is held actually during the fall. We know the season when Jesus will come back, but because of Satan's deception, no one knows quite the day or the hour, as the biblical calendar has throughout the years been replaced by various different man-made calendars.

The last two feasts, deal with the separation of the good seed, and the bad seed. And finally, the reunion of God with His children. These are both things Jesus is to fulfill AFTER He comes back. But, biblically speaking, He can only come back during the Feast of Trumpets. Don't let people deceive you, we know the season, just not the day or the hour.

In Luke Chapter 12, Jesus describes two types of servants.

A Good Servant : Luke 12:35 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

A Bad Servant: Luke 12:45 - But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

So, the good servant, knew enough that he was able to watch for His arrival, but the bad servant, had no clue.

1 Thessalonians 5:1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Verse 1 shows that he doesn't even have to talk to them about the times and seasons, because they already know. Verse two, talks about how it will come like a thief, and verse 3 discloses more context about verse 2. That, those who are children of the night will have the return of Jesus come upon them like a thief in the night, unexpected, and unaware. Verse 4, shows us that us, children of the light, know when it will come, so it isn't as a thief. The feast of trumpets, biblically speaking, is in late September. No one knows the exact date, but it's roughly around this time. Soon. Will this be the year? No one knows, but with all the craziness going on, I'd not be surprised at all.
 

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In continuing to celetebrate the passover of the Jews, with The Jews, will you then neglect to celebrate Christ's pascha with the Christians? Or will you celebrate twice? Once for the foreshadowing and again for it's completion?

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Are you aware that Christianity has 12 feasts?

Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

The Twelve Great Feasts are as follows (note that the liturgical year begins with the month of September):

  1. The Nativity of the Theotokos, 8 September
  2. The Exaltation of the Cross, 14 September
  3. The Presentation of the Theotokos, 21 November
  4. The Nativity of Christ/Christmas, 25 December
  5. The Baptism of Christ — Theophany, also called Epiphany, 6 January
  6. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 2 February
  7. The Annunciation, 25 March
  8. The Sunday before Pascha (Easter) — the Entry into Jerusalem or Flowery/Willow/Palm Sunday
  9. Forty Days after Pascha (Easter) — the Ascension of Christ
  10. Fifty Days after Pascha (Easter) — Pentecost
  11. The Transfiguration, 6 August
  12. The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos, 15 August

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Are you aware that Christianity has 12 feasts?

Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

The Twelve Great Feasts are as follows (note that the liturgical year begins with the month of September):

  1. The Nativity of the Theotokos, 8 September
  2. The Exaltation of the Cross, 14 September
  3. The Presentation of the Theotokos, 21 November
  4. The Nativity of Christ/Christmas, 25 December
  5. The Baptism of Christ — Theophany, also called Epiphany, 6 January
  6. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 2 February
  7. The Annunciation, 25 March
  8. The Sunday before Pascha (Easter) — the Entry into Jerusalem or Flowery/Willow/Palm Sunday
  9. Forty Days after Pascha (Easter) — the Ascension of Christ
  10. Fifty Days after Pascha (Easter) — Pentecost
  11. The Transfiguration, 6 August
  12. The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos, 15 August

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Technically, the feast days were given by the Lord with specific instructions and time references to the Jews. Christianity has no such given days to observe, other than what we'd made ourselves.

As far as the OP is concerned, I don't think 'observe' is the proper term for this dispensation. Rather 'recognize' might be more appropriate, simply because He is fulfilling them one by one.
 
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