GOD'S APPOINTED TIMES

The Seven Feast Days of Leviticus 23

These Are MY Feasts

"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."

- Leviticus 23:2

SPRING FEASTS

1

PASSOVER

Pesach (פֶּסַח)

14th of Aviv/Nisan

The night the death angel passed over the Israelites in Egypt. Commemorates our deliverance from bondage through the blood of the lamb.

"And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever." - Exodus 12:14

Prophetic Fulfillment:

Messiah became our Passover lamb (1 Cor 5:7)

2

UNLEAVENED BREAD

Chag HaMatzot (חַג הַמַּצּוֹת)

15th-21st of Aviv

Seven days of eating unleavened bread, removing all leaven (sin) from our homes and lives. A time of spiritual cleansing and separation.

"Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses..." - Exodus 12:15

Prophetic Fulfillment:

Messiah was buried during this feast - the sinless bread of life

3

FIRST FRUITS

Yom HaBikkurim (יוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים)

Day after Sabbath during UB

The beginning of the barley harvest. A sheaf of the firstfruits is waved before the LORD as a promise of the full harvest to come.

"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits..." - Leviticus 23:10

Prophetic Fulfillment:

Messiah rose as the firstfruits of the resurrection (1 Cor 15:20)

4

PENTECOST

Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת)

50 days from First Fruits

Also called Feast of Weeks. Celebrates the wheat harvest and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. A time of covenant renewal.

"And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete" - Leviticus 23:15

Prophetic Fulfillment:

The Holy Spirit was poured out on this day (Acts 2)

FALL FEASTS

5

TRUMPETS

Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה)

1st of Tishri

A memorial of blowing trumpets, a holy convocation. Also known as Rosh Hashanah. A call to repentance before the Day of Atonement.

"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." - Leviticus 23:24

Prophetic Fulfillment:

The return of Messiah at the last trumpet (1 Thess 4:16)

6

DAY OF ATONEMENT

Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר)

10th of Tishri

The holiest day of the year. A day of fasting, afflicting the soul, and seeking forgiveness. The High Priest enters the Holy of Holies.

"Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls" - Leviticus 23:27

Prophetic Fulfillment:

Final judgment and the sealing of the righteous

7

TABERNACLES

Sukkot (סֻכּוֹת)

15th-22nd of Tishri

Seven days of dwelling in temporary shelters, remembering the wilderness journey. Also called the Feast of Ingathering - the final harvest celebration.

"Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths" - Leviticus 23:42-43

Prophetic Fulfillment:

The Millennial Kingdom when Messiah tabernacles with us

GOD'S HOLY DAYS vs MAN'S HOLIDAYS

"Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them... and that thou enquire not after their gods" - Deuteronomy 12:30

✓ God's Appointed Times

  • Commanded in Scripture
  • Point to Messiah's work
  • Based on God's calendar
  • Teach spiritual truths
  • Eternal ordinances
  • For all who follow the Most High
  • Holy convocations

✗ Man's Traditions

  • Christmas (Winter Solstice)
  • Easter (Ishtar/Spring Fertility)
  • Halloween (Samhain)
  • Valentine's Day (Lupercalia)
  • New Year's (Janus worship)
  • Sunday Worship (Sun god)
  • Not found in Scripture

A SERIOUS WARNING

"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen... For the customs of the people are vain" - Jeremiah 10:2-3

Mixing pagan holidays with worship of the Most High is spiritual adultery. We cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils (1 Cor 10:21).

WILL YOU KEEP HIS APPOINTMENTS?

"If ye love me, keep my commandments." - John 14:15

The feast days are not Jewish holidays - they are the Creator's appointed times for all His people.

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