The Seven Feast Days of Leviticus 23
"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
Pesach (פֶּסַח)
14th of Aviv/NisanThe night the death angel passed over the Israelites in Egypt. Commemorates our deliverance from bondage through the blood of the lamb.
Messiah became our Passover lamb (1 Cor 5:7)
Chag HaMatzot (חַג הַמַּצּוֹת)
15th-21st of AvivSeven days of eating unleavened bread, removing all leaven (sin) from our homes and lives. A time of spiritual cleansing and separation.
Messiah was buried during this feast - the sinless bread of life
Yom HaBikkurim (יוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים)
Day after Sabbath during UBThe beginning of the barley harvest. A sheaf of the firstfruits is waved before the LORD as a promise of the full harvest to come.
Messiah rose as the firstfruits of the resurrection (1 Cor 15:20)
Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת)
50 days from First FruitsAlso called Feast of Weeks. Celebrates the wheat harvest and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. A time of covenant renewal.
The Holy Spirit was poured out on this day (Acts 2)
Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה)
1st of TishriA memorial of blowing trumpets, a holy convocation. Also known as Rosh Hashanah. A call to repentance before the Day of Atonement.
The return of Messiah at the last trumpet (1 Thess 4:16)
Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר)
10th of TishriThe holiest day of the year. A day of fasting, afflicting the soul, and seeking forgiveness. The High Priest enters the Holy of Holies.
Final judgment and the sealing of the righteous
Sukkot (סֻכּוֹת)
15th-22nd of TishriSeven days of dwelling in temporary shelters, remembering the wilderness journey. Also called the Feast of Ingathering - the final harvest celebration.
The Millennial Kingdom when Messiah tabernacles with us
"Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them... and that thou enquire not after their gods" - Deuteronomy 12:30
"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).
"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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