Jalan Imbi Chapel The LORD’S CELEBRATION 14th – 16th April, 2017 Studies on the Levitical Feasts Of the LORD. Lev. 23 Fri. 14 Apr. – The Sheep That Was Slain. Lev. 23:4-8 Sat. 15 Apr. – The Firstfruits That Were Offered In The Feast. Lev. 23:9-14 Sun. 16 Apr. – The Wheat Loaves That Were Waved. Lev. 23:15-22 Sun. 16 Apr. – The Birds that Were Bloodied. Lev. 14:1-9

Death, Burial and Resurrection Easter [?] Celebration. Why Celebration? - The Study of the First Four Feasts/Festivals of the Lord. Lev. 23 The Concept of “Easter” – What it is and what it is not! Acts 12:4 (KJV) Exo. 23:13 Study 1 The Sheep That Was Slain – Lev. 23:4 Or The Feast of Passover, Lev. 23:5 Introduction: The New Beginning for the Feasts of the Lord and the accompanying Sabbaths. Lev. 23:1-3 Proclamation of the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus.

A. THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND 1. The Circumstances of the People - no Celebration of the Lord's Feasts in Egypt! Exo. 5:1 2. The Compromises Proposed by Pharaoh. Exo. a. Conformity with the Place of Worship. Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 8:25 b. Contact maintained in the Passion in Worship: Only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. 8:28 c. Children to stay behind while Parents and the People Worship: Your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. Not so; go now ye that are men and serve the Lord. 10:8-11

2. The Compromises Proposed by Pharaoh. Exo. Condition for release – The Prerequisite for Worship not Provided for. 10:24-26 Go…only let your flocks and your herds be stayed…. Moses said…Our livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. 3. The Condemnation of Egypt with the 10th Plague.12:13, 14, 29f …at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt …and all the firstborn of cattle…there was not a house where there was not one dead. 4. The Commencement of a new beginning with the Passover. 12:1, 2ff; 25-27

5. The Convocations for the Lord’s People. Lev. 23:1-4 Intro. "Convocation" = a Calling together of God's People. "Holy Convocation" => the Character of the Call and Coming together. They were the Lord's Appointed Feasts. v. 2 - (Heb. moed = "set/appointed feasts", RV, NIV) From root word in Exo. 25:22 – And there I will meet with thee.

5. The Convocations for the Lord’s People. Lev. 23:1-4. cf 5. The Convocations for the Lord’s People. Lev. 23:1-4 cf. The Lord’s Passover. Exo. 12:27 a. Observed at the Lord’s Appointed Periods. v. 4 - appointed seasons, RV; appointed times, NIV. b. Observed by the Lord’s Appointed People. v. 4 - which ye (the children of Israel, v. 2) shall proclaim c. Observed under the Lord’s Appointed Procedure. Deut. Ch.16. (No Empty Hands, Head and Heart! 16:16) d. Observed at the Lord’s Appointed Place. 16:16 e. Observed with the Lord’s Appointed Promise. Exo. 34:24

B. THE NEEDED BREAK. 1. The Proclamation and Significance of the Feasts. Lev. 23 a. The Proclamation of the Feasts. 23:1, 2, 4-44 REF. FEASTS OBSERVANCE DURATION REMARKS v. 5 Passover 1st mth. 14th day 1 day 6-8 U. Bread 1st mth. 15th day to 21st 7 days 9-14 Firstfruits 1st mth. Morrow aft. 1st Sabbath 1 day/ in the land. 15 Weeks 3rd mth. Morrow aft. 7th Sabbath 1 day The Interval 3rd mth. to 6th mth. inc. uncertain No feast held 23-25 Trumpets 7th mth. 1st day 1 day New Year's Day. 26-32 Atonement 7th mth. 10th day 1 day cf. Year of Jubilee Lev. 25:9 33-44 Tabernacles 7th mth. 15th day 8 days (7 days + 8th day)

1. The Proclamation and Significance of the Feasts. Lev. 23 a 1. The Proclamation and Significance of the Feasts. Lev. 23 a. The Proclamation of the Feasts The Significance of the Feasts. i. A Periodical Record of the Cycle of holidays for the Jews, e.g. Lev. 23:1 ii. A Personal Record of the Christ. e.g. I Cor. 5:7, 8 Study of Typology: All these things happened unto them typically (tupos). I Cor. 10:11 Scope of the Feasts: A Survey of God’s Panoramic Plan of the Ages from the Cross to the Crown. iii. A Prophetical Record of the Course of Time for Israel (and the Church) until the Coming of Christ. e.g. I Cor. 15:23

1. The Proclamation and Significance of the Feasts. Lev. 23 2. The Place of the Sabbath among the Feasts. Lev. 23:3 The Sabbath of Rest on the 7th day in Creation. Gen. 2:1-3 The Sabbath Rest of the Convocation. i. The Seventh Day Rest - "Ye shall do NO work" 23:3 cf. Exo. 35: 2, 3 and ‘ye shall kindle no fire’ cf. Num. 15:32-36 ii. The `Feast Day' Rest - "Ye shall do no SERVILE work" 23:7 but "ye shall offer an offering made by fire" 23:8

C. THE NEW BEGINNING. 1. The Change in the Calendar. Exo. 12:2 a. Abib (Nisan) - the 7th mth in the Civil Calendar became the 1st mth in the Religious Calendar. Tishri - the 1st mth was the Civil New Year. (The 7th mth in the Religious Calendar.) 2. The Commencement of the Change meant… a. The "Blotting out" of the last 6 months -the old life in Egypt. b. The Beginning of the next 12 months - the new life in Christ. c. The "Base" of the `New Year' - the Passover Lamb. Exo. 12:2, 3 d. The Basis of Communion/Relationship - the Blood of the Lamb. Exo. 25:22; Lev. 16:14

1. The Change in the Calendar. Exo. 12:2 2 1. The Change in the Calendar. Exo. 12:2 2. The Commencement of the Change 3. The Challenge to the Christian. Phil. 3:13, 14 a. To the Backslidden: Blot out the Failures of the Past. b. To the Uncommitted: Begin the Future with the Present. c. To the Faithful: Be pressing Faithfully toward the Prize. How could all these be made Possible? The Passover…! The Sheep That Was Slain.

Study 1. The Sheep That Was Slain – Lev. 23:4-8 Study 1 The Sheep That Was Slain – Lev. 23:4-8 (The Feast of Passover, Lev. 23:5) Intro. THE FEAST OF PASSOVER The Foundation of the Feasts - The Passover. Lev. 23:5 The Followed Order of the Feasts - in their seasons Lev. 23:4

A. The Lord’s Passover (Lamb). as a Type of Christ. Exo. 12 cf. I Cor 1. It is the Lord's Passover (pesah, noun) Exo .12:11 The Passover is the Lord's and of the Lord's. Cf. Gen. 22:7, 8 a. Christ is God's Passover Lamb. Jn.1:29 b. Christ is our Passover Lamb. I Cor. 5:7; I Pet.1:19, 20

1. It is the Lord's Passover (pesah, noun). 12:11 2 1. It is the Lord's Passover (pesah, noun) 12:11 2. It is the Lord's Pass-over (pasah, verb) 12:12 The Pass-Over is of the Lord's doing ("I, the Lord") 12:12, 13, 23, 27 a. The Lord will pass-over to Sentence. 12:12, 23 cf. Acts 17:31 To Execute Sentence. 12:12 cf. 4:22, 23 To Establish Sovereignty: "I am the Lord” 12:12 cf. Phi.2:9-11 b. The Lord will pass-over to Shield. 12:23 c. The Lord will pass-over to Save. 12:13 Isa. 31:5 Thus, as birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; Defending also He will Deliver it; and Passing over He will Preserve it… cf. It is the Lord’s Passover, Exo. 12:11

3. The Lamb Cut off on the 14th day. Exo. 12:6. a. The Time 3. The Lamb Cut off on the 14th day. Exo. 12:6 a. The Time. "in the evening", lit. between two evenings. Exo. 12:6 (mar; Lev. 23:5, 6) b. The Type. Passover Fulfilled in Christ. I Cor. 5: 7 4. The LAMB Crucified on the exact day. a. Jesus to observe the Passover. cf. Lk. 22:1, 7 "when the evening was come" of the 14th day. Mt. 26:17-20 b. Judas went out to betray Jesus. - "It was night“ 26:21-25; Jn. 13:30 c. Jesus apprehended at Gethsemane. - at night. 26:47-56; Mk. 14:30, 32, 43 d. Jesus tried by Sanhedrin, Caiphas, Pilate, Herod, etc. - early hours in the morning: "when the morning was come" Mt. 27:1, 2

4. The LAMB Crucified on the exact day. e. Jesus crucified at Gogoltha. - "in the third hour" (9.00am) Mk.15:25 f. Darkness over the land. - from 6th - 9th hour (12n. to 3pm) 15:33 g. Jesus gave up His Spirit. - "about the 9th hour" (3pm) Mt. 27:45, 46, 50, STILL on the 14th day Thus, the PASSOVER LAMB OF GOD died on the 14th day.

B. THE SACRIFICE OF THE LORD'S PASSOVER AS A TYPE CHRIST'S SACRIFICE A. The Lord’s Passover (Lamb) as a Type of Christ. Exo. 12 cf. I Cor. 5:7 B. THE SACRIFICE OF THE LORD'S PASSOVER AS A TYPE CHRIST'S SACRIFICE Christ is the Passover Sacrificed for us. Exo.12:27; I Cor.5:7 1. Sacrifice must be a lamb. 12:3 Christ is the Lamb of God. Jn.1:29; I Pet.1:18, 19  2. It must be a male of the first year from the sheep or from the goats. 12:5 Thus, it is a Voluntary Offering. Cf. Lev. 22:18-22 As a Voluntary Offering… a. Christ is also the Burnt Offering. Lev.22:18 cf. Heb.10:5-10 b. Christ is also the Peace Offering. Lev.22:21cf. Eph. 2:14-18

1. Sacrifice must be a lamb. Exo. 12:3 2 1. Sacrifice must be a lamb. Exo. 12:3 2. It must be a male of the first year 12:5 3. It must be without blemish. 12:5 cf. I Pet.1:18, 19 a. Christ did no sin. I Pet. 2:22 b. He knew no sin. II Cor. 5:21 c. In Him is no sin. I Jn. 3:5   4. It must be kept under observation from 10th to 14th day. Exo. 12:3, 6 a. Christ tested by God: i) At the Commencement of His Ministry. Mt. 3:16, 17 ii) At the Central part of His Ministry. Mt. 17:5 iii) At the Conclusion of His Ministry. Jn. 12:23, 28

i) "From where hath this Man this wisdom..?" Matt.13:54, 56 a. Christ tested by God: b. Christ tested by Man: i) "From where hath this Man this wisdom..?" Matt.13:54, 56 ii) "Never man spoke like this man." Jn.7:46 iii) "I find in Him no fault at all." Jn.18:38; 19:4, 6 c. Christ tested by Satan: i) "If Thou be the Son of God..." Mt. 4:3, 6 ii) "If Thou be the Son of God..." Mt. 27:40 The thief on the cross: iii) "If Thou be the Christ......." Lk. 23:39 iv) "TRULY, THIS WAS THE SON OF GOD." Mt. 27:54

4. It must be kept under observation 5. It must be killed. 12:6; cf. Lk.22:7 a. In the evening. (lit. = "between the two evenings") i) i.e. between the decline of the sun and sunset, cf. Deut.16:6 between 3.00 - 5.00 o'clock (Josephus) Christ was on the cross between the 6th and 9th hour. (Mt.27:45) ii) i.e. at the time of the daily evening sacrifice. Exo.29:39 Christ died at the time of the evening sacrifice.  

5. It must be killed. Exo. 12:6; cf. Lk. 22:7. a. In the evening. (lit 5. It must be killed. Exo. 12:6; cf. Lk.22:7 a. In the evening. (lit. = "between the two evenings") b. It was to be roasted with fire: Exo. 12:8 cf. Lam.1:12, 13 i) Its Head: The Will of Christ. cf. Mt. 26:36-44 ii) Its Legs: The Walk of Christ. cf. Isa. 53:4, 5 iii) Its Inwards: The Heart of Christ. cf. Mt. 27:46 c. Its Blood must be shed. Exo. 12:7 cf. Heb. 9:11-15, 22 i) The Blood was a token (a sign, NIV)..... Of a Substitute Slain; 12:6, 7 Of a Sacrifice Offered; 12:13 Of a Salvation made possible. 12:23 Of a Supper (Feast) to be observed. 12:13, 14, 24

c. Its Blood must be shed. cf. Heb c. Its Blood must be shed. cf. Heb.9:11-15, 22 i) The Blood was a token (a sign, NIV)..... ii) The Blood of Christ....... Propitiated God in Righteousness. Rom. 3:25-26 Justified Us in Righteousness. Rom. 3:24, 25 Sanctified Us to live in Righteousness. Heb.9:11-14 Ratified a new Covenant in Righteousness. Heb.9:15-22 6. Its Bones must not be Broken. 12:46 No Bone of Christ was Broken! Jn.19:32-36

that we may walk in newness of life. Conclusion: Truly, Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us to enable us to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread that we may walk in newness of life.

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