23 August, 2015 Burmah Road Gospel HallPart III (19 April) Part I …in the Past (The Shadows, Heb. 10:1, NRSV) The Passover The Unleavened Bread (26 April) Part II The Firstfruits The Weeks (Pentecost) THE PROPHETICAL POST- PARENTHESIS FEASTS T HE P ROPHETICAL P RE - P ARENTHESIS F EASTS The Future… (The Substance) The CHRIST – His Holy Walk, Death, Burial, His Resurrection The CHURCH – Her Revelation ISRAEL / CHURCH Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.

Pt. III – THE FUTURE IN THE PAST (The Prophetical Post-Parenthesis Feasts) Introduction: Two Principal Principles in Interpreting Prophecy: Consider the Context in view… (1)Of God’s Programme for the three Ethnic Peoples: I Cor. 10:32 …to the Jews…to the Gentiles…to the church of God. Cf. Eph. 2:11-18 Each has its Commencement, Continuation and Consummation (2) Of the OT Perspective of Prophecy with the Parenthesis in mind:Eph. 3:4-6

The Parenthesis in the Feasts Pre-shadowed the Fulness of the Body of Christ – The Church. The Proofs as Follows: [THE FACT OF THE PARENTHESIS (THE INTERVAL)] A.The Mystery of he Church. Eph. 3:3-7; cf. Mt. 16:18; Acts 2:47b; 20 occ. in Rev. (cf. 13:9) B. The Missing Periods…(I Pet. 1:11) 1. In the Mission of the Messiah - Isa. 61:1-3 cf. Lk. 4:17-19, 20, In the “Missing” Parts of God’s Panoramic Programme. - Dan. 9:24-27; 12:2; Rev. 20:6, 14; Cf. Jn. 5:29; Rev. 20:5, In the Intervening Interval between the Feasts of Weeks (Pentecost) and Trumpets – 1 st day of 7 mth. Ephesians 3:4-6 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.

THE INTERVAL IN THE FEASTS OF THE LORD. The Feast and the Feast Days. The Programme: DatesFeast Type of Christ 14 th, 1 st mthPassoverRedemption (I Cor. 5:7) 15 th – 21 st.UnleavenedRighteous life. (I Cor. 5:6-8) 1 st. Sun. }FirstfruitsResurrection (I Cor. 15:20) in the Land } 1 st. Sun (after}Type of the Church 7 weeks -}WeeksRevelation and 3 rd month}Inauguration (Acts 2:1-4) 3 rd to 6 th mth.INTERVAL Dispensation of the Church (Eph. 3:1-12) Is rael Observa- tion and Celebra- tion of the Feasts Set Aside

T HE P ARENTHESIS or T HE I NTERVAL (Lev. 23: 22) A. AN INDEFINITE PERIOD 1. Because of a Variable Commencement – Firstfruits Fixed for the morrow after the First sabbath. Lev. 23: 10, Because of an Inevitable Conclusion – Trumpets on 1st day of 7th month. Cf. Mt. 24:36; cf. Mk. 13:30, Hence the Interval is not of Certain Length, Counts back to Firstfruits and represents the Church Period Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

THE INTERVAL IN THE FEASTS OF THE LORD. The Period between Pentecost and Trumpets. DatesFeastType of the Church 3 rd to 6 th mth. INTERVAL Dispensation of the Church (Eph. 3:1-12) 1 st, 7 th mth. TrumpetsRapture (I Thes ) Lev. 23:24 10 th, 7 th mth. AtonementReview and Reward – Lev. 23:27 Judgment Seat (II Cor. 5:8-10) 15 th – 22 nd, TabernaclesReign (Rev. 20:1-6) 7 th mth …and… Lev. 23:34-44 Israel Set aside Regathering Retribution (Great Tribulation) Rest in the Millennium

(A) THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS Lev. 23:23-25 A.THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRUMPETS. Num. 10:1-10 B.THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE TRUMPETS. N UM. 1:10 C. THE CONVOVATION OF THE TRUMPETS It is a "memorial of blowing of trumpets" Lev. 23: It will be a Trumpet Call to Remember their Lord - a memorial Zech. 10:9 cf. Eze. 16:60 2. It will be a Trumpet Call to Return to their Land. - they shall comeIsa. 11:11, 12; 27:13; Mt. 24:31 3. It will be a Trumpet Call to Rest. - shall ye have a sabbathLev. 23: 24 a day of rest, NIV 1. The Silver from the Ransom (Atonement) Money. Exo. 30:11-16 a. There was only one Way to be numbered. vv b. There was only one Weight.v. 15 -"the shekel” c. There was only one Standard. v. 13 – "the shekel of the sanctuary" B. THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE TRUMPETS. (1)For Summoning Israel before the Tent for instruction. Num. 10:1-4 cf. Matt. 24:31 (2)For Signalling to the Camps to move on their journeying. 10:5, 6 (3)For Sounding an alarm of approaching invasion. 10: 9 (4)For Showing forth their joy in the feast days and in their new moons…10:10 Over their Offerings and Oblations as a memorial before God.

The Comparison: The Trumpet Call for the Church and for Israel For Israel (Mt. 24:30, 31) 1)Trumpet sounded by Angels 2)Living Israelites gathered from the four corners of the earth – no resurrection (31) 3)Gathered by Angels (31) 4) Happen for all to see (30) For The Church (I Thes. 4:16) Trumpet sounded by God. (16) The resurrected dead and the living in Christ gathered unto Him in mid-air (16, 17) Gathered by Christ Himself.(16) Happen in a twinkling of an eye (I Cor. 15:22)

1 Corinthians 15:51-58 (HCSB) 51 Listen! I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed… 54 When this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? 57 …thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 58 Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

The Future in the Past – Part IV Next Week (DV) (B) THE DAY OF ATONEMENT Leviticus 23:26-32 Its Relation with the Church and Israel (C)THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Leviticus 23:33-43 The Rest and the Reign

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