1. The Ecclesiastical year versus God’s Moedim understanding God’s rhythm for living and its connection with Salvation History

2. The solar year

3. ? the pagan year ?

4. The lunar year

5. The agricultural/-farming year year

6. The lunar year The agricultural/-farming year year The calendar through which God establishes His Moedim

7. What are God’s Moedim – His appointed meeting points with His People – and how do these Moedim speak of Yeshua ha Massiasch – Jesus the Messiah?

8. What are the seven Moedim – appointed by God? The following notes are from Rosemary Bamber’s helpful study “In Time With God”

9. What are the seven Moedim – appointed by God? The following notes are from Rosemary Bamber’s helpful study “In Time With God” Published by In Time with God Publications (2012)www.intimewithgod.com

10. The Biblical feasts, as given to Moses in Exodus 12, Leviticus 23, Numbers 28, 29 and Deuteronomy 16, are called in Hebrew Moedim, which means appointed times They were times appointed by God to give specific revelation to Mankind, and for something to happen God gave the Jewish people particular commandments concerning what to do on these appointed times Rosemary Bamber

11. God did this so He could reveal truth about Himself and His plan to redeem and bring people into His kingdom, not only from the Jewish nation, but to save people from ‘every tribe and tongue’ The seven main appointed times detailed in Scripture form two main clusters – the first three ‘feasts’ occur in the Spring, the fourth in early summer, then the final three occur in the autumn in the seventh month Rosemary Bamber

12. At His first coming Yeshua (Jesus) fulfilled the symbolism of the feasts that come in the Spring, on the exact days they occurred on the lunar calendar of the Old Testament. But the symbolism of the autumn Moedim has yet to be fulfilled in its entirety. Rosemary Bamber

13. There are two awkward questions that modern Christians are beginning to ask: (1) Is it in any way right or justifiable that the death and resurrection of Jesus is marked by the use of a pagan feast dedicated to a fertility goddess named Ēostre (from which we get our word “Easter”)? (2) Does the traditional ecclesiastical year serve God’s purposes adequately – or does it indeed obscure God’s purposes?

14. There are two awkward questions that modern Christians are beginning to ask (1) Is it in any way right or justifiable that the death and resurrection of Jesus is marked by the use of a pagan feast dedicated to a fertility goddess named Ēostre (from which we get our word “Easter”)? (2) Does the traditional ecclesiastical year erve God’s purposes adequately – or does it indeed obscure God’s purposes? Eostre is the root from which we get our modern word oestrogen (or estrogen) – the hormones associated with the menstral- reproductive cycle

15. These two awkward questions are ones of which most church-attending Christians remain unaware ……… Are we missing a wonderful opportunity to better appreciate God’s Salvation purposes, as they are prefigured throughout the Scriptures? Is the ecclesiastical rhythm – comprised of its numerous “feasts” and “holy days” – one that God has authorised, or does it stand in such a way as to obscure God’s Salvation purposes?

16. God’s Moedim Let’s take another look at God’s rhythm for living, based on the lunar calendar …..

17. The solar year

18. ? the pagan year ?

19. The lunar year

20. God’s Moedim What does the Jewish calendar look like? The Jewish calendar begins in our March-April months, in the spring time ….

21. Passover

22. Passover Un-leavened bread

23. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3)First Fruits

24. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits These first three Moedim are clustered just days apart

25. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot

26. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot Shavuot is set at Passover PLUS 50 days, and covers that entire period

27. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot The latter First fruits

28. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot (5) Trumpets

29. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot (5) Trumpets (6) Atonement

30. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot (5) Trumpets (6) Atonement (7) Tabernacles

31. God’s Moedim So that’s it! That’s God’s “rhythm” for the worshipful year These are the times that God has Scripturally set aside to reveal to us His Salvation purposes Let’s take another look:

32. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot (5) Trumpets (6) Atonement (7) Tabernacles

33. God’s Moedim But what’s all this got to do with Jesus?! Actually, it got everything to do with Jesus ……..

34. God’s Moedim As commented by Rosemary Bamber, these Moedim, these appointed meeting points during the year, each speak of Jesus the Messiah – and they speak of the entire purpose of God’s Salvation plan. We will not un-pack this fully here, but we can summarise as follows:

35. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot (5) Trumpets (6) Atonement (7) Tabernacles (1)Deliverance (2)Redemption (3)Messiah (4)Redeemed harvest (5)Re-gathering / repentance (6)Atonement (7)Thanksgiving for latter harvest

36. (1) Passover (2) Un-leavened bread (3) First Fruits (4) Shavuot (5) Trumpets (6) Atonement (7) Tabernacles (1)Deliverance (2)Redemption (3)Messiah (4)Redeemed harvest (5)Re-gathering / repentance (6)Atonement (7)Thanksgiving for latter harvest It’s all about Jesus!

37. God’s Moedim It would undoubtedly be a blessing to individual believers to have a greater sense of God’s Moedim Does the church today need to move away from some of its “festivals” that have pagan antecedents – especially “Easter” and “Christmas”?

38. Interim Conclusion: God’s Moedim speak of every aspect of the ministry of the Lord Jesus – from pre-history to His return in glory We will pursue this through seven further slide-sets, looking at each of the biblical Moedim in turn

39. God’s Moedim – study materials Slide deck # 1 please join again for Slide deck # 2 www.phileoyeshua.co.uk