1. God’s
Plan
for Man
and Eternity
Part 3

2. The Feasts of Jehovah

4. The Plan of God for Man God created us to have fellowship with Him
God created us to reign with Him

5. The Fall of Man Lost fellowship with God
Yielded rulership over creation

6. God’s Promises
Adamic Covenant
Noahic Covenant

7. The Abrahamic Covenant
The Adamic Covenant
The Abrahamic Covenant
The Noahic Covenant

8. Reigning and Delivering King
Messiah ben Judah
Biblical
Prophecies

9. Suffering Servant
Messiah ben Joseph?
Reigning King
Messiah ben Judah
Distinct
Biblical
Prophecies

10. In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Matthew 3:1-2
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17

11. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate Matthew 23:37-38

13. Intervening Church Age
1st Coming
Suffering Servant
2nd Coming
Reigning King
Intervening Church Age
Unseen from the OT

14. The Restoration of the Plan of God
Fellowship between God and man was restored through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
The First Coming. Christ comes as Messiah/Savior
The reign of man was re-established by the Lord (as the Son of Man and the Son of David) defeating all His enemies and assuming the throne of David
The Second Coming. Christ comes as Messiah/King

17. The Number “7” in the Plan of God
A week of days = the Sabbath (the day of rest)
A week of weeks (7 weeks) = Pentecost
A week of months (7 months) = The Feast of Tabernacles
A week of years (7 years) = Freedom for the Jewish slave
A week times a week of years (49 years) = the Year of Jubilee
The 70 weeks of Daniel = the fulfillment of God’s Messianic Reign
A week of God’s days (7 x 1000 years) = the fulfillment of everything

18. The significance of “7”
“7” signifies “perfection” or “to be complete.”
“4” is the number of the earth
“3” is the number of God
Thus oftentimes “7” indicates what God is doing on the earth to bring to fulfillment His plan of redemption

19. 7 composed of 3 and 4 The seven parables of Matthew 13
The seven churches of Revelation
The seven seals of Revelation
The seven trumpets of Revelation

20. The Feasts of Jehovah
The Feasts of Jehovah were much more significant than a mere series of cultural celebrations.
There Feasts had at least four purposes:
The Feasts coincided with seasons of the agricultural year and were expressions of gratitude for the Lord’s provision.
The Feasts also commemorated the great works of God so that they wouldn’t be forgotten.
Most importantly, the Feasts have a prophetic significance and symbolize the entirety of the divine program.
Finally, there are aspects to be learned from the Feasts which can be applied to the Christian life.

22. Passover: The Data Hebrew: Pesach Date: the 14th of Nisan
Biblical References: Lev 23:3-5, Exo 12

23. The Passover: Bible references
These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. Lev 23:4-5 
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. Exo 12:3  
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it Exo 12:5-7

25. Relationship of Israel’s History to the Christian Life
Passover = Redemption
Passing through the Red Sea = Baptism
Departure from enslavement in Egypt = New life
Receiving the Law = Living by the Word of God
40 years of desert wandering (testing) = Our present lives
Crossing the Jordan = Death
Entering the Promised Land = Heaven

26. Salient Points and their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.

28. Salient Points and Their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.
The Lamb had to be a male without defect (Exodus 12:5)

29. Christ was examined by:
Pilate (Matt 27:11-26)
Herod (Luke 23:8-12)
Annas (John18:12-13)
Caiaphas (Matt 26:57)
So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous Man!” Luke 23:47

30. Salient Points and Their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.
The Lamb had to be a male without defect (Exodus 12:5)
The blood was applied to the doorposts and lintel (Exodus 12:7)

32. Salient Points and Their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.
The Lamb had to be a male without defect (Exodus 12:5)
The blood was applied to the doorposts and lintel (Exodus 12:7)
A bone was not to be broken (Exodus 12:46)

33. In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones Exodus 12:46
Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs John 19:32-33

34. Salient Points and Their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.
The Lamb had to be a male without defect (Exodus 12:5)
The blood was applied to the doorposts and lintel (Exodus 12:7)
A bone was not to be broken (Exodus 12:46)
The lamb was to be sacrificed between the two evenings.

35. And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings. Exodus 12:6 And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour… Luke 23:44

36. Salient Points and Their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.
The Lamb had to be a male without defect (Exodus 12:5)
The blood was applied to the doorposts and lintel (Exodus 12:7)
A bone was not to be broken (Exodus 12:46)
The lamb was to be sacrificed between the two evenings
Interestingly, there is no mention of the quantity of blood that had to be applied.

37. Salient Points and Their Correspondence to Christ
The Lamb was chosen and presented on the 10th of the month.
The Lamb had to be a male without defect (Exodus 12:5)
The blood was applied to the doorposts and lintel (Exodus 12:7)
A bone was not to be broken (Exodus 12:46)
The lamb was to be sacrificed between the two evenings
Interestingly, there is no mention of the quantity of blood that had to be applied.
Finally, this was a new month—a new beginning.

38. What the Feasts Represent
Passover = Redemption

40. The Feast of Unleavened Bread: The Data
Hebrew: hag hammasot
Date: beginning the 15 of Nisan, continuing for 7 days
Biblical reference: Leviticus 23:6-8; Exodus 12

41. Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us Corinthians 5:7

43. Bread as a figure of Christ
Christ is the Bread of Life, John 6:51
He was born in Bethlehem, the House of Bread
His body is given to us for bread, Matt 26:26

45. What the Feasts Represent
Passover = Redemption
Unleavened Bread = Sanctification

46. First Fruits

47. First Fruits: The Data Hebrew: Bikurim
Date: the 17th of Nisan (three days after Passover)
Biblical reference: Leviticus 23:9-11

52. A Key Verse
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept Corinthians 15:20

53. Salient Points Concerning the Feast of First Fruits
It was the same day that Noah’s Ark rested on Mount Ararat.
It was the same day that the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea.
The sheaf was waved between heaven and earth
The sheaf was not the harvest itself, nevertheless the harvest to follow was to be of the same type.
This feast was not able to be celebrated during the 40 years of desert wandering.

54. What the Feasts Represent
Passover = Redemption
Unleavened Bread = Sanctification
First Fruits = Resurrection

56. The First Loaves (Pentecost)

57. The First Loaves (Pentecost): The Data
Hebrew: Shavuot Greek: Pentecost
Date: the 6th de Sivan
Biblical Reference: Leviticus 23:15-22

61. A Comparison between OT First Loaves and NT Pentecost
OT First Loaves: fifty days
NT Pentecost: fifty days
OT First Loaves: Moses descends from the mountain
NT Pentecost: The Holy Spirit descends from heaven
OT First Loaves: written on tablets of stone
NT Pentecost: written on the heart
OT First Loaves: written by the finger of God
NT Pentecost: written by the “Spirit of God”

62. A Comparison between OT First Loaves and NT Pentecost
OT First Loaves: three thousand people die
NT Pentecost: three thousand people are saved
OT First Loaves: the Law resulted in death
NT Pentecost: the Spirit results in life
OT First Loaves: the glory disappeared
NT Pentecost: the glory will remain
OT First Loaves: Mount Sinai
NT Pentecost: Mount Zion (Heb 12:22-24)

63. An interesting note…
Pentecost was one of only two feasts to be held on a Sunday.