1. Leviticus
The Feasts of the LORD

2. The Feasts of the LORD Read Leviticus 23 V1-3 The Sabbath
V4-8 Passover (Pesach) and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
V9-14 The Feast of First Fruits
V15-22 The Feast of Pentecost (Weeks)
V23-25 The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah)
V26-32 The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
V33-44 The Feast of Tabernacles (Succoth)

3. The Feasts of the LORD
Introduction to seven annual feasts, rich in symbolism and prophetic significance
Colossians 2: 17 – “These [Jewish Festivals] are a shadow of things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.”
Feasts directed by God to show the Hebrews how to walk with HIM day after day
Signify Past Events: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Pentecost
Signify Events to Come: Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles

4. Jewish Calendar

5. Jewish-Gregorian Calendars1
Nisan
March-April 2
Iyar
April-May 3
Sivan
May-June 4
Tammuz
June-July 5 Av
July-August 6
Elul
August-September 7
Tishri
September-October 8
Cheshvan
October-November 9
Kislev
November-December 10
Tevet
December-January 11
Shevat
January-February 12
Adar
February-March

6. The Sabbath (Shabbat)
References: Ex 20: 8-10; 31: 15-17; Lev 23: 1-3; Mark 2: 27; Lk 4:16; 3: 10-17
Read Leviticus 23: 1-3
Work six days and 7th day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation
Matthew Henry: Withdraw from all business from the world. It is a sabbath of rest, typifying spiritual rest from sin, and rest in God.
What work can be done?
Where is the Sabbath to be observed?

7. Passover (Pesach) References: Lev 4-5; Ex 12:11; I Cor 5: 7
Read Lev 23: 4-5
When:
V4-5: 14th day of the first month, Nisan, each year
Jesus crucified on the Passover (John 19:14)

8. The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ha Matzah Lechem)
References: Lev 23: 6-8; I Cor 5: 6-8; 2 Cor 7: 1; Gal 5: 7-9
Read Lev 23: 6-8
When:
On 15th day of first Month, Nisan
Duration: 7 days
Do What:
Eat bread made without yeast
Hold sacred assemblies on 1st and 7th days
Do no work
Present a food offering to the LORD for 7 days
Jesus buried and resurrection would have been during Feast of Unleavened Bread

9. The Feast of First Fruits (Bikkurim)
Read: Lev 23: 9-14
Enter promise land; bring a sheaf of first grain of harvest to the priest
Priest wave it on the Sabbath – Wave Offering
Also sacrifice a lamb as burnt offering; grain offering of two-tenths of a ephah (approx 36.4 litres or a bushel); present a drink offering of a hin of wine
Jesus would have risen from the dead on Firstfruits, the day after Passover’s Sabboth

10. The Feast of the Pentecost/Weeks (Shavout)
Read: Lev 23: 15-21
Sixth day of Sivan (late May or early June)

11. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah)
Speculation: God gather His people at the rapture on the day of the Feast of Trumpets

12. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

13. The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth)
References:
Feast of Booths, Tabernacles; sukkah
15th day of Tishrei (late Sep to late Oct)
Make booths from palm trees, hadar trees, leafy trees or willows
Live in booths for 7 days; future generations know that God made Israelites live in booths when freed from Egypt

14. Jewish Feasts Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
Passover
Lev 23:5
Num 28: 16
Ex 12: 21-27
14th day of 1st Month Commemorate deliverance from Egyptian slavery
Pascal lamb is sacrificed
(Ex 12: 21-27)
Jesus’ Crucifixion -- as our Pascal Lamb died on the Passover day (Matt 27: 50) delivering us from bondage to sin (1 Cor 5: 7-8)
Unleavened Bread
Lev 23; 6-8
Num 28: 17
Acts 2: 27
15th day of 1st Month
Purging of all leaven; Commemorate the speed the Hebrews were freed from bondage and departed Egypt
(Ex 12: 39)
As soon as Jesus gave up His Spirit on the Cross, instantly the veil was torn (Matt 27: 50-51)
Born again, forgiven, immediately freed from sin and death; under Grace, not the Law

15. Jewish Feasts Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
First Fruits
Lev 23: 9-14
1 Cor 15:23
Celebrated once in history of Nation of Israel
Is thanksgiving first harvests in the Promised Land
Jesus’ Resurrection
1 Cor 1: 18 Christ is the firstborn from the dead
1 Cor 15: 20 Jesus rose from the dead for the first and final time as the First Fruit for Christian believers
Pentecost
Lev 23: 15-17
Num 28: 26
50th day after First Fruits
Commemorate the first crop of “that season”
Gift of Holy Spirit; Birth of Church
Acts 2:41 First crop of new season under Grace
Eph 2: From Jew and Gentile, “the loaves,” would be acceptable to God

16. Jewish Feasts Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
Trumpets
Lev 23: 23-24
Num 10: 3
Num 29: 1-6
Ex 19: 16, 19
Joshua 6
On 1st day of 7th month (Tishri)
Trumpets blow to gather God’s people from the fields by trumpet for a holy convocation
1 Cor 15: 51-53
1 Thes 4: 15-18
Trumpet announcing Jesus’ Second Coming for holy convocation via the rapture

17. Jewish Feasts Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
Day of Atonement
Lev 16
Lev 23: 26-27
Num 29: 7
10th day of 7th month (Tishri)
Repentance: people gathered for holy convocation
Not a celebration but a day to afflict souls in humble recognition of one’s sin and need for atonement
The ultimate, perfect atonement Jesus offered for us but also affliction and salvation Israel will see during the Great Tribulation

18. Jewish Feast Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
Tabernacles
(Succoth)
Lev 23: 33-44
Rejoice God’s deliverance and provision for Israel during time of wilderness wandering
15th day of 7th month (Tishri)
7 days long
1st Holy convocation
No work
Make burnt offerings for 7 days
The millenial rest for Israel and all of God’s people

19. Jewish Feast Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
The Year of Jubilee
Lev 25

20. Jewish Feast Feast Reference Reason for Feast Christian Significance
Hanukkah
Lev 25
25th day of Chisleu (December)
Not one of the appointed feasts
Commemorates cleansing, rededication of 2nd Temple in 165BC
520 BC: Foundation of 2nd Temple was laid
168 BC: Antiochus stopped Temple sacrifices
165 BC: Temple recaptured and cleansed
1917 AD: Jerusalem freed from Turkish rule
Possible date of miraculous defeat of Gog and Magog (Russia) invasion

21. Leviticus 24

22. Laws of Sanctified Elements
Read Lev 24
Worship: Lev 24: 1-9
What type of oil was to be used in the Tabernacle lights? (V1-4)
From where did the olives come?
Who alone was responsible for the lampstand?
Who is the light of the world?
What regulations were given regarding the bread of the Tabernacle? (V5-9)
12 cakes in two rows of 6 on table and frankincense
Who is the bread of Life?
Bread eaten after 7 days by the priests in a holy place
1 Samuel 21: Ahimelech violate the Law when he gave showbread to David and his men
Matthew 12: 1-14: Jesus used Ahimelech’s example as reason for the disciples to gather grain on the sabbath

23. Leviticus 24 Name of God: Lev 24: 10-23
Crime the son of an Israelite woman committed?
Penalty for the crime of blasphemy? Where?
What is the penalty for murder? V17
Is an animal of equal worth to a human being? (V17-22)
V23: Makings of a modern day reality television show?
Eye for an eye; tooth for a tooth “Lex talionus”
Name of our God is sacred and must be protected

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