1. 1 1.Relevance and Traditions of the Feasts to Israel 2.Relevance of the Feasts to the Church 3.Relevance of the Feasts to the Kingdom of God Feast of Trumpets- Rosh HaShannah Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur Feast of Tabernacles- Booths The Appointed Times of the Lord! The Fall Feasts of the Kingdom of God

2. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network The Kingdom of God Luke 16:16-17 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached..It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. The Kingdom of God is the eternal spiritual home where Believers will live with God in infinite blessing, provision, love, joy, intimacy & holiness as his children. (Everlasting Kingdom) The Feasts reflect God’s plan of redemption in Messiah as our path of faith into the Kingdom of God. Jesus taught us to learn from the Law how to Love God our Neighbors and Ourselves. (Kingdom Living)

3. Genesis 2:7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. נשמת חיים nishmath chaiyim, the breath of Lives. Related to Ruch which is Spirit or Wind found in Pentecost. Genesis 1:27-30 God blessed them and said to them “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over. Genesis 3:24-4:1 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life… so they would not live forever.

4. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network The Kingdom of God is God’s Eternal Presence Diaspora/Judgment followed by God’s Promise: Genesis 3:14-15 So the LORD God said to the serpent, he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” Jeremiah 5:19 (Exile) ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.’ Jeremiah 31:32-34 (Promise) This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,..I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people… I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

5. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network Leviticus 23:1-2 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts (appointed times) of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. 5 Ephesians 2:12-13 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. Weekly 1 Sabbath-Shabbat-7 th Day Spring: 2 Passover-Unleavened Bread 3 First Fruits 4 Feast of Weeks Pentecost Fall: 5 Feast of Trumpets- Rosh HaShannah 6 Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur 7 Feast of Tabernacles- Booths

6. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 6 Exodus 23:14-17 Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me...all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD. “Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, (Passover) “Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. (Feast of Weeks Pentecost) “Celebrate the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, (FALL FEASTS ending with Tabernacles) Three Annual Pilgrimages to Jerusalem Redeeming the Presence of God

7. Shabbat: 7 th Day Holy Weekly God’s Blessings God is Creator God is Father Jesus is Lord Eternal Rest in God Joy and Peace Exodus 20 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy...For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth,..Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

8. PassoverFirst Fruits Feast of Weeks Pentecost Unleavened Bread Nissan 14 1st Month New Year Lord’s Supper Blood of Lamb Crucifixion Nissan 15 1st Month Bread without Yeast Burial Nissan 17 1st Month Barley Resurrection First Fruits 3 rd Day 7 weeks Gift of Torah 3000 Died Birth of Church 3000 Saved Harvest of Souls Bondage to Sin, Satan and Death (Egypt, Pharaoh, Bondage) Reveals the Messiah as Suffering Servant (Passover Lamb) Way Home to God is Faith (Promised Land) Reveal God’s Word (Torah) and Spirit as One Redeems the choice of the Tree of knowledge (Born Again) Spring Feasts: First Coming and Justification by Faith

9. 9 Day of Atonement Yom Kippur Feast of Tabernacles Feast of Trumpets Rosh HaShanah Tishrei 1: 7th Month Prepare for the King Spiritual Renewal Rapture Tishrei 10: 7th Month Blood Atonement Jacobs Trouble Tribulation Tishrei 10: 7th Month God with Us Submission to Holy Spirit Messianic Kingdom Fall Feasts: Second Coming and Sanctification and Glorification Reveals End- Times Reveals the Messiah as Judge and Messiah King Reveals Judgment for the Unrighteous Reveals the Tribulation for the Unsaved Jew and Gentile Reveals the Second Coming

10. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network Feast of Trumpets (SHOFAR)- Rosh Ha Shannah Rosh Hashanah is a preparation of hearts for the second coming of Messiah on annual basis. The King is Coming. These are the blasts of the Horn- Shofar: One BlastTekiah Awaken Three short blasts ShevarimBroken One long blastTeruahAlarm One longer/louder blast Tekia HaGedolah Announcing Coronation Abraham’s Binding of Isaac Story

11. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 11 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Matthew 27:50-53 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. God’s Presence and Promise: Progressing the Kingdom of God Yom Kippur for Believers is a time to express joy for the Lord’s salvation and repentance for our sin during the year A time to fast and pray!

12. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 12 Zechariah 14:16-17 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. In the Millennium Kingdom God redeems all the Nations under him. All nations will know God’s love for Israel. Diaspora/Judgment followed by God’s Promise:

13. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 7 Major Feasts beginning with Shabbat and ending with Tabernacles 1. Shabbat reveals God’s plan of creation and Eternal Rest and Blessing in his presence 2. Passover was Jesus’ Death and Resurrection 7. Tabernacles represents Jesus’ Second Coming 8. The 8 th day is new beginnings when Heaven and Earth become one and we eat freely of the Tree of Life. Revelation 22:13-15 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

14. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 14 How the Church may partake of the Feasts Teach on the Feasts. Lots of materials on the Web. If you can’t meet on actual date choose a date near by. Invite a Messianic Rabbi to visit your congregation. Join a Messianic Congregation on their celebrations Add all the Feasts not just Passover Add some of the special symbols and foods. Jewish outreach through ministry gifts and training.

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16. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 16 Feast of Trumpets (SHOFAR)- Rosh Ha Shannah “ Beginning” or (Head) Ha means “the” and Shannah means “year”. The more common Biblical name is “Feast of Trumpets.” Lev.23:23-25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, In the seventh month in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. Yom in Hebrew is “day” Teruah means “Trumpets” so it’s the day of sounding the trumpets

17. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network Feast of Trumpets (SHOFAR)- Rosh Ha Shannah Last trumpet of Rosh Hashanah could represent the Rapture One longest and loudest Tekia HaGedolah 1 Corinthians 15:52-55 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. Last Great Trumpet of Tabernacles will announce the Second Coming Diaspora/Judgment followed by God’s Promise:

18. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 18 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Leviticus 23:26-32 The Lord said to Moses, “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present an offering made to the Lord by fire...You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live...you must deny yourselves. Day the Priest could enter the Holy of Holies to atone for Sins of Israel The Priest went through a formal cleansing ceremony for himself. Then the Priest made blood atonement on the Alter for himself and then Israel. Outside the Temple one Goat was sacrificed and one Goat was sent into the wilderness carrying Israel’s sin. A scarlet thread was said to have turned white every year until the death and resurrection of Jesus.

19. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 19 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Usually and sundown to sundown FAST ending with a meal called Break-Fast. Prayer services begin with the prayer known as “Kol Nidre,” which must be recited before sunset, and continue with the evening prayers (Ma'ariv or Arvith), which includes an extended Selichot service. The morning prayer service is preceded by litanies and petitions of forgiveness called selichotKol Nidre Selichot Jeremiah 30:6-7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it. Diaspora/Judgment followed by God’s Promise:

20. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network The Kingdom Feast of Tabernacles 20 The Gospel of Messiah in The Feasts of Tabernacles

21. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network 21 The Gentiles were originally excluded from the Feast of God with us. Leviticus 23:41-43: Feast of Tabernacles Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. Live in booths for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in booths so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

22. Beth Chaim Messianic Congregation Network Traditional and Biblical practices of Tabernacles On the first day, you will take for yourselves a fruit of a beautiful tree, palm branches, twigs of a braided tree and brook willows, and you will rejoice before the L-RD your G-d for seven days. - Leviticus 23:40 We say a blessing a wave the lulav and etrog in all six directions (east, south, west, north, up and down), symbolizing the fact that G-d is everywhere.G-d