Summary of the Seven Feasts of Israel |
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Name | 1- Passover (Pesach) | 2- Feast of Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah) |
3- Feast of Firstfruits (Bikkurim) |
4- Pentecost (Shavuot) |
5- Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah) |
6- Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
7- Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) |
Scriptural Mandate | Lev. 23:5 | Lev. 23:6-8 | Lev. 23:9-14 | Lev. 23:15-21 | Lev. 23:24-25 | Lev. 23:27-32 | Lev. 23:34-36 |
Occasion | Death angel passed over Israelites (Ex. 12:27). Nisan 14 (Spring) |
Israel's flight from Egypt (Ex. 12:34,39). Nisan 15-21 (Spring) |
Israel crosses Red Sea (Ex. 14). 1st Sunday after Passover (Spring). |
Giving of the Law (Ex. 19:10-17). 50 days (inclusive) from Firstfruits (Spring). |
LORD Most High is King (Psa. 47:2,5). Tishri 1 (Fall) |
Face to face requires personal cleansing (Lev. 16:33). Tishri 10 (Fall) |
Israel remembers its wilderness wanderings (Lev. 23:43). Tishri 15-21 (Fall) |
High Days | 1st special Sabbath- Nisan 15 (Lev. 23:7). 2nd special Sabbath- Nisan 21 (Lev. 23:8). |
3rd special Sabbath (Lev. 23:21). | 4th special Sabbath (Lev. 23:25). | 5th special Sabbath (Lev. 23:28, 30-32). | 6th special Sabbath- Tishri 15 (Lev. 23:35). 7th special Sabbath- Tishri 22 (Lev. 23:36). |
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Fulfillment | Historic: Death of Christ (Jo. 15:13). | Historic: Burial of Christ (Jo. 12:24). | Historic: Resurrection of Christ (Jo. 11:25). | Historic: Birth of the Church (Acts 2). Future: Pre-Trib. Rapture (Lk. 21:36). |
Future: Pre-Wrath Rapture (Rev. 11:12,15). | Future: Second Coming of Christ (Rev. 19:11,16). | Future: Millennial Reign of Christ on Earth (Zec. 14:9). |
How Christ is the Fulfillment | Jesus offered Himself as the Passover Lamb (Jo. 1:29). | Jesus offered Himself as the Bread of Life (Jo. 6:51). | Jesus arose from the dead-- being the original Firstfruits (1 Co. 15:23). | Jesus poured out His Spirit (Acts 2). Jesus will harvest the firstfruits of the Church (Rev. 4:1). | Jesus will resurrect the saints and complete the Church (1 Th. 4:16-17). | Jesus will redeem Israel (Romans 11:26) and judge the Nations (Mt. 25:31-46). | Jesus will set up His Millennial Kingdom on Earth (Lk. 1:32; Rev. 20:6). |
Note | Time of the barley harvest (Ex. 9:31). | Time of the wheat harvest (Ex. 23:16). 1st Trump blown (Ex. 19:19). |
Jewish new year's day begins the civil year. Last Trump blown (1 Co. 15:52). | Great Trump blown (Is. 27:13). | Time of the final harvest points to a Millennial season of joy (Zec. 14:16) |