Feasts of Israel


(* Diagram from Chuck Missler)

Feast (Lev 23)

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References

Passover

Death of Christ on the cross

Joh 1:29; 1Co 5:7; Isa 53:7

Unleavened Bread *

Without sin, no corruption in grave

1Co5:6; Gal 5:9; Ps 16:10; Act 2:31; Joh 6:50-58

Firstfruits

Resurrection

Mt. 27:52,53; 1Co 15:20-23,

Weeks (50 days later) *

Holy Spirit given on Pentecost.Jews commemorate giving of the law on Sinai.

Acts 2:1-4; Ex 19:1

Trumpets

Return of Christ

Num 10:2; Mat 24:31,
See Rapture

Day of Atonement

Tribulation – affliction, time of Jacob's trouble - Jer 30.7

Lev 23:27. Compare Mt 24 & Rev. chapters 6-19

Tabernacles *

Millenium/eternity – God dwells with his people

Joh 1:14, Rev 21:3

* Ex 23:17 Deu 16:16, Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles