Lev. 23:3. "Convocation." By this it appears that although the children of Israel were obliged to meet together at the Temple but three times in the year, yet the weekly sabbath among them was from the beginning a day for their meeting together for some sort of religious public worship, which is con... [ Continue Reading ]
Lev. 23:10. The sheaf was to be offered to God on the first day of the week after the Passover, on the same day that Christ rose. It was the first-fruits of all the seed sown. So Christ was "the first-fruits of them that slept." The body that dies and is buried is compared to the seed of bread, corn... [ Continue Reading ]
Lev. 23:34, 35, 36. Mat. 1. Luke 2. _The feast of tabernacles - The birth of Christ - Lord's day. _ Bedford, in his Scripture Chronology, makes it appear exceeding probable that Christ was born on the feast of tabernacles; as also Mather on the Types. And besides what Mr. Mather on the Types observe... [ Continue Reading ]