FEASTS The feasts of Jehovah. As given to Israel, these were simply seven great religious festivals which were to be observed every year. The first three verses of Leviticus 23 (Leviticus 23:1) do not relate to the feasts but separate the sabbath from the feasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASSOVER The Passover, (Leviticus 23:4); (Leviticus 23:5). This feast is memorial and brings into view redemption, upon which all blessing rests. Typically, it stands for "Christ our passover, sacrificed for us." (1 Corinthians 5:7). FIRST MONTH That is, April.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAD The feast of Unleavened Bread, (Leviticus 23:6). This feast speaks of communion with Christ, the unleavened wave-loaf, in the full blessing of His redemption, and of a holy walk. The divine order here is beautiful; first redemption, then a holy walk. (1 Corinthians 5:6); (2 Corinthians 7:1);... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST FRUITS The feast of Firstfruits, (Leviticus 23:10). This feast is typical of resurrection-first of Christ, then of "them that are Christ's at His coming"; (1 Corinthians 15:23); (1 Thessalonians 4:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
FIFTY DAYS The feast of Pentecost, (Leviticus 23:15). The anti-type is the descent of the Holy Spirit to form the church. For this reason leaven is present, because there is evil in the church; (Matthew 13:33); (Acts 5:1); (Acts 5:10); (Acts 15:1). Observe, it is now loaves; not a sheaf of separate... [ Continue Reading ]
WAVE-LOAVES The wave-loaves were offered fifty days after the wave-sheaf. This is precisely the period between the resurrection of Christ and the formation of the church at Pentecost by the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1); (1 Corinthians 12:12); (1 Corinthians 12:13). See "Church"; (Matthew 1... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUMPETS The feast of Trumpets, (Leviticus 23:23). This feast is a prophetical type and refers to the future regathering of long-dispersed Israel. A long interval elapses between Pentecost and Trumpets, answering to the long period occupied in the pentecostal work of the Holy Spirit in the present... [ Continue Reading ]
ATONEMENT The day of Atonement, (Leviticus 23:26). The day is the same described in Lev. 16, but here the stress is laid upon the sorrow and repentance of Israel. In other words, the prophetical feature is made prominent, and that looks forward to the repentance of Israel after her regathering unde... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOTHS The feast of Tabernacles, (Leviticus 23:34) is (like the Lord's Supper for the church) both memorial and prophetic -memorial as to redemption out of Egypt (Leviticus 23:43) prophetic as to the kingdom-rest of Israel after her regathering and restoration, when the feast again becomes memorial... [ Continue Reading ]