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Introduction to the Feasts for Gentile Christians

Why is it important to study the Feasts of the Lord? One reason would be to understand many details involved with the redemption of mankind.

After Passover (the offering of The Messiah as korban pesach the offering of the lamb) , and the Feast of the Omer (the resurrection of The Messiah) Jesus met two men on the road to Emmaus and He opened their understanding about Himself from the hrwt, Myaybn, Mybwtk – The law, the Prophets, and the Writings.

Luke 24:13-27 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Emmaus is a small village sixty furlongs or 36,000 feet (about 6.64 miles, 10.68604 KM) north west of the old city of Jerusalem

The following photograph is the complete set of Scrolls that make up the Hebrew Scriptures commonly called the Old Testament. These are the Scrolls Jesus was referring to when He explained to the two men on the road to Emmaus.

(Note: A Jewish Scribe recently said “Jews absolutely hate it when these books are referred to as the Old Testament”. That is a shame as within these Scrolls in Jeremiah 31:31-33 God says:

הנה ימים באים נאם יהוה וכרתי את בית ישׂראל ואת בית יהודה ברית חדשׁה
לא כברית אשׁר כרתי את אבותם ביום החזיקי בידם להוציאם מארץ מצרים אשׁר המה הפרו את בריתי ואנכי בעלתי בם נאם יהוה

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.”)

 

The Scroll in the following photograph is called the Torah. It is from Vilnius, Lithuania written about 250 years ago. The Torah contains the following books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. These are the words God spoke to Moses about 3,500 years ago.

 

 

The following photograph is from a Torah Scroll written in Vilnius, Lithuania. The passage of Scripture is as follows:

Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

 

Jesus said the following in John 4:21-26 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

All people, from all time, nations, and tongues must come to the Hebrew Scripture to translate the Word of God into their languages. This is what we are going to examine as we study the Feasts of the Lord.

 

The web site on Leviticus 23 “The Feasts of the Lord” has been translated into three languages: English, Chinese, and Russian.

 

 

 

The chart listing the feasts in a chronological order helps make them more understandable. For example, many Christians have difficulty trying to decide when the rapture of the church will take place. If you use this chart it is a simple matter to observe that the Feast of Trumpets comes before the Feast of Atonement. Also observing the chart with each accompanying lesson will show the simplicity of these feasts in light of the New Testament.

In understanding Biblical types, many times it is tempting try to make every type and detail refers to the blood of Christ. As we examine these feasts we can see that they all do involve Christ, but they go into more detail than the Crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Perhaps this is what the writer of Hebrews meant when he said what he did in chapter five verses eleven through chapter six verse three.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit. Hebrews 5:11-6:3

The following chart shows the months each feast takes place in. The first month is Nissan where the feast of Passover begins the yearly cycle.