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A STUDY ON JEWISH FESTIVALS

A STUDY ON JEWISH FESTIVALS. THE ORDER OF JEWISH FESTIVALS IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST- LEVITICUS 23:4-44 / NUMBERS 28:16-31/29 / ESTHER 9:25-32/JOHN 10:22. I. THE PASSOVER (2) II. THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (3) III. THE FESTIVAL OF FIRST FRUITS (7) IV. THE PENTECOST (5)

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A STUDY ON JEWISH FESTIVALS

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  1. A STUDY ON JEWISH FESTIVALS

  2. THE ORDER OF JEWISH FESTIVALS IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST-LEVITICUS 23:4-44/NUMBERS 28:16-31/29/ESTHER 9:25-32/JOHN 10:22 • I. THE PASSOVER (2) • II. THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (3) • III. THE FESTIVAL OF FIRST FRUITS (7) • IV. THE PENTECOST (5) • V. THE FEAST OF THE TRUMPETS (1) • VI. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (6) • VII. THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES (4) • VIII. THE FESTIVAL OF DEDICATION (9) • IX. THE FESTIVAL OF PURIM (8) ANNUAL FESTIVALS ARE CELEBERATED TO REMEMBER/COMMEMORATE AN EVENT AND IT IS ONLY LOGICAL THAT THEY ARE CELEBERATED CHRONOLOGICALLY (I,E…IN THE ORDER, THEY OCCURRED HISTORICALLY). BUT WITH RESPECT TO JEWISH FESTIVALS, WE WOULD OBSERVE DIVINE PROVIDENCE AT WORK IN THAT, FESTIVALS DO NOT REFLECT THE ORDER IN WHICH THE EVENTS OCCURRED BUT RATHER HIGHLIGHT THE ORDER IN WHICH EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY HAVE OCCURRED/WOULD OCCUR. ONE MORE PROOF THAT BY USING THE SACRED JEWISH FESTIVALS, THE ALMIGHTY HAS ALL ALONG WANTED TO CONVEY A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE WORLD. IN GOD’S SCHEME OF THINGS, WE OUGHT TO REMEMBER THAT AT TIMES, THERE IS SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT MEETS THE EYE! THE REVEALER OF SECRETS (DAN 2:22) WOULD HAVE US DEPEND ON HIM, IN ORDER WE PRAISE HIM, ALL THE MORE, WHEN HE REVEALS THE SECRETS TO US! • In the brackets by way of numbers, the chronological order of events that these festivals commemorate is noted, as opposed to the order (indicated by Roman numerals in red) the Jews follow in their annual calendar as per Divine instruction.

  3. IN THE MANNER OF PROPHECIES, THE ALMIGHTY IN HIS SOVEREIGN WISDOM HAD ALSO IN ADVANCE ENSHRINED THE JEWISH FESTIVALS IN THE SCRIPTURES TO BE A POINTER TO THE COMING CHRIST AND THE EVENTS TO HAPPEN IN HUMAN AND MORE SPECIFICALLY CHRISTIAN HISTORY!WHEN SOMEONE IS WALKING TOWARDS US, WITH BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE BACKGROUND, WE ARE BOUND TO SEE HIS SHADOW FIRST AND THEN THE PERSON. WHEN THE SON OF GOD WAS COMING TO US, WITH THE INDESCRIBABLE LIGHT OF HIS FATHER (I TIM 6:14-16) BEHIND HIM, WE WERE BOUND TO SEE HIS SHADOW FIRST, AS A SURE PROOF OF HIS APPROACH. THE DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT JEWISH FESTIVALS “HEWN IN ROCK” AS IT WERE IN THE SCRIPTURES SERVED AND STILL SERVE AS A “SHADOW OF CHRIST” TO COME NOT ONLY IN HIS FIRST ADVENT BUT ALSO IN HIS SECOND ADVENT! SOME INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS HERE…

  4. NO WONDER, APOSTLE PAUL, DESCRIBED THE JEWISH FESTIVALS AS “A SHADOW OF CHRIST” These (Jewish festivals) are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.-Colossians 2:17

  5. IN THIS STUDY, WE WOULD CATEGORIZE THE JEWISH FESTIVALS INTO TWO GROUPS • JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED! SINCE THESE LANDMARK EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, OCCURRED ON JEWISH FESTIVALS-PUBLICLY-WE CAN ALSO DEEM THEM AS NATIONAL REVELATIONS’ TO JEWS! • II) JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO OCCUR! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

  6. THE FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED! THE PASSOVER THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD THE FESTIVAL OF FIRST FRUITS THE PENTECOST I REITERATE THAT WHEN SOME OF THE HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN EVENTS UNFOLDING THE REDEMPTION PLAN OF GOD FOR THE ENTIRE MANKIND, HAPPENED EXACTLY ON THE DAYS OF RELEVANT JEWISH FESTIVALS, THEY OUGHT TO HAVE SERVED AS A PUBLIC, NATIONAL REVELATION TO MANY, MANY JEWS! PRAISE GOD, IT DID SERVE AS A REVELATION FOR MANY JEWS OF THE FIRST CENTURY, WHO RECEIVED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOUR IN THEIR LIVES (ACTS 2:41/5:14)!

  7. THE SECOND GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO TAKE PLACE! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS. THE FEAST OF THE TRUMPETS THE DAY OF ATONEMENT THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES THE FESTIVAL OF DEDICATION THE FESTIVAL OF PURIM

  8. THE FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED!I REPEAT THAT THEY WERE A NATIONAL REVELATION TO JEWS, AS THEY HAPPENED MOSTLY ON THEIR FESTIVALS’ DAY!

  9. GOD’S SOVEREIGNITY AT THE CROSS (EXO12:6/ISA 6:1-3)!!! JESUS HAD TO DIE AT 3 PM “IN JERUSALEM” (THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD-EZE 5:5)ON THE PASSOVER DAY TO BE GOD’S PASCAL LAMB!!!

  10. GOD’S SOVEREIGNITY AT THE CROSS (EXO12:6)!!! TWO KEY MEN, TO DECIDE ON JESUS’ CRUCIFIXTION – PONTIUS PILATE AND HEROD ANTIPAS-TRAVELLED HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE TO BE AT JERUSALEM JUST A DAY BEFORE AND ON THE DAY OF CRUCIFIXTION!!! CAESAREA TO JERUSALEM -112 KMS/TIBERIAS TO JERUSALEM-176 KMS/CAESAREA TO TIBERIAS – 90 KMS

  11. THE FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED!

  12. THE FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED!

  13. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DISPENSATION, HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE MADE FIRST WHEREAS MAN (FIRST ADAM) IS CREATED IN THE END. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT DISPENSATION, FINAL ADAM (CHRIST) IS RE-CREATED FIRST AND HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE RE-CREATED IN THE END.

  14. THE FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED!

  15. THE LETTER KILLS BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE-2 COR 3:6 3000 DIED –EXO 32:28 3000 SAVED –ACTS 2:41

  16. THE FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED!

  17. THE FIRST THREE JEWISH FESTIVALS, TAKE PLACE WITHIN A SPAN OF 50 DAYS. CRUCIFIXTION, RESURRECTION OF CHRIST AND COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DISCIPLES SIGNIFYING THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH AGE (IN THAT ORDER PROVIDENTIALLY) TOOK PLACE IN THAT PERIOD. AFTERWARDS NOTE THE CONSIDERABLE GAP (4 MONTHS), WHICH REPRESENTS THE EXISTING CHURCH AGE!

  18. IF PARAMOUNT EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, SUCH AS CRUCIFIXTION OF CHRIST, COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DISCIPLES TOOK PLACE EXACTLY ON THE DAY OF RELEVANT JEWISH FESTIVALS, WILL NOT OTHER IMPORTANT FUTURE EVENTS RELATED TO CHRISTIANITY TAKE PLACE ON THE DAYS OF OTHER RELEVANT JEWISH FESTIVALS? THE ANSWER IS YES. PERIOD!

  19. THE SECOND GROUP OF JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO OCCUR ! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

  20. IF MOMENTOUS EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, SUCH AS CRUCIFIXTION OF CHRIST, COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DISCIPLES TOOK PLACE EXACTLY ON THE DAY OF RELEVANT JEWISH FESTIVALS, WILL THE RAPTURE TAKE PLACE ON THE DAY OF YET ANOTHER JEWISH FESTIVAL-THE FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS? THE ANSWER IS YES. BUT , HEY DOESN’T THE BIBLE SAY THAT NO ONE KNOWS THE DATE OF RAPTURE (MATT 24:36)? YES! WHILE, I AM AFFIRMING THAT THE RAPTURE WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE PLACE ON THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS IN THE COMING YEARS, PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT EXACTLY SPECIFYING EITHER THE DAY (THIS FESTIVAL IS SPREAD OVER 2 DAYS, SO WILL RAPTURE TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRST DAY OR SECOND DAY OF THE SAID FESTIVAL IS STILL MATTER OF CONJECTURE) OR AM I SPECIFYING THE YEAR!!!

  21. JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO OCCUR ! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

  22. LEVITICUS 16-DAY OF ATONEMENT-THE 2 GOATS USED

  23. JEWISH TRADITION REGARDING DAY OF ATONEMENT AS PER JEWISH TRADITION, ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, BY SACRED DICE OUT OF 2 GOATS, ONE WOULD BE SELECTED FOR SACRIFICE, WHOSE BLOOD WOULD BE PLACED ON THE MERCY SEAT OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WHILE THE OTHER (SCAPEGOAT) WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE DESERT AND LEFT THERE TO “CARRY INTO THE WILDERNESS ALL THE SINS OF THE JEWISH NATION”. FOR PROPER IDENTICATION, THE JEWISH PRIEST WOULD TIE THE RED RIBBONS OF VARYING LENGTHS ON THEIR HORNS AFTER THEIR SELECTION. IT IS ALSO JEWISH TRADITION THAT A PIECE OF THAT RED BIBBON TIED TO THE HORN OF THE SCAPEGOAT, WOULD BE TIED TO THE DOORPOST OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE. THE MOMENT THE SCAPEGOAT DIED IN THE WILDERNESS, THE RED RIBBON TIED TO THE JEWISH DOORPOST WOULD TURN “WHITE” INDICATING DIVINE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SACRIFICE. BUT FROM THE YEAR JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS OUTSIDE THE CITY GATES (HEB 13:12), EVEN AS PER JEWISH HISTORY, RED RIBBONS (TIED TO THE TEMPLE DOORPOST) CONTINUED TO REMAIN RED IN ALL SUBSEQUENT YOM KIPPURS TILL TEMPLE DESTRUCTION IN 70 AD AS THOUGH TO SUGGEST ONCE THE LAMB THAT TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD HAD DIED (JOHN 1:29), THERE WAS NO FURTHER NEED FOR THE DAY OF THE ATONEMENT. YES, JEWISH FESTIVALS WERE A SHADOW OF THE COMING CHRIST (COL 2:17). CHRISTIANS MAY NOT OBSERVE THEM BUT HAVE TO READ ABOUT THEM REVERENTIALLY FOR BETTER APPRECIATION OF GOD’S SOVEREIGN PLAN AND GLORIFY HIM. REMEMBER ALL SCRIIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED (2 TIM 3:16-17) AND HE DOESN’T WASTE HIS BREATH!!!

  24. THE NEXT DAY JOHN SAW JESUS COMING TOWARD HIM AND SAID, "LOOK, THE LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!-JOHN 1:29

  25. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES (IN HEBREW LANGUAGE CALLED SUKKOT)- AT ONE TIME THE LAST OF JEWISH FESTIVALS IN THE JEWISH CALENDAR NOTES IN THE TABULAR COLUMN AVAILABLE ON THE NEXT PAGE….

  26. JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO OCCUR ! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

  27. JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO OCCUR ! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

  28. JEWISH FESTIVALS SIGNIFYING THOSE EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE YET TO OCCUR ! THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

  29. JEWISH FESTIVALS TOUCH UPON ALL THE THREE DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY 1.JUSTIFICATION: PASSOVER ,FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD AND FESTIVAL OF FIRST FRUITS 2. SANCTIFICATION: PENTECOST 3. GLORIFICATION: FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS, DAY OF ATONEMENT,FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES , FEAST OF DEDICATION AND FESTIVAL OF PURIM

  30. AMAZING, ISN’T IT…THE STUDY OF JEWISH FESTIVALS? THE GOOD LORD HAS CONCEALED THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF OUR TIMES IN IT! It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them – Proverbs 25:2 38

  31. For more information please contact J and SM Ministries 413, 3RT SANJEEVA REDDY NAGAR HYDERABAD – 500 038, A.P. INDIA Ph : 040 – 2370 2431 Mobile : 098490 09104 Email : manoharansuresh@yahoo.com Web: jandsmministries.com

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