Feasts and Festivals Of Jehovah

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Feasts and Festivals Of Jehovah

• What the Levitical Feasts and Festivals
• Teach Us About Christ and His Church
• ( Leviticus 16, 23, 25 )

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Holy Days and Assemblies

• OT Israelites were to assemble together at
  certain times throughout the year, and at a
  certain place (Lev. 231-2,4 Ex. 2314-17 Deut.
  1616-17)
• These feasts and festivals are a shadow of
  things to come (Col. 216-17)
• What do they teach us about Christ and His church
  today?

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Seven Holy DaysLeviticus 23

• 1. Sabbath Day Rest (v. 3)
• 2. Passover Deliverance (vv. 4-5)
• 3. Unleavened Bread Separation (vv. 6-8)
• 4. First Fruits Priority (vv. 9-22)
• First fruits (vv. 9-14)
• Feast of Weeks (vv. 15-22)
• 5. Trumpets Calling (vv. 23-25)
• 6. Day of Atonement Forgiveness (vv. 26-32)
• 7. Tabernacles Remembrance (vv. 33-44)

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The Seven Holy DaysLessons for Today

• 1. Sabbath Day Rest
• We have a sabbath rest awaiting us in heaven
  (Heb. 49-11)
• 2. Passover Deliverance
• Christ is our Passover sacrifice of deliverance
  from sin (Jn. 129 1 Cor. 57 see also Lev. 16)

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The Seven Holy DaysLessons for Today

• 3. Unleavend Bread Separation
• We are to separate ourselves from the leaven of
  sin (1 Cor. 56-8 2 Tim. 219)
• 4. Firstfruits Priority
• We are the first fruits dedicated to the Lord
  (Acts 21 Rom. 823 165
  1 Cor. 1520,23 Jas. 118 Rev. 144 Mt. 633)

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The Seven Holy DaysLessons for Today

• 5. Trumpets Calling
• The church, the called out, will be called home
  to heaven with a trumpet (1
  Cor. 1552 1 Thess. 416 2 Thess. 21)
• 6. Atonement Forgiveness
• Christs blood is our atonement (covering) for
  sin (Zech. 1210 131 Heb. 914
  1311-12)

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The Seven Holy DaysLessons for Today

• 7. Tabernacles Remembrance
• We must remember our divine deliverance from sin
  and provision through the wilderness of life
  (Zech. 1416-21 Jn. 737-39 812)

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The Year of JubileeLeviticus 25

• Year of Rest (251-7) every 7th year
• Year of Release, Return, Restoration, and
  Redemption (258-55) every 50th year
• Repentance (259 see 1629-34)
• Release (2510,13)
• Rest (2511-25)
• Restoration (2513-17)
• Redemption (2523-55)

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The Year of JubileeLeviticus 25

• Year of Release, Return, Restoration, and
  Redemption (258-55) every 50th year
• Redemption (2523-55)
• 1. Land (2523-28)
• 2. Houses (2529-34
• 3. The Poor (2535-55)
• a) Bankrupt brother (2535-38)
• b) Slave of a Jew (2539-46)
• c) Slave of a Gentile (2547-55)

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The Year of JubileeLeviticus 25

• Key Principles
• God owned the land (252,23-24)
• God owned the people (2555)
• God gave the increase of the land (2521)
• God expected the people to treat one another
  kindly and fairly (2517,25,35-38)

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The Year of JubileeLeviticus 25

• Key Motivations
• Appreciation of blessings (254,6,10,14)
• Obedience to God (255)
• Deliverance from bondage (2538,55)

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The Year of JubileeLeviticus 25

• Key Lessons
• Trust and obey (Rom. 1017 Heb. 59)
• God is our land Lord (1 Cor. 619-20 1
  Pet. 29)
• Release follows repentance (Mt. 54 Lk.
  2447 Acts 238 319)

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The Year of JubileeLeviticus 25

• Key Lessons
• Liberty is in Christ (Isa. 611-3 Lk. 416ff
  Gal. 51)
• Jesus is our Kinsman Redeemer (Heb. 25ff)
• Care for your fellow-brethren (Acts 244ff
  434ff 61ff etc.)

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Feasts and Festivals of Jehovah

• We are not under the OT, but these feasts and
  festivals are a shadow of things to come (Col.
  216-17)
• The one feast we have, the Lords supper,
  contains many of same principles of the OT
  feasts deliverance, separation, priority,
  calling, forgiveness, remembrance
• We must be stirred to greater love for, and
  obedience to God