Leviticus 22 - 24

The Festivals
The Festivals (or Feasts) are His appointed festivals - time set aside for an appointment with God.  These are described in order of occurrence and with detailed instructions in chapter 23.  Remarkably, and without surprise, the Festivals represent the life of Jesus Christ and the believers.  There are seven annual festivals - three Spring festivals and four Fall festivals.

• Passover - A one day spring festival starting at sundown.  This is a meal of remembrance of the night the death angel slew the first born in Egypt and spared the first born in Goshen.  1 Cor 5:7c states, "[...]Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us." Christ is represented by the blood that was applied to the doorposts by hyssop (symbolic of faith) to protect us from spiritual death.
• Unleavened Bread - Immediately follows Passover and lasts for seven days. This commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.  Leaven (yeast) had to be thoroughly purged from every household.  Leaven is representative of sin.  See 1 Cor 5:7-8. To the Christian it represents the total cleansing from sin through Jesus' sacrifice.
• First Fruits - This is the final Spring Festival and celebrates the grain harvest.  This represents Christ's resurrection.  1 Cor 15:20 states, "But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead.  He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died."
• Harvest or Pentecost - The celebrates the harvest of grain in the fall.  Christ, the seed, was planted and rose again. Fifty days after the First Fruits He manifested Himself in the form of the Holy Spirit to the believers gathered in the Upper Room (see Act 2).  Now it is no longer God above us in Jehovah, and God with us in Jesus, it is God in us in the Holy Spirit.
• Trumpets - This is a special Sabbath and is tied to the repentance of Israel when Jesus reveals Himself to His Jewish brethren.
• Day of Atonement -  Ten days from the Feast of the Trumpets.  The most holy day in the Jewish religion. The high priest made the atonement sacrifice for the people to cover their sins.  When Jesus is revealed to the Jews, they will realize that He fulfilled all the requirements for a perfect sin offering and has redeemed them and they are free from the Law.
• Feast of the Tabernacles/Shelters/Booths - To celebrate the children of Israels freedom from Egypt but to remember their journey to the promise land when they lived in tents.

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