February 9, 2024
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Reading along with us in Leviticus? Here’s today’s reading:
Leviticus 23 (NIV)
The Appointed Festivals
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.……Continue Reading
Much significance in these feasts. The first four all reflect on Jesus’ life, death, and resurection and of course the direct corolation being Jesus was crucified during Passover, buried duringthe Feast of Unleavened Bread, He rose during the Celebration of Firstfruits, and the church was founded on the Day of Pentecost. I did read that people feel the other 3 feasts point to the second coming of Jesus.
I love that they had these times to remind them of the great works God has done and sometimes I wish we had more of that tradition and rememberance as part of our daily lives. However, I also wonder how much of it became “just a holiday” and lost the significance through its repition. I see how we have changed and taken for granted many holidays that are supposed to be days significant to our faith and turned them into Santa and bunnies so I guess it is more about our own personal remembrance and reverence to what God has done and continues to do then as a people or a culture.
Leviticus 23
Leviticus 23
“ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’ ”
I love the mercy of God shown to those outside His people. Even in the institution of all these feasts and observances which are specifically for God’s people to remember and worship God’s greatness, God makes a point to ensure that the poor and non-Jewish people are cared for.
Good morning LHCC. I read Acts 1 today on my own independent reading. I wanted to revisit the expansion of Christ teachings and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Evan A.
Leviticus 20-23
The celebration of feasts.
The giving of specific days of specific months makes me think about our calendar and how it varies from the Jewish calendar.
Looking at this chapter 23 of the many feasts that were given for Israel to do. They were to remember what God did for them in the past and to look forward to His guidance in the future. Such things like the Angel of death in Exodus where they applied the blood of a lamb to their door posts so the Angel of death would pass over and not kill them. But as we know this had a deeper meaning for Christ would be the Passover Lamb. All these feasts came from God. And therefore as we know that Bible is His-story. The early feasts are thought to be Christ`s First Advent. { Death of Christ ; Passover Lamb}, {b} the unleavened bread pictures the sinless humanity of Christ. {c} the resurrection of Christ as the first fruits. {d} advent of the Holy Spirit as a fulfillment of the Feast of Pentecost. The fall feasts would refer to the Second Advent. {a} Feast of Trumpets or regathering of Israel at the end of the tribulation. {b} Israel`s national conversion based on the death of Christ in the First Advent, Day of Atonement and {c} Feast of Tabernacles or Israel`s blessing by God on the millennial on earth. Information by [ The Bible Knowledge Commentary]. God bless.
The feasts would mark the calendar year and focus on the harvest in this mainly agrarian society as well as significant events in Israel’s history. The Passover would remind them of God’s power in redeeming them from slavery in Egypt. First fruits would celebrate the initial spring harvest and the feast of weeks the harvest that would come in late spring. Both would recognize God as the provider and the sustainer and blesser of the crops. The feast of trumpets would mark the beginning of the month that atonement would happen and remind the people to be prepared for that significant day. The day of atonement in many ways was the most important feast as it emphasized the significance of sacrifices throughout the year by highlighting this special time when the High Priest, representing the people, would come into the presence of God. And the feast of tabernacles would celebrate the fall harvest as well as remember the days the Jews wandered in the desert. But all together they would just remind the people of God and the priority He should hold in their lives and how present he sought to be in the faith that they expressed in the works that they did.
Leviticus 23