We come to the section in Leviticus concerning the seven feast days that God commanded to be observed in the Law. Like the book of Revelation, Leviticus is also built around sevens. Every seventh day is a Sabbath, and every seventh year a Sabbath year. In the seventh month are the feasts of Trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles. Passover lasts seven days. Seven weeks after Passover is Pentecost, which also lasts seven days.<\/p>\n
The first feast listed in chapter 23 is the commemoration of the Passover. That day of deliverance was to be remembered as the day death passed over God’s people because they put themselves under the blood of a lamb. All of this, of course, looked forward to the death of the Lamb of God, Jesus, the Savior. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 5:7, “For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” to remind us that Jesus fulfills the role of the lamb and is, in fact, our Passover. In that sense we celebrate Passover every time we take the Lord’s Supper. Or more precisely we celebrate the death of Jesus; for it is by His death, on our behalf, that the death angel passed over us.<\/p>\n
According to Hebrews 10:1, “For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and<\/em> not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.” We understand that the Law foreshadowed the \u201cgood things to come,\u201d namely Jesus Christ and His Redemption.<\/p>\n “Thank you, LORD, for redemption today. Help us to live our lives like a redeemed child of Yours. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n =============================================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leviticus 23 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses, saying,\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,\u00a0Concerning\u00a0<\/em>the feasts of the\u00a0LORD, which ye shall proclaim\u00a0to be\u00a0<\/em>holy convocations,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>these\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>my feasts.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work\u00a0therein:<\/em>it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the sabbath of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0in all your dwellings. 4<\/sup> These\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>the feasts of the\u00a0LORD,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0In the fourteenth\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of the first month at even\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0LORD\u2019S\u00a0passover.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0And on the fifteenth day of the same month\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the feast of unleavened bread unto the\u00a0LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7<\/sup>\u00a0In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0seven days: in the seventh day\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work\u00a0therein\u00a0<\/em>. 9<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses, saying,\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:\u00a0\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall wave the sheaf before the\u00a0LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.\u00a012<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And the meat offering thereof\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>of wine, the fourth\u00a0part\u00a0<\/em>of an hin.\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God:\u00a0it shall be\u00a0<\/em>a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 15<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:\u00a016<\/sup>Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven;\u00a0they are\u00a0<\/em>the firstfruits unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a burnt offering unto the\u00a0LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a wave offering before the\u00a0LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the\u00a0LORD\u00a0for the priest.\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day,\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work\u00a0therein: it shall be\u00a0<\/em>a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22<\/sup>\u00a0And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I\u00a0am\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God. 23<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses, saying,\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0Ye shall do no servile work therein:\u00a0<\/em>but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD. 26<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses, saying,\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0Also on the tenth\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of this seventh month\u00a0there shall be\u00a0<\/em>a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.\u00a029<\/sup>\u00a0For whatsoever soul\u00a0it be<\/em>that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.\u00a030<\/sup>\u00a0And whatsoever soul\u00a0it be\u00a0<\/em>that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.\u00a031<\/sup>\u00a0Ye shall do no manner of work:\u00a0it shall be\u00a0<\/em>a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.\u00a032<\/sup>\u00a0It\u00a0shall be<\/em>unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.\u00a0 33<\/sup>\u00a0\u00b6 And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses, saying,\u00a034<\/sup>\u00a0Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>the feast of tabernacles\u00a0for<\/em>seven days unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a035<\/sup>\u00a0On the first day\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work\u00a0therein\u00a0<\/em>.\u00a036<\/sup>\u00a0Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a solemn assembly;\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>ye shall do no servile work\u00a0therein\u00a0<\/em>.\u00a037<\/sup>\u00a0These\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>the feasts of the\u00a0LORD, which ye shall proclaim\u00a0to be\u00a0<\/em>holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:\u00a038<\/sup>\u00a0Beside the sabbaths of the\u00a0LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the\u00a0LORD.\u00a039<\/sup>\u00a0Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0seven days: on the first day\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>a sabbath, and on the eighth day\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>a sabbath. 40<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God seven days.\u00a041<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall keep it a feast unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0seven days in the year.\u00a0It shall be<\/em>a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.\u00a042<\/sup>Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:\u00a043<\/sup>\u00a0That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I\u00a0am\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God. 44<\/sup>And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the\u00a0LORD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We come to the section in Leviticus concerning the seven feast days that God commanded to be observed in the Law. 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