From a New Testament Perspective
Outline
"Now all these things happened to them (Israel) as examples, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come" 1 Corinthians 10:11 (NKJV). (See also 2 Timothy 3:16; Romans 15:4; John 5:39; Matthew 5:17).
Just as Jesus taught by parables (a natural story with a spiritual meaning), so God has made all that happened to Israel in the Old Testament like a large parable to teach us spiritual truths. The New Testament interprets and fulfills all that is spoken of in the Old Testament.
Symbol of the Feasts
"Blessed – happy, fortunate (to be envied) – are the people who know the joyful sound (who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolised by the feasts); they shall walk, O Lord, in the light and favour of your countenance" Psalm 89:15 (Amp)
Read Leviticus 23:4-44; Numbers 28:16-31; chapter 29; Deuteronomy 16:1-17
Two Hebrew words are translated "Feast" ….
All Israel’s worship revolved around three fests, or festivals. So too, there are three distinct spiritual experiences for the Church. The Feasts find their fullest expression and completion in Christ and His Church. They prefigure and typify the whole Church age beginning with the Cross and consummating in the Last Day display of God’s power and glory through His Body.
Israel was told to "proclaim (the feasts) at their appointed times" (Leviticus 23:4).
Three Fold Aspect
Historical
Each Feast spoke of what God HAS DONE. In the celebration of the Feasts each year, Israel was remembering actual events of God’s intervention in their history.
Prophetical
Each Feast spoke of what God WAS GOING TO DO. Each pre-pictured what God was going to do through Christ.
Experiential
Each Feast pictures what God was going to do IN US – the individual believer in Christ.
4-Fold Application
The Feasts have a four-fold application. They apply to …
Two of the three annual Feasts of Israel have already been fulfilled in Christ and His Church. We are living in the exciting day of the fulfillment of the third.
Historical |
Egypt |
Sinai |
Wilderness |
Cannan |
| (Events in Israel's history remembered and celebrated annually) |
1st Month Passover Passover.................14th |
3rd Month Pentecost Dated 50 days |
4th - 5th - 6th Months |
7th Month Tabernacles Trumpets.................1st |
Prophetical (New Testament |
Crucifixion
and |
Outpouring |
Dark Ages |
The
Prophetic Voice The Church
clothed The great
ingathering |
| No leaven in Christ | Leaven in the Church |
No leaven in the Church | ||
| Spring Rains Barley Harvest |
Wheat Harvest |
Dry Months | Autumn Rains Fruit Harvest |
|
Experiential |
Salvation
and |
Baptism
in |
Full
maturity |
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