The Feast of Trumpets. Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel,

saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath memorial of blowing

trumpets.

25)You shall do no work, but you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

24)你曉諭以色列人說：七月初一，你們要守為聖安息日，要吹角作紀念，當有聖會。

25)什麼勞碌的工都不可做；要將火祭獻給耶和華。」

1) Passover

• Old Testament. On the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan, after the lamb was

officially declared to be pure and free from defect, it was placed upon the altar at 9:00 AM.  The lamb remained until 3:00 PM in the afternoon.  At that time, the High Priest took a knife and slit the throat of the lamb and said "IT IS FINISHED".  Passover is a remembrance of Israel's deliverance from the bondage of slavery.

• New Testament. On the fourteenth day of Nisan, after Jesus had taken the Passover

meal with His disciples he was lead away to be crucified at the third hour (9AM).  

Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. (Mark 15:25) Jesus hung on the cross from 9 AM to 3 PM, when according to

Scripture, Jesus voluntarily yielded up His spirit as an offering and cried, "IT IS FINISHED!"  Jesus, the Passover lamb, delivered the world from the bondage of slavery to sin.

2) Unleavened Bread.

• Old Testament. In immediate sequence to Passover, on the 15th day of

Nisan, begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread. They cleaned out their houses of all leaven which is a sign of sin.

• New Testament. JESUS died to purge us from sin. The Feast of

Unleavened Bread is a festival that helps us to focus on replacing sin with righteousness. (Good News Magazine).

3) First fruits.

• Old Testament. The last day of the Unleavened Bread is the celebration

of the First-fruits (Yom HaBikkurim) taking to the Temple the first fruit, the first born animal, the first sheaf of barley. (Lev.23:9-14.) (biblia.com)

• New Testament. It is symbolic of Jesus being the first of the First-

fruits. 1Cor.15:23a: “and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ,” (biblia.com)

4) Feast of Weeks or Pentecost.

• Old Testament. "Pente", "fifty"... 50 days after Passover, the feast of

Pentecost, celebrating the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Sinai, (biblia.com)

• New Testament.”Christians celebrate Pentecost as the coming of the Holy Spirit 50 days after the Resurrection of Jesus (biblia.com)

5) Rosh Hashanah, Feast of the Trumpets.

• Old Testament.The Civil New Year of the Jews is the first day of the seventh month.

• New Testament. For Christians, the

trumpets will announce the Second Coming of Jesus Christ:

6) Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement

• Old Testament.

It is the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, the only day that the High Priest can enter the Holy of Holies. 

• New Testament.

Jesus did the atonement for all Christians on the cross. We can enter.

7) Feast of the Tabernacles or Booths, Sukkot (Succoth)

• Old Testament. Temporary Booths are

constructed to remind Israel of the Wilderness wandering.

• New Testament. We are waiting for our

promised land and the idea of the “booths” are that we only inhabit earth temporarily.

The 10 question “Christian Test.” 1) Do you know that you are a sinner and without JESUS you will

not go to heaven?2) Do you keep GOD’s commandments? 3) Do you love all your brothers and sisters?4) When was the last time you went to the movies? 5) What sin is there in your live that you can’t give up?6) Do you fear? 7) Do you love to fellowship with other believers? 8) Have you been baptized, have you received the Holy Spirit

and have you excepted the blood of Jesus as a sacrifice for your sin?

9) Do you pray for your brother/sister or only for yourself?10) Do you love anything more than GOD?

GRACE

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