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Feast Notes

Passover
This Feast reminded people of that the last plague in Egypt, when the angel of death passed over the homes of the Israelites who had painted their doors with the blood of a lamb.
Exodus 12:3 ¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the TENTH [DAY] of this MONTH [NISAN] they shall take to them every man a LAMB, according to the house of [their] fathers, a LAMB for an HOUSE:
Exodus 12:4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus 12:5 Your LAMB shall be WITHOUT BLEMISH, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Exodus 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the FOURTEENTH DAY of the same month [NISAN]: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall KILL it in the EVENING. [The start of the 15th day]
Exodus 12:7 And they shall take of the BLOOD, and strike [it] on the TWO SIDE POSTS and on the UPPER DOOR POST of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. [Jews equate this to forming the shape of a cross]
Exodus 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it. [Equates to the Passover Sacrifice]
Exodus 12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
Exodus 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Exodus 12:11 ¶ And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it IN HASTE: it [is] the LORD’S PASSOVER. [The Bible makes very clear that Israel killed AND ate the Passover on the 14th day. There was NO HASTE of any kind during that night of the Passover, though there was an extremely high level of FEAR. The Hebrew noun here translated as “IN HASTE” is “chippazown”, which is used only three times in the Old Testament. This noun is formed from the primitive root verb “chaphaz”, which is used nine times in the Old Testament. The PRIMARY meaning of the Hebrew noun “chippazown” is NOT “haste”, but FEAR. The “haste” is sometimes only a consequence of the FEAR. But the word “chippazown” inherently did not really mean “haste”. The Hebrew word that really means “haste” is “MAHAR”, as in Genesis 18:6] [“And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it IN TREPIDATION: it [is] the LORD’S PASSOVER.” – It is not the manner of eating but the ATTITUDE with which they were to eat that God was speaking about in Exodus 12:11.]
Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the LAND of EGYPT THIS NIGHT [Abib, now Nisan 14], and will smite all the firstborn in the LAND of EGYPT, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD.
Exodus 12:13 And the BLOOD shall be to you for a TOKEN upon the houses where ye [are]: and when I SEE the BLOOD, I will PASS OVER YOU, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the LAND of EGYPT. [1 John 1:7 – The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.]
Exodus 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a MEMORIAL; and ye shall KEEP IT A FEAST to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall KEEP IT A FEAST by an ordinance for ever.
[General Note: The text was only divided into verses long after it had originally been written, and those divisions are not in any way “inspired”. But these verse divisions do have a major influence in how we understand any text. In Exodus 12:14 we have a clear example of a mistranslation coupled with an inappropriate division into verses.]
And the day shall be a memorial for you. . . And you shall celebrate it [as] a FEAST to Jehovah, for your generations. . . You shall celebrate it [as] a law forever. (Exodus 12:14 Green’s Literal Translation (LIT)). Notice the 3 sentence breakdown. The Passover, goes from verse 3 to the end of the first sentence in verse 14. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION OF THE PASSOVER. Thus it summarises the Passover as follows:
“And the day (or THIS day, the 14th of Nisan) shall be a memorial for you.”
THE SECOND SENTENCE IN VERSE 14 THEN STARTS A NEW SUBJECT, the Days of Unleavened Bread, which discussion continues up to verse 20 inclusive. “And you shall celebrate IT [as] a FEAST to YHVH, for your generations. You shall celebrate it [as] a law forever.”
The Hebrew pronoun incorrectly translated as “IT” in Exodus 12:14 is “attah” and it is a SECOND PERSON pronoun – NOT A THIRD PERSON PRONOUN. The Hebrew text here clearly reads “YOU” and NOT “IT”; the text refers to people NOT the Passover day.
“AND YOU (attah) SHALL CELEBRATE A FEAST TO THE ETERNAL for (or throughout) your generations. You shall celebrate it (as) a law forever.”
This rendering then agrees with Leviticus 23:5-6 and Numbers 28:16-17 and Exodus 12:14-15 tell us that the Passover (the 14th) is the memorial, and the FEAST is a reference to Unleavened Bread (the 15th to the 21st inclusive).
Exodus 12:15 SEVEN DAYS shall ye eat UNLEAVENED BREAD; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:16 And in the FIRST DAY [there shall be] an HOLY CONVOCATION, and in the SEVENTH DAY there shall be an HOLY CONVOCATION to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Exodus 12:17 And ye shall observe [the FEAST of] UNLEAVENED BREAD; for in this SELFSAME DAY have I brought your armies OUT OF THE LAND of EGYPT: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Because Jesus died, we don’t have to face the punishment that we deserve.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
This verse clearly states that Jesus is the Passover Lamb.
Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed during the Last Supper.
Jesus and the disciples weren’t simply having Communion, they were partaking in Passover, and Jesus knew that they always did Passover in remembrance of Egypt and the Israelites being set free.
But now Jesus was saying do this in remembrance of Me.
Leaven often stands for sin and decay.
Once yeast is added to the bread it can’t be taken out.
The effects of sin in our lives are similar.
The Jews were always killing perfect animals to briefly make up for their sins.
A permanent answer could only be found in the Messiah who was the perfect sacrifice without any sin.
Jesus’s sinless life is symbolised by the Unleavened bread.
He is the perfect offering for our sins.
Only the Messiah, the perfect sinless sacrifice, could be a permanent solution.
The Unleavened bread represents Jesus’s sinless life.
He is the only perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Even though they [the priests] didn’t realise it at the time, the Israelites were enjoying a very important day – the 14th day of the month of Nisan.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the FIRST FRUITS of them that slept.
Paul says that Jesus is the First First of the dead in 1 Corinthians 15:20.
He is the First First of many people who will be resurrected to endless eternal life, because of the New Covenant of His blood, and this includes every child of God.
The Israelites used to bring the first crop of grain to the Lord along with two loaves of bread that had been left to rise.
God had a plan to save more than just the Jews.
This plan was made clear through Jesus in Matthew 9:37:
Matthew 9:37 Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few;
Jesus tells His students the Harvest is great but the workers are few.
Then He puts the plan into action by telling them in Acts 1:4 to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit.
The church was born on that day called Pentecost and the Harvest started with 3,000 people.
The Word spread to both Jews and non-Jews; the two leavened loaves of bread bringing the Harvest to us.
During the Feast of Trumpets, God tells His people to rest.
For this time, no work is allowed.
Both men and women give food to God as a sacrifice.
In Leviticus 23:24, God tells His people to get together and blow Trumpets.
On the same front, the sound of a trumpet is also linked to the time when Jesus will come back for His bride.
When He gets back, there will be a huge wedding feast.
In Revelation 19:9 it says blessed are those who are invited to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a SHOUT, with the voice of the archangel, and with the TRUMP of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
The Feast of trumpets is a day ordained by God to call His people together and to stir their hearts for the coming king of Israel who will reign over all the Earth.
This Feast speaks of many things including the Gathering unto Christ, the Return of the Lord and a prophetic look forward and backward the Day of Atonement.
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
To make atonement means to make restitution for a wrong that was done.
This is the day the Jews were to be humble and to apologise to God.
It was a chance for them to get their hearts and minds and lives in order before Him.
As the High Priest went into the Most Holy Place, animals were killed as part of the ceremony.
This Feast is when the entire nation of Israel’s sins were dealt with as a whole.
It is when the high priest would go inside the Holy of Holies only once a year and on this day to offer atonement for the sins of the entire nation.
What the high priest did there couldn’t make up for their sins more than once a year but this pointed to the promise of the One who could permanently pay for our sins.
Whereas Jesus and these animals that would have been killed, the bull and one of the goats were a thank offering but the scapegoat took on their sins.
The sins of Israel were to be put on the scapegoat and that animal was sent out into the desert.
Jesus was found guilty by the Jewish leaders and He was taken out of the city to be killed.
He Himself is a sacrifice that takes away our sins and the sins of the whole world.
Jesus fulfilled the Day of Atonement and our debt has been paid.
The Feast of Tabernacles, also known as Sukkot, is a joyous celebration that follows the Day of Atonement in the Jewish calendar. It’s a week-long festival characterised by feasting, rejoicing, and dwelling in temporary shelters called sukkahs.
The Feast of Tabernacles is a celebration of how God provided for and protected the Israelites while they were in the wilderness for 40 years.
For the seven days of the festival, people live in temporary buildings, just like they did when they were in the desert.
In the desert, the Lord lived with the Israelites in a tent “Temple” called The Tabernacle.
The Feast also marks His presence with us as He Tabernacles with us.
Jesus name is Emmanuel, which means God with us.
He put on a temporary Tabernacle which was a human body so that he could live on Earth and be an offering.
The Feast of Tabernacles holds prophetic significance.
This Feast points forward to the Second Coming of Jesus, when He will reign over the Earth.
On this day God will no longer just dwell in the Holy of Holies, behind a veil, but He will come to Earth and live with mankind.
The Bible says on that day the Lord Jesus will become king over all the Earth.
On that day He will be One and His name will be One:
Zechariah 14:09 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be ONE LORD, and HIS NAME ONE.
This Feast is a reminder of God’s promise to come back to His people.
When He does, Revelation 21:4 says that He has promised that there will no longer be death or pain and that He Himself will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
His Return is the Fulfilment of the Hope that we have in our lives.