September 26, 2009
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The Day of Atonement, (Yom Kippur)
Tomorrow.. Sunday is what is known as “The Day of Atonement”. It is one of the Jewish Fall Feasts. It begins with a fast and it is a very somber day of soul-searching and repentance.I think it is rather interesting that when Yom Kippur begins in Jerusalem at sunset tomorrow, 5:30pm Jerusalem time…. many of us will be in church, (or getting ready for church) as it will be 9:30am (central time) that this holy day begins.
As a “refresher”… here is a chart of the feasts and the possible prophetic fulfillments. Some people disagree how and if these fall feasts will be fulfilled in this manner… but it would seem to me if the spring ones were fulfilled “to the day” by Christ, then these fall feasts must enter into the picture somewhere!
Blessings, Bee
The Feasts of the Lord – God’s Prophetic Calendar
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.’”
Leviticus 23:1-2Feast (Hebrew name)
Commanded In Scripture
Season
Temporal & Symbolic Significance for Israel under the Law
Symbolic Significance for All God’s People
Scripture
Event
PASSOVER (Pesach)
Ex 12:1-28, Lev 23:5, Num 9:1-5, Deut 16:1-8
Spring
(14th of Hebrew month of Nissan)
Redemption from bondage in Egypt
(1st Pilgrimage Festival)
Believers in Christ redeemed from bondage to sin
“You know that you were ransomed…not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.”
1 Peter1:18
THE CRUCIFIXION
UNLEAVENED BREAD
Lev 23:6-8, Deut 16:1-8
Spring
(15th- 21st of Hebrew month of Nissan)
Purging of all leaven
(symbol of sin)
All believers in Christ cleansed from sin and empowered to walk in newness of life
“Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.”
1 Cor 5:7
See also
2 Cor 5:21
JESUS’ WORK ON THE CROSS
FIRST FRUITS
(Yom Habikkurim)
Lev 23:10-14, Ex 23:19; 34:26
Spring
(16th of Nissan)
Thanksgiving to God for His provision of the first of the grain (barley) harvests, the promise of harvest to come
Christ, the First to rise from the dead – the promise of resurrection and eternal life for all who believe in Him
“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep…so also in Christ whall all be made alive.”
1 Cor 15:20-22b
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
FEAST OF WEEKS
(Shavuoth / Pentecost)
Lev 15:21, Num 26:31
Late Spring, seven weeks after Passover – First wheat harvest
Thanksgiving to God for the first of the wheat harvests and
According to Oral Tradition, the time of the giving of the Law at Sinai
(2nd Pilgrimage Festival)
God’s first harvest of those redeemed in Christ, both Jews and Gentiles and
God’s Law written on the hearts of the redeemed
“When the day of Pentecost had come,…and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit…and there were added that day about three thousand souls.” Acts 2:1,4,41b
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.”
Jer 31:33
THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT and
THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH
SUMMER – A TIME OF LABOR IN THE FIELDS AND PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL HARVEST
“I tell you, lift up your eyes and see how the fields are already white for harvest.”
John 4:35
FEAST OF TRUMPETS
(Rosh Hashanah)
Lev 23:23-25, Num 29:1-6
Early Autumn
(1st of Tishri, seventh month)
A solemn assembly – trumpets (shofar) blown to prepare for the national Day of Atonement
Announcing the Return of Jesus Christ, Judge of the world – Call to repentance – Gathering of Elect
Jesus said, “and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Matthew 24:30b-31SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
DAY OF ATONEMENT
(Yom Kippur)
Lev 23:26-32, Lev 16:1-34, Num 29:7
Autumn
(10th of Tishri)
A solemn assembly for repentance and forgiveness under the Law – repeated annually
Final Judgment Day
Believers in Jesus forgiven by one atonement for all time
“…the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom…” 1 Tim 4:1b-2
“So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many…” Heb 9:28
“…and He is the atonement for our sins…” 1 John 2:2
CHRIST THE JUDGE
FEAST OF TABERNACLES
(Sukkot)
Lev 23:33-34; 39-43
Autumn
(15th of Tishri)
Harvest celebration and memorial of tabernacles in the wilderness
(3rd Pilgrimage Festival)
Joyous assembly – all peoples brought under the rule of King Messiah
“Behold the tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among them…” Rev 21:3
JESUS’ KINGDOM ON EARTH, OUR ETERNITY WITH GOD
Comments (2)
Okay, but you have Christ’s work on the cross AFTER His crucifixion. Wouldn’t His crucifixion BE the work on the cross? If we’re looking at chronological events, this is out of place at worst, redundant at best. Unleavened literally means ‘without life’. I know that other scripture uses leaven to symbolize sin… this also works, but NOT while He’s on the cross – He had so much sin on Him at that point that Yahweh had to turn away. So it still doesn’t fit as ‘work’ on the cross for Unleavened.
@Anna -
Hmm, maybe “work on the cross” is not a good way to put it…..It was more the “result” of the work on the cross. It was during Unleavened Bread that he was “buried”… perhaps at this point visiting those “prisoners in the prison house” (comforted side of sheol?) and “leading captivity captive.” (somewhere in the Pslms or Is.)