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Narrator: Chris Genthree
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Feasts of the Lord Part 2 Leviticus 23:15-44
FROM the time of the bringing of the sheaf of the first fruits to wave before the Lord, the people were to count 50 days (the fourth feast, verses 15:22), which speaks to us of the 50 days from the resurrection of Christ to the day of Pentecost, when God began to gather out a people to form the Church, and when this work is ended, Christ will come and take the Church, comprising all the saved people of this time, to Himself in the glory.
Dear reader, do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour? If you do, you are not only saved, but you belong to the Church of God, and are looking for Him to come.
In the next feast (verses 23-25) we have the memorial of the blowing of trumpets, which reminds us of the glad tidings that John the Baptist preached that Christ was coming to reign as king over all the earth for a thousand years (the Millennium). He will gather again the twelve tribes of Israel into their own. land (Palestine).
The next feast (verses 26-32) was the day of atonement in which the people were to afflict their souls. They will learn what they did in turning away from Christ, saying, “Crucify Him! crucify Him!” “They shall look upon Him whom they pierced.” They will then accept Him as their Saviour.
During the feast of Tabernacles (verses 33-44) the people were to spend a week living in booths (or tents) to remind them that they had lived in such houses when God brought them out of Egypt. In the Millennium this redeemed people will rejoice in all that God has done for them, and they will praise Him throughout eternity.
“The eighth day shall be a Sabbath” (verse 39) carries us on to the new heavens and new earth where will be eternal joy, the rest of God, with the redeemed.
“He will rejoice over thee with joy: He will rest in His Love,” Zeph. 3:17.
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” Heb. 4:9.
ML 09/05/1937