The Seven Feasts

From: Christian Treasury: Volume 8

Leviticus 23 • 1 min. read • grade level: 9

The feasts of Jehovah were seven in number (Lev. 23), and are termed in John's Gospel "feasts of the Jews," because there the moral rejection of the Lord is assumed from the commencement of the gospel (chapters 1,10 and 11).

1. The Sabbath—God's eternal rest for man and creation (Heb. 3;4).

2. The Passover—Redemption by blood, the foundation of all blessing and glory (1 Cor. 5:7⁷Purge 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: (1 Corinthians 5:7)).

3. The Feast of Unleavened Bread—Holiness of walk and life (1 Cor. 5:5⁵To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Corinthians 5:5)).

4. The Feast of Weeks—Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came down and formed the Church (Acts 2).

5. The Feast of Trumpets—Israel again summoned and gathered to her land and God (Psa. 81).

6. The Day of Atonement—Israel coming into the blessing of redemption (Zech. 12).

7. The Feast of Tabernacles—Millennial glory of Israel (Zech. 14:16¹⁶And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. (Zechariah 14:16)).

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