The Seven Feasts of Israel - End-Time Pilgrim

1 TheSevenFeastsof IsraelA study by Gavin Finley - 2003 Image from the CD 'Yeshua' from 'Music for Messiah', some wonderful Messianic music by 'Jews for Jesus'. Click the image to go to their YouTube video here contains a short 8 minute video. It is a brief overview of the Seven Feasts of Israel or Seven "Appointed Times".Should you have trouble streaming the video from the YouTube box above you may go directly to YouTube and see the video by clicking the image Seven Feasts of Israel INTRODUCTIONTO THE 7 FEASTSOF ISRAELTHE SPRINGFEASTS1. THE PASSOVER2. THE FEAST OFUNLEAVENEDBREAD3. THE FEAST OFFIRSTFRUITSTHE SUMMERFEAST4. THE FEAST OFPENTECOSTTHE FALL FEASTSOF ISRAEL5. THE FEAST OFTRUMPETS6. THE DAY OFATONEMENT7. THE FEAST OFTABERNACLESBe sure to also see this article on the Hebrew Calendar. And click HERE to see the YouTube Video on Biblical you would like to download an MP3 of this audio for your iPod right-click here. Then left click on"Save file/target as" to save the file to a folder in your computer.

2 Then when the file isclicked it should, or can be made to, open up into your iTunes library. The next time you synch to youriPod the mp3 message on the Seven Feasts will load up. If you would like to download a WMA of this audio for a player using Windows Media right-clickhere. Then left click on "Save file/target as" to save the file to a folder in yourcomputer. Then when the file is clicked it should, or can be made to, open up into your WindowsMedia library. The next time you synch to your WMA player the wma message on the Seven Feastswill load up. SCRIPTURE PASSAGEFOR THE SEVENFEASTSL eviticus 23:1-44 NKJV 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses,saying, 2. "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 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

3 4. 'These are the Feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed PASSOVER5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's THE FEAST OF unleavened BREAD6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of unleavened Bread to theLord; Seven days you must eat unleavened On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work onit. 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for Seven days. The seventhday shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.' " 9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,3. THE FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS10. "Speak to the children of Israel , and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and Daniel 9:27; the epic future event! Image from Dave Wilkerson's its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath thepriest shall wave it.

4 12. And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish,as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire tothe Lord, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. 14 You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought anoffering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your THE FEAST OF PENTECOST (WEEKS)15. 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought thesheaf of the wave offering: Seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after theseventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour;they shall be baked with leaven.

5 They are the firstfruits to the And you shall offer with the bread Seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and tworams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, anoffering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as asacrifice of a peace The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with thetwo lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customarywork on it. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22 'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when youreap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for thestranger: I am the Lord your God.

6 ' " 5. THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS23. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,24. "Speak to the children of Israel , saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing oftrumpets, a holy You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.' " 6. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 27 "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation foryou; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. 28 And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for youbefore the Lord your For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And anyperson who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all yourdwellings.

7 32 It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the monthat evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath."7. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES33. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34. "Speak to the children of Israel , saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast ofTabernacles for Seven days to the Lord. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it. 36 For Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall have aholy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a sacred assembly, and youshall do no customary work on These are the Feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offeringmade by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything onits day-- 38 besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewillofferings which you give to the Lord.

8 39 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shallkeep the feast of the Lord for Seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighthday a sabbath-rest. 40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, theboughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for sevendays. 41 You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for Seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in yourgenerations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You shall dwell in booths for Seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought themout of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.' " 44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the Feasts of the INTRODUCTION TO THE Seven Feasts OF ISRAELThe Seven Feasts of Israel are key way points on a road map in holy history.

9 They tell the story of the main Covenantevents between God and His Elect people as they occur here on the earth and in time. The story begins back with thepeople God called in Old Testament times. And it extends right through to the Apocalyptic events John saw in vision andwrote about in the Book of Revelation. Indeed the very next feast, the Feast of Trumpets is coming up in some futurenew moon of Tishrei to express its New Covenant fulfillment in holy history. The Feast of Trumpets will almost certainlybe the one that will usher us into the 70th week of Daniel and the final Seven years of this present age. At the end ofthose Seven years the final Day of Atonement will come into its ultimate fulfillment as well. This will be the very lastday of this Seven Feasts will take us beyond the Apocalypse. The seventh feast, the joyous Feast of Tabernacles, will come intoits ultimate fulfillment as the true new age dawns. This will bring in the Millennium of Messiah, that glorious age tocome.

10 The deserts will bloom and streams of waters will break forth upon the dry ground. God will camp out withmankind for 1,000 years as Emmanuel, "God with us". And as a shepherd feeds and tends his sheep He will draw Hispeople to there an 8th feast? Might the Feast of Hanukkah, the festive winter season of the Eternal Light celebrate theglorification of all the saints from both this age and the 1,000 year Millennial age to come? Our Apostle Paul gives us aglimpse of that. - 1 Corinthians. 15:24,25,26,27,28. But that will be a study for another first four of the Seven Feasts of Israel have already been fulfilled. They were fulfilled in spectacular fashion. Theywere fulfilled right on the auspicious Hebrew calendar dates on which they have been celebrated in times past, the samedates that will be celebrated forever more. The three Spring Feasts were fulfilled by Jesus our Savior. And theSummer Feast of Pentecost was fulfilled as well. It was fulfilled by the Holy Spirit 2,000 years ago.