Summary:
The biblical feast are not Jewish holidays but were set apart for specific purposes by God. Many of the great manifestations of God's promises happened on the feast. The feast are seasons that God has appointed to bring forth His purposes in the earth and they last the whole year. They are to be a part of the very roots of a believer's faith and the foundation on which we stand.
Show Notes:
The feast are not Jewish holidays but Biblical commandments of God to all believers.
The feast are set seasons set apart by the Father that last the whole year.
The feast is where God manifested His promises.
Christ was born on Tabernacles.
Christ went to the cross on Passover.
The feast of Pentecost was the release of the Holy Spirit to all believers.
The rich culture of the Word and bringing forth of the kingdom message comes out of the feast.
As we keep the feast we enter into God's cycle of the year and His plan for His people.
Quotes:
The times for the feast are set apart for a specific purpose.
Passover is built all around the coming out of Egypt in the sense of coming out of captivity.
Pentecost, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and it's something that you can have.
...Tabernacles the appearing of the Father being with us...
God kept His promises at the feast.
Christ Himself, kept the feasts.
the rich, rich culture of the Word, who God is, as it is portrayed, and experienced through the feasts, brings closure. To me, in regards to my practice of Christianity
The feasts bring forth the kingdom gospel, and promote the Kingdom that Christianity talks about, but doesn't reach back into its roots from where it came.
It's man's way or it's God's way.The Feasts keep reminding us, it's God's way.
References:
Deuteronomy16:1-17
(The feast commanded by God)
Leviticus 23: 1-44
(The appointed Festivals of God)
Luke 2:40-43
(Christ kept the feast as a child with his parents.)
Luke 22:7-8
(Christ kept the feast as an adult)
Acts 2:1-4
(The day of Pentecost a fulfillment of a feast)
Matt 5:17-18
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Take away:
The feast, the ten commandments all came before the Jews. God commanded that His people keep the biblical feast. These feast are His cycles in which He fulfills many of His promises and brings forth what He wants through out the year for His people. As we keep the feast we discover the roots of our faith and the rich culture that we have in Christianity. By keeping the feast we get a broader view of the Kingdom.