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<\/a>7 Feasts of the Lord
3 Unfulfilled<\/p><\/div>
\nThere are certain friends who weave themselves into the tapestry of your life. They become part of the bigger picture of who you are. They\u2019ve known you for years, through all your ups and downs in in-betweens. And still manage to love you. It\u2019s that type of friendship I have with Michelle. She\u2019s known me for half my life. We have a shared history. So conversation comes easily. Last week\u2019s chat was no exception. We discussed life in general, getting older (and the fact that we do it so gracefully), the benefits of a high protein diet, the Ebola virus and naturally the \u201csituation\u201d in Israel. And then the conversation took an unexpected turn. For some reason, the topic drifted to the \u201cJewish\u201d festivals.<\/p>\n
Murky waters, I thought. Because I\u2019m a Christian. And tradition often entails that Christians do, well, Christian things. The Jewish people, on the other hand, do different things. Like keep the \u201cJewish\u201d holidays. Right? But what is the implication of me, a Christian, celebrating the \u201cJewish\u201d festivals? Does it mean that I want to become Jewish? That I\u2019ve fallen in love with a culture? That I\u2019ve become so enamoured by a tradition that I want to be part of it? And then, by implication, abandon all the Christian stuff?<\/p>\n
So yeah, murky waters. Honestly, I understand the scepticism and concern. Because I\u2019ve been there. Personal experience also tells me how futile it would be to launch into an argument, to use all my substantial facts and evidence to convince. Because that\u2019s not my job. My job is to share, to speak from my heart and to tell of my experiences. <\/p>\n
Yes, I know. I\u2019m far from alone in this. A revelation about the so-called \u201cJewish\u201d festivals has swept across the nations. Next month, a multitude of Gentile Believers will celebrate Rosh Hashana. And the month after that Yom Kippur and Sukkot.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t speak on their behalf. But I do know why I celebrate. Firstly, because they\u2019re not the Jewish festivals. They\u2019re God\u2019s festivals, His appointed times. And secondly, because they\u2019re all about Yeshua.<\/p>\n
God instructed the nation of Israel to keep seven festivals, seven appointed times. But this wasn\u2019t just Him giving the Israelites an excuse to have seven good parties per year. What with God being God Almighty, you can be sure He had a good reason.<\/p>\n
Because right there hidden in the seven festivals is a picture of what Yeshua would do for us. It\u2019s like the reflection in a mirror versus the real thing. Each festival is a mirror image of the real thing that Yeshua would come to do. Let\u2019s take the first festival, Pesach or Passover, for example. Celebrating Israel\u2019s deliverance from slavery in Egypt, it tells us how the redemption of a people was obtained through the blood of the Passover Lamb. Years and years later, Yeshua was crucified when Israel celebrated the festival of Passover. And once again, the redemption of a people was obtained through blood. But this time it was the redemption of all the people of the earth. The deliverance was from slavery to sin and death and destruction. And the blood was Yeshua\u2019s. <\/p>\n
Thousands of years before Yeshua, our Passover Lamb, died on the cross, God already told of what would happen by giving a mirror image of the events to come \u2013 all of it wrapped up neatly in the festival of Passover. It was like God saying, \u201cLook! This is exactly what my Son will do for you one day. The Passover lamb in Egypt is the mirror image. My Son dying on the cross is the real thing!\u201d <\/p>\n
But Passover wasn\u2019t the only festival that Yeshua fulfilled. Let\u2019s take a look at the list. The festival of Unleavened Bread? Check! Yeshua fulfilled that one. Festival of Firstfruits? Check! Yeshua fulfilled that one too. Festival of Shavuot or Pentecost? Check! Festival of Rosh Hashana? Ah, that\u2019s where things get interesting. The last three festivals haven\u2019t been fulfilled. Yet. <\/p>\n
Because looking at the odds, I\u2019d say that we can be pretty certain that Yeshua will also fulfil the last three festivals, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. <\/p>\n
And that is my reason for celebrating God\u2019s festivals, His appointed times, the so-called \u201cJewish\u201d holidays. It\u2019s simple really. It has nothing to do with becoming Jewish. Because the festivals are about Yeshua. The way everything has always been about Him. And the way everything will forever continue to be about Him. <\/p>\n
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