Day Of Atonement (Pt.6) Series

During the examination of each of these feasts I’ve tried to convey 5 amazing facts about these feasts:

Understand the Hebrew calendar date assigned to each- and when we close the series, we’ll revisit that calendar briefly

Historical significance-how these feasts specifically pertained to the Israelites deliverance from Egypt

Scripture that guides us through this journey-we’ve looked at a lot of scripture and today will be no different!

How each feast leads us to Jesus-we’ll look at today’s feast and how it leads to Jesus, and when we wrap up the series, we will recap each of these 7 feasts

What it means to us as Christians

I’ll admit, it has been challenging for me to avoid taking a deep dive into each feasts, each week.

I’ve learned so much, and I just want to share it with you, in great detail.

However, I feel my role as a preacher is to “spark a fire that inspires”.

I believe that learning on your own creates a longer lasting and more impactful understanding because it forces you to draw closer to God!

So, in light of that thought or belief, I’m giving you fair warning, with a challenge:

November 24th will be CPC first annual “Share-a-thon”.

Don’t worry, it is not like most share-a-thon’s that involve giving of money, but rather a giving or investment in others of your time!

That sharing of your time will revolve around what you have directly gleaned from this series from my messages, what you have learned on your own, or a combination of both.

I truly desire to know what you have learned.

This can be a 1-5 minute sharing with our church family.

Oh, so now you’re paying attention! Pulling out pen and paper, cause teacher got a test!

Body

Let’s begin with a quick recap of each feast, along with scripture for that week, as well as the series scripture.

The series scripture is found in:

Colossians 2:16-17 therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to the observance of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

Paul is writing to the Colossians because they are getting a little off track with their religious beliefs. He is explaining that following Jesus is not about philosophy as perhaps taught before the coming of Christ, but about Christ Himself.

Let’s look at v16-17 together:

therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to the observance of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

-ask others what their bible says-

The first festival mentioned in Lev 23 is Passover.

We saw that Jesus is the Passover Lamb, and we used 2 verses to give reference to this:

John 1:29 “The next day John (the Baptizer) saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

1 Peter 1:19 “but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

This Passover, represented the Death and Crucifixion of Jesus.

The second feast we examined was Feast of Unleavened Bread.

We learned removing the leaven from the bread, represented removing sin from the Israelites lives.

This feast represents the Burial of Jesus, as the removal of sin in our lives.

Our verse for that feast was:

1 Corinthians 5:6–8 “Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

Next, we examined:

The Feast of First Fruits.

This represents the Resurrection of Jesus, and our key passage that week was:

1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”

Our 4th Feast was:

Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)

This represented the coming of the Holy Spirit, and our key passage was:

Acts 2:1–4 “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

Our 5th feast was: