Many think that the feasts in Leviticus are for the “Jewish
people”. But let’s see what the Bible says. To whom do the feasts belong?
(Leviticus 23:1-2) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the
people of Israel
These are the appointed feasts of Jehovah, YHWH, the Lord.
The Hebrew word that is translated as “appointed feast” is Moed.
Moed literally means “designation or prior arrangement of a set
time or season”. It could also be translated as “assembly”, since it is a
meeting with a specific purpose.
It is to establish a time, place, and occasion to gather
with a purpose. In other words, it is an appointment that God is setting with
His people.
Why is he making an appointment with us?
To explain the Plan He has to save us. He wants us to be
conscious of it and that we participate joyfully in it.
FOR YOUR CHILDREN
Another important reason for the appointment is that He
wants us to explain it to our children.
(Deuteronomy 4:9) “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you
forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your
heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your
children’s children”
Specifically referring to the Passover, he says:
(Exodus 12:24-28) You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for
your sons forever. And when you come to the land that the LORD will
give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. And
when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ you
shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s
Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt Israel
Of the Feast of Unleavened Breads he says:
(Exodus 13:6-10) Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the
seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. Unleavened bread shall be eaten
for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall
be seen with you in all your territory. You shall tell your son on that day,
‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt Egypt
(Psalms 78:1-7) Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline
your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable; I will
utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our
fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to
the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the
wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a
law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that
the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and
tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not
forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;
The feasts serve as a testimony of God’s love and faithfulness
to all generations.
IT’S A SHADOW
Celebrating the feasts does not grant us salvation; it is
simply the celebration of the redemption that Jesus has given us. Paul explains
that the feasts are the shadow and Jesus is the substance.
(Colossians 2:16-17) Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of
food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These
are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
The name of Jesus in Hebrew is Yeshua, which literally
means “salvation”.
He is the fulfillment of the great Plan that God revealed within
the seven feasts of redemption.
As we study each one of the feasts, we will see how Jesus
appears in each and every one of them, even in the smallest of details.
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