Feasts Six and Seven.... YAY! YOM KIPPUR (Day of Atonement) begins at sunset on Friday, Sept.13 and ends at sunset on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) begins at sunset on Wednesday, Sept.18 and ends at sunset on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. During the Lord’s earthly life, He cele- brated the first three of the Seven Feasts given in Leviticus 23. He was crucified on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, and rose on First Fruits. Fifty days later, on Pentecost, He sent the Holy Spirit. When He Raptures the Church, He will fulfill the Feast of Trumpets, whether or not He does it on the actual feast day. If this pattern continues, the Lord should fulfill the last two feasts even after the Rapture of the Church. And indeed, it appears that He will. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) will be fulfilled at the Second Coming, when “they shall look upon Him whom they have pierced and mourn for Him as for an only son...and all Israel will be saved” (Zech. 12:10; Romans 11:26). It must be stressed that it is only sur- viving Jews who will be saved. Thus, it is necessary to witness to the Jews living now so that they can be includ- ed in the Rapture of the Church, and 11 not relegated to wait through the Tribu- lation Period and Armageddon. Many of them will perish in such circumstances and never live to see the Lord’s Second Coming. Thus, they will be lost, and this will greatly grieve the Father, who loves them. Finally, the Lord will celebrate the Seventh Feast, Tabernacles (Sukkot), when He places His own tabernacle here on Earth among us, and the world will “go up from year to year to worship Him” (Zech.14:16). The Future: Clearly, then, Christians have a very bright future. First Fruits, in essence, means that our Savior will return for us. Buddha and Mohammed did not promise their followers that they will return. With these worldly religions, what you see is what you get. But our King is coming! First Fruits represents the whole point of Christianity—what we see is not all we get. This life is only the beginning. Index: as those dead branches of winter bear fruit every spring. Let us pray with John, “Amen, come, Lord Jesus” (Rev. 22:20). Zola’s best-selling booklet, The Seven Feasts of Israel, is offered fb page if you’d like to study all the Feasts.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 02:01:44 +0000