The Feasts of the Lord: Going Through the Motions

Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of First Fruits, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles – lots of Feasts, each with different instructions for observing them. Sometimes when we’re just starting out observing the Feasts, or approach a new season of Feasts, we can easily think of all the instructions and do’s and don’ts, and forget the richness of each Feast.  It can feel – and in fact become – like we’re just going through the motions.

I can imagine that’s how the Hebrews must have felt when they heard the instructions for the first time as well.  Exodus 12 is 50 verses full of instructions for Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  And the instructions are not exactly intuitive or logical.  What were they to make of killing a lamb and smearing its blood on their door frames?  Had that ever saved them from death before?  Was this a common practice?  And what’s so bad about leavened bread?  What does that have to do with saving their firstborns? (more…)

August 15, 2014 | Categories: Feast of First Fruits, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of the Harvest, Feast of Trumpets, Feasts, Feasts in General, festival of weeks, God’s preparation, Holy Days, Mo'edim, Passover, Pentecost, Second Coming, Shavuot, Trust, Walking with God | Tags: Chag Samaech, Deut. 16, Exodus 12, Israelites, Karate Kid, The Plagues, torah | 5 Comments