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The Seven Festivals of the Lord – The Background
The Seven Festivals of the Lord – The Background
Today I will begin to ponder the significance of the seven festivals of the Lord and what is the role that God may be showing us that they play in His timeline. Today I want to give you a little background to consider about these festivals.
At this point in the book of
At this point in the book of
Leviticus, the Lord is giving Moses very specific and detailed instructions of how the people of Israel are to worship Him. In the previous chapter, He had just told Moses to give Aaron and the priests instructions on how to bring offerings into His presence. Failure to follow
these precise instructions would lead to the destruction of the priests.
Now in this chapter, the Lord begins to give Moses instructions for the people on how and when to celebrate these seven festivals. As you read through these festival instructions, note that just as He does
Now in this chapter, the Lord begins to give Moses instructions for the people on how and when to celebrate these seven festivals. As you read through these festival instructions, note that just as He does
often throughout the bible, the Lord doesn’t tell the people exactly WHY they are to do these things. Just as He does with us, the Lord tells them to do them and to trust Him that there is a very important purpose for all of it. Also, from our own experience in our spiritual
journeys we can often look back and begin to see why things that have happened have been important and part of His plan even when we didn’t understand. But we have this promise that in the end when we stand with Him, we will be able to look back and see the beautiful tapestry
that He had been painting all along with all of it. In the present moment, He just calls for us to trust Him and to believe that He knows exactly what He is doing (just like the Potter and the clay).
In today’s verses at the beginning of chapter 23, the Lord will lay the basic
In today’s verses at the beginning of chapter 23, the Lord will lay the basic
foundation of these festivals. He will establish the principle of the Sabbath and its relationship to the number seven. It represents the principle of completion like a week where ones work has been completed. In later parts of this chapter He will show how this principle of
“sevens” is interwoven all throughout these seven festivals (and indeed, throughout all of bible history from Genesis to Revelation).
For today, let’s take a brief look at the initial instructions that the Lord gives to Moses in the first 3 verses of Leviticus chapter 23:
For today, let’s take a brief look at the initial instructions that the Lord gives to Moses in the first 3 verses of Leviticus chapter 23:
The Appointed Festivals
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.
3 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.
3 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the
seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live. - Leviticus 23:1-3
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