THE CHURCH AND THE JEWISH FEASTS

What many call "the Jewish feasts," are described in the Bible as "the feasts of the LORD."  In Leviticus 23, the LORD instructed Moses to teach all of Israel, the seven sacred times of gathering.  As it turns out, the seven feasts also have a special meaning to Christians.  The Crucifixion of Christ is the PASSOVER (1 Cor. 5:7).  The Burial of Christ is represented by the feast of UNLEAVENED BREAD (Jn. 6:35; 1 Cor. 11:24).  By the Resurrection of Christ, we celebrate Him as being the FIRSTFRUITS from the grave (1 Cor. 15:20).  Fifty days after the three feasts celebrated in the first month of the Jewish calendar, a single feast, one with two leavened loaves (leaven being a picture of sin) representing the Church made up of Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ (Acts 2:1-47)!  I seriously believe that Israel's Fall Feasts (TRUMPETS, ATONEMENT, TABERNACLES) will be literally fulfilled by the Rapture of the Church and the return of the Jews to Israel; the Tribulation; and Christ's Millennial Kingdom!  Praise God and come Lord Jesus!  Leviticus 23:

[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations (SACRED GATHERINGS), even these are My feasts.  [3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.  [4] These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

[5] In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S PASSOVER.  [6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of UNLEAVENED BREAD unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

[10] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the FIRSTFRUITS of your harvest unto the priest:  [11] And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

[15] And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete:  [16] Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days (PENTECOST); and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

[24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of TRUMPETS, an holy convocation.

[27] Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of ATONEMENT: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

[34] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of TABERNACLES for seven days unto the LORD.  [39] Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a Sabbath.
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[44] And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.