THE CHURCH AND THE FEASTS OF THE LORD

THE FOUR FEASTS THAT HAVE BEEN FULFILLED

The Feast of Passover - Christ as the Passover Lamb of God - 1 Corinthians 5:7 - "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.  For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us."

The Feast of Unleavened Bread - Christ's sinless life - John 6:35 - 2 Corinthians 5:21 - "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst." --- "For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."

The Feast of First Fruits - Christ's Resurrection - 1 Corinthians 5:21-23 - "For since by man came death, by Man came also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  But every man in his own order: Christ the First Fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming."

The Feast of Wave Loaves (Pentecost - two leavened loaves - the birth of the Church made up of Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ, who still struggle with sin - See Rom. 7:15-25; 1 Jn. 1:8-10) - Acts 2:1, 47 "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place." --- "Praising God, and having favor with all the people.  And the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved."

THE THREE FEASTS WHICH HAVE YET TO BE FULFILLED

The Feast of Trumpets - (represents the Rapture of the Church - 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) "For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."  (See Jn. 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:50-55)

The Feast of the Atonement - (represents the Tribulation and God's grace to the Church - Romans 5:8-11; Revelation 3:10) - "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath (the Tribulation) through Him.  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." --- "Because thou hast kept the Word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

The Feast of Tabernacles - (represents the Church reigning with Christ during the Millennium - Revelation 20:6) - "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years."

ALL the fulfilled feasts were literally fulfilled by Christ on the exact day!

SO WILL THE LAST THREE FEASTS!