The Seed Blog: The Seven Feasts of The Lord, Part 1

Why on earth would I really care to know about Jewish Feasts started over 3300 years ago? Because God is Awesome. And these feast will show an incredible design and plan that transcends the knowledge of any one man in time. In Hebrew culture, prophecy is often illustrated by an event that is a shadow of a larger event to come, with the smaller event having significant meaning—but also predicting an ultimate prophetic event (an illustration with full details of events to come). The Seven Feasts are prophetic, symbolic feasts given by God to foreshadow what’s coming (Col.2:16-17). They are found in the OT (Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy). The Hebrews were first given commands to keep the Feasts through generations to follow (Lev. 23:1-2, 37, 44). The word for ‘feast’ is mow’ed (meaning appointed sign or time); the word for ‘convocation’ is miqra (meaning public meeting, rehearsal, assembly). They were celebrations where food, grain and burnt offering were given to God. There are four Spring Feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Feast of Weeks) and three Fall Feasts (Feast of Trumpets, Feast of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles). The prophecy fulfilled in these Feasts clearly show God’s fingerprints unmistakably on each one. Matthew 5:17-18