Signs in the Heavens by Chuck Missler

Author:Chuck Missler [Missler, Chuck]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Christian
Goodreads: 22593877
Publisher: Koinonia Institute
Published: 2014-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

Prophecy and the Feasts of Israel

As we study what God is doing with Israel, one of the reasons we get so interested in the Old Testament is that everything in it has prophetic implications along with the original historical meaning.

There are seven “Feasts of Moses” that make up the Hebrew calendar. Three of those feasts are in the first month, the last three are in the seventh month, and there’s one in between.24

We discover that the first three feasts in the month of Nisan are prophetic of Christ’s First Coming. Jesus dies on the Feast of Passover, He is the sinless bread of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and He is raised again on the Feast of Firstfruits.

When Jesus Christ was introduced publicly, John the Baptist said, “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world,” (John 1:29). That’s a Jewish title, and it has to do with Passover. Jesus is our Passover. When was He offered? On the 14th of Nisan between the two evenings, and like the Passover lamb, not a bone of His was broken (Exodus 12:46, John 19:32-33).

Jesus Christ complied with all the rules having to do with the Passover lamb. The Passover was not a Levitical sacrifice, it wasn’t offered by the high priest, but by the head of the household. It’s a personal sacrifice, eaten by families in their houses. It was given before the Law; the Law came later at Sinai.

The first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread was a high holy day, a Sabbath (Leviticus 23:5-7, John 19:31), and Jesus was sacrificed on Nisan 14, just before the Sabbath of the Feast of Unleavened Bread on Nisan 15. The Feast of Firstfruits is supposed to be offered the morning after the Sabbath after Passover, whatever day Passover falls on each year (Leviticus 23:10-11). Saturday is the Sabbath, so the Feast of Firstfruits falls on a Sunday. When did Jesus Christ rise from the dead? Sunday morning on the Feast of Firstfruits (1 Corinthians 15:20-23).

The first three feasts were fulfilled at Christ’s First Coming. The last three feasts – The Feast of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement and The Feast of Booths – will be fulfilled at His Second Coming.

In between the Spring Feasts and the Fall Feasts, there’s one feast set off by itself. It’s unique, because it is the only feast expressly ordained to use leavened bread. The Feast of Weeks was to be celebrated 50 days from the Feast of Firstfruits (Leviticus 23:12-16), and it represents the Church. It was on that day of celebration that the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles in Acts 2, and thereafter Gentiles were also filled with the Holy Spirit.

Each of these feasts are prophetic, and each of these feasts were and will be fulfilled on the very days that they were to be commemorated.

The Feasts of Israel offer just one example, but every detail in the Old Testament seems to have a New Testament fulfillment. In fact, some

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