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Since the Feast of Unleavened Bread will end this week and my 21 Day Oxygen Therapy Cleanse Program will continue. I thought it would be appropriate to have everyone write up something on how these Spring FeastsDays: Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Wave Sheaf and Pentecost have a prophecy about the Messiah's 1st Coming. All of the Feast Days with their Fulfillment are on DVD if anyone wants to purchase and study them.
1) How was the Passover a Fulfillment in prophecy?
a) How was it pointed out in the symbolic services?
b) How did it relate to time and event?
2) How can the Feast of Unleavened Bread be Fulfillment in prophecy?
a) How could it be pointed out in the symbolic services?
b) How could it relate to time and event?
3) How was the Wave Sheaf a Fulfillment in prophecy?
a) How was it pointed out in the symbolic services?
b) How does it relate to time and event?
4) How was Pentecost a Fulfillment in prophecy?
a) How was it pointed out in the symbolic services?
b) How does it relate to time and event?
ANSWERS
This is the 1st reponse I received on 4-9-10:
I realize now that the only way to fully understand the "Fullness of Time" referred to by Paul in Galatians 4:4 is by fully understanding Yahweh's Calendar. This calendar is filled with special memorial as well as prophetic events that Yahweh put into place as a constant reminder for his people to understand his plan of salvation for mankind from the fall in the Garden of Eden to redemption at the 2nd coming of Messiah. Satan knows Yahweh's plan as well and because it is his ultimate goal not to see anyone saved, he set up his own calendar filled with distracting events (that have nothing to do with salvation) in an attempt to "change times and laws" according to Daniel 7:25.
The beginning of Yahweh's calendar starts with the Feast of Passover. At the core of the Passover service is a substitutional sacrifice because "without shedding of blood," as Paul says in Hebrews 9:22, there "is no remission" of sin. The generation of Israel, during the time of the Egyptian captivity, lost sight of the importance of Yahweh's sacrificial service that he originally instituted through Adam after the fall in the Garden of Eden. It is this lost of insight that caused Yahweh to institute Passover to bring Israel back into harmony with his plan of salvation for mankind. This is why Yahweh said to them in Exodus 12:2 that "this month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you." The generation of Israel that observed Passover just prior to their deliverance from Egyptian bondage experienced a new beginning of a loving relationship with Yahweh.
Exodus 12 provides the details of the first Passover. On the 10th day of the month Israel was to select a male lamb in its first year of birth without any blemishes and keep it in their homes until the 14th day. On the evening of the 14th day they were to kill it and take the blood and place it on the top and sides of the door posts of their homes. The remaining parts of the lamb were cooked with fire and eaten as a meal. The blood was a shield of protection for them when Yahweh came through Egypt with his final plague (killing of all firstborn). Upon seeing the blood, Yahweh would show mercy and pass over the home saving the inhabitants. Because Yahweh did not want Israel to ever forget the significance of this important event and its role in the overall plan of salvation, he commanded in Exodus 12:14 that they "keep it a feast to Yahweh throughout your generations: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever."
Passover was followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Leaven is a substance (such as yeast) that is used in bread to make it rise before it is baked. According to Matthew 16:12, leaven symbolizes sin which according to 1 John 3:4 is the transgression of Yahweh's law. Therefore, unleavened bread is life without sin. The feast of Unleavened bread is described in Exodus 12:15-20 and Leviticus 23:5-8. It begins on the 15th day of the first month and held for seven days with the first and last days of the feast appointed as special Sabbaths. Yahweh instructed that during this time only unleavened bread was to be eaten with the meals associated with the feast. Just like with Passover, Yahweh did not want Israel to ever forget the significance of this important event and its role in the overall plan of salvation. For this reason he also commanded in Exodus 12:24, that they, "...shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever."
The Wave Sheaf Offering followed the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. A sheaf is a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. Yahweh instructed Israel in Leviticus 23:10-14 that on the 16th day of the month after their entrance into Canaan and prior to celebrating the second day of the feast of unleavened bread they were to bring a sheaf of first fruits from their harvest and another male lamb in its first year of birth without blemishes to the priest. The lamb was then killed and the sheaf of first fruits were waved and together this offering would be accepted by Yahweh on their behalf once again for the forgiveness of their sin. Just like with the feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread, Yahweh did not want Israel to ever forget the significance of this important event and its role in the overall plan of salvation. For this reason he again commanded in Leviticus 23:14, that it, "...shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings."
The Feast of Pentecost was the next major event on Yahweh's Holy Day Calendar. According to Leviticus 23:15-22, Israel celebrated this Holy Day (which was also designated as a special Sabbath) seven weeks (50 days) from the day that the wave sheaf was offered. On this day (which falls on the 6th day of the third month), Israel was to bring two loaves of leavened bread from their homes along with nine lambs in the first year of birth without blemishes, one young bull, one goat and two rams to the priest. All of the animals were sacrificed according to offering type (burnt, sin or peace) and the leavened bread of first fruits was waved and together this offering was accepted by Yahweh on their behalf again for the forgiveness of their sin. Yahweh repeats the same command, "it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations," as he did for Passover, Unleavened Bread and the Wave Sheaf offering in Leviticus 23:21 because he did not want Israel to ever forget the significance of this important event and its role in the overall plan of salvation.
What was so important about the Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, Wave Sheaf and Pentecost? The answers are found in John 1:29; 6:51; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; 15:20-23 and Revelation 14:1-5. The purpose of these particular feasts is for all of mankind to understand that:
1.) Yahshua, "the Lamb of Yahweh which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1:29)" is "Messiah our Passover...sacrificed for us (1 Corin 5:7)." Yahshua is the unleavened "...bread which came down from heaven" to "...give for the life of the world (John 6:51)." Yahshua is also "...Messiah risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept (1 Corin 15:20)."
2.) Yahshua's Passover death is the only sacrifice that is acceptable to Yahweh for the forgiveness of human sin. As a result of this sacrifice, current day Israel as well as the rest of mankind have an opportunity to feast off of Yahweh's spiritual Unleavened Bread and be brought back into harmony with the plan of salvation by maintaining a life without sin. This daily eating of spiritual Unleavened Bread is required of those Israelites who will be numbered with the first fruits of the 144,000 at the Pentecost of Yahshua's 2nd coming.
Yahweh's memorial Calendar is also prophetic in nature. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each describe how Passover was fulfilled prophetically. On the 10th day of the first month (at the completion of Yahshua ministry of healing on earth) Yahshua tells his disciples that, "...after two days is the feast of the Passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified (Matthew 26:2)." That same evening, "then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and consulted that they might take Yahshua by subtlety, and kill him." Just as Yahweh's memorial calendar prophesied, Yahshua was set aside on the 10th day of the month in preparation for Passover.
Three days later on the 14th day of the month, "then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed (Luke 22:7)." As prophesied on Yahweh's Calendar, Yahshua was killed on Passover which was the evening of the 14th day of the month. Just before his death, Yahshua explains to the disciples the true meaning of Passover and Unleavened Bread in Luke 22:14-20, "And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you." After this, Yahshua was immediately taken captive, beaten, put on trial and crucified on the cross. "Yahshua, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom...(Matthew 27:50-51)."
Two days after Yahshua's death (the 16th day of the month) on, "the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher (John 20:1)." The Wave Sheaf of first fruits was prophetically fulfilled when the angel of Yahweh said to Mary Magdalene, "...Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: Remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again (Luke 24:5-7)." Yahshua the first fruits was risen from the dead and is alive!
Seven weeks (50 days) later after Yahshua was crucified, raised from the dead and spent time with the disciples, "speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of Yahweh (Act 1:3), Yahshua (the first fruits of Pentecost), "...was taken up; and a cloud received him (Acts 2:9)." It was at this time on the 6th day of the third month that Yahweh's calendar would be prophetically fulfilled in Pentecost. Acts 2:1-4 records the event as follows, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."
So we see here in the scriptures both the memorial and prophetic pictures of time and events as it relates to the Spring Feast days laid out in Yahweh's Calendar. So with such a beautiful illustration of Yahweh's plan for salvation, how could the generation of Israel during Yahshua's first coming not know the time of their visitation according to DA:232? It is because they were so caught up in the traditions of men that they did not heed the many warnings given to them about Messiah's first coming by the prophets. Prophetic Warnings such as those given in Deuteronomy 18:15-19, Isaiah 7:14-16; 9:6-7; 11; 49:1-7; 52:13-53:12; 61:1-4 and Daniel 9:26-27 as well as many others describing the birth, ministry and death of Yahshua were constantly given to Israel by Yahweh to adequately prepare them for his 1st coming. However, it was to no avail. The more Yahshua tried to reason with the religious Israelite leaders about who he was and what was his purpose, the more angry they became with him. Their anger and rejection of him was so great that it led to them being the very ones who would aid in Yahshua's prophetic fulfillment of Passover.
All throughout Yahshua's three and half year ministry on earth he focused on Yahweh's mission, "...to preach good tidings unto the meek;...to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of Yahweh, and the day of vengeance of our Father; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he might be glorified (Isaiah 61:1-4)." This was done because Yahweh, "...is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9)."
Today the majority of those who profess to be followers of Yahweh are living their lives just like the Israelites during Yahshua's 1st coming. The truths of the Bible have been replaced with the traditions of men. Yahweh's weekly Sabbath observance has been replaced with man's traditional "Sunday" observance. Yahweh's Passover has been replaced with man's traditional "Lord's Supper." Yahweh's Wave Sheaf offering has been replaced with man's traditional "Easter." Pentecost has been replaced with man's traditional "Pentecost Sunday." The special times and events as laid out in Yahweh's memorial and prophetic calendar are regarded today as unnecessary and of no need for observance because they were done away with by their fulfillment in Yahshua.
How can this be the case when Yahshua himself said in Matthew 5:17-18 that, "think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Just like Yahweh DID NOT do away with his weekly Sabbath, Yahweh also DID NOT do away with his Holy Days. Yahshua's sacrifice eliminated the requirement to sacrifice animals during observance of Yahweh's Holy Days, but his sacrifice DOES NOT eliminate the requirement for us to observe them. We are still under Yahweh's command to, "keep it a feast by an ordinance forever" so that we will not forget the significance of these important events and their role in the overall plan of salvation. Those who choose to observe Yahweh's Holy days instead of man's "holidays" will find themselves in these last days facing many of the same trials and tribulations that Yahshua and his disciples faced.
Yahweh gives us detailed prophetic warnings about the Messiah's 2nd coming through books such as Daniel and Revelation. Unfortunately, the majority of the world especially those professing to be Christians are not taking heed to these warnings because most are too busy wondering after the beast according to Revelation 13:3. Some are wondering by choice while others are being led to wonder because they are just too blind to see the truth. Still others are wondering because they are afraid to make waves with the beast. These are the ones who ask the question in Revelation 13:4, "...Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" This is the main reason why it is extremely important for Yahweh's true chosen ones to eat the spiritual Unleavened bread of truth on a daily basis. When Yahweh's Holy Spirit is withdrawn from the earth, the war against those who choose to come out of Babylon will intensify and they will have to have their lamps trimmed and burning if they are going to make it.
"For many are called, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14)" May Yahweh bless his chosen ones!
This is the 2nd reponse I received on 4-10-10:
1) How was the Passover a Fulfillment in prophecy?
For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 1 Cor 5:7
The Passover was fulfilled in Christ the Passover sacrifice.
a) How was it pointed out in the symbolic services?
It was pointed out by the selection, sacrifice, and eating of a perfect (no blemishes) lamb.
b) How did it relate to time and event?
BOTH PASSOVER’S AS TO TIME- 14 th day of the first month
BOTH PASSOVER’S AS TO EVENT- Sacrifice and Blood Atonement
2) How can the Feast of Unleavened Bread be Fulfillment in prophecy?
You speak here as if the Feast of Unleavened Bread has not been fulfilled.
My present understanding is that it has been fulfilled .
a) How could it be pointed out in the symbolic services?
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. 7In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Lev 23:6,7
b) How could it relate to time and event?
As to TIME - Feast of Unleavened Bread - 15 th day of the first month
As to EVENT - Feast of Unleavened Bread - 15 th day of the first month
The 15 th day of Abib, in the year Yeshua was crucified, was the seventh day Sabbath of the Lord. Pointing to all the creative works of Himself. One of the most important being: “ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name YESHUA : for he shall save his people from their sins. By Yeshua’s Passover sacrifice the forgiveness of sins is now available.
God's forgiveness is not merely a judicial act by which He sets us free from condemnation. It is not only forgiveness for sin but reclaiming from sin. See 1 Cor 5:7-8
3) How was the Wave Sheaf a Fulfillment in prophecy?
Wave Sheaf or First Fruits
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 1 Cor 15:20
a) How was it pointed out in the symbolic services?
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. LEV 23:11
b) How does it relate to time and event?
WAVE SHEAF AS TO TIME- 16 th day of the first month (Abib)
WAVE SHEAF AS TO EVENT- 16 th day of the first month (Abib) in the year Yeshua as crucified. His resurrection was on this day.
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matt. 27:52-53
It’s obvious this feast day is associated with resurrection .
4) How was Pentecost a Fulfillment in prophecy?
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2
- How was it pointed out in the symbolic services?
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in …..the feast of weeks Deut 16:16
b) How does it relate to time and event? 50 days after the waving of first fruits