| Feast name |
Jewish
month/day |
Month
length |
grouped by: (3 Spring Feasts), (Feast of Weeks) & (3 Fall Feasts)
required feasts to be kept, are in bold |
LORD's
Passover |
Nisan
1stmonth
14th day |
March/
April
1 day |
Also called, (Aviv), sacrifice of the passover lamb, redemption of the Israelite's from Egyptian
slavery after the 10th plague,
(killing of the first born). Corresponds with & fulfilled by:
Jesus' crucifixion on the day of passover, what we acknowledge on Easter. |
Unleavened
Bread |
Nisan
1stmonth
15th day |
last for
7 days |
Leaven in the OT. scriptures is symbolic of sin, referencing that Jesus had no sin and delivered
us from the grip of sin. When the Israelite's were delivered out of Egypt, they had no time to let their
bread rise. Corresponds with & fulfilled by: Jesus' burial. |
| Firstfruits |
Nisan
Harvest
time |
within
above
feasts |
Celibrated on the 2nd day of unleavened bread.
Celebrating the first fruits of the barley harvest and the promise of a larger harvest to come.
The LORD giving the promise land to the Israelite's.
Corresponds with & fulfilled by: Jesus' resurrection. |
|
Feast of
Weeks |
Sivan
50 days after
Passover |
May/
June
1 day |
Also known as the feast of the harvest or (Shavuot), celebrating the wheat crop, seven weeks after
Passover. The day when Moses received the law on Mount Sinai.
Corresponds with & fulfilled by: the
day of Pentecost, when people received the Holy Spirit,
Acts chapter 2. |
Feast of
Trumpets |
Tishri
7th Month
1stday |
Sept./
Oct.
1 day |
(Rosh Hashanah), known as the Jewish New Year, marking the
beginning of the civil year. Blowing of trumpets on this day to call the people together
to a solemn assembly the beginning of ten days of judgment.
Considered to be the end of the harvest |
Day of
Atonement |
Tishri
7th Month
10thday |
Sept./
Oct.
1 day |
(Yom-Kippur), ends the celebration of the Jewish New Year. The only day in the O.T. when the
high priest could enter into the Holy of Holies. Everyone afflicted their souls, a time of
fasting and prayer, repenting of ones sins, making atonement for oneself. |
Feast of
Tabernacles |
Tishri
7th Month
15thday |
Sept./
Oct.
7 days |
Also, referred to as the Feast of Booths or (Sukkot). Living in booths for seven days, a
reminder of the dwellings of the Israelite's wandering in the wilderness. Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people,
Revelation 21:3 |
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