| FEAST | FULFILLMENT | SPIRITUAL APPLICATION |
CORRELATION TO JEWISH WEDDING |
| PASSOVER (Pesach) (Lev. 23.4-5) (Ex. 12.1-13,12-28,43-49) (Deut. 16.1-7) (Pilgrimage Festival) |
Yeshua, Lamb of G-D, pays the redemption price for us for our freedom from sin & death. (1 Cor. 5.7) | Step 1: Redemption by applying Blood of Lamb spiritually to heart by trusting Messiah. (1 Pet. 1.18-19) | Betrothal ceremony with acceptance of the Groom's proposal by bbride shown by the sharing of the first covenant cup of wine. |
| UNLEAVENED BREAD (Chag HaMatzah) (Ex. 12.15-20; 13.3-10; 23.15) (Lev. 23.6-8) (Deut. 16.1-8) (Num. 28.16-25) |
Yeshua, Bread of Life, dies as the sin offering and is buried, taking our sins away and giving His righteousness in its place. (Rom. 6.4; 2 Cor. 5.21) | Step 2: Turning away from sin and the old nature and seeking holiness (1 Cor. 5.7-8; 1 Pet. 1.16, 2.9; 2 Pet. 3.11) | Paying of the bride price by Groom with bride being set apart, committed to faithfulness to groom to wait and prepare for His return. |
| FIRSTFRUITS (Lev. 23.10-14) |
Yeshua rose from the dead as the firstfruits of the resurrection. (1. Cor. 15.4, 12-23) | Step 3: Consecration to Yeshua - G-D gets the firstfruits of our lives. | Completion of the bride price requirement & preparation by Groom to return to father's home to prepare the chadar, the bridal chamber. |
| WEEKS (Shavuot) (Lev. 23.15-22) {Deut. 16.9-12) (Ex. 23.16) (Num. 28.26-31) (Pilgrimage Festival) |
Pentecost and empowering by the Holy Spirit - harvest of 3000 new Believers - beginning of the church. (Acts 2.1-41) | Step 4: Being filled with the Holy Spirit, empowering us to be His witnesses. (Acts 1.8) | Sending of the bridal attendant who assists the bride in preparing for the return of the Groom and who serves as a go-between. (Holy Spirit) |
| TRUMPETS (Yom Teru'ah) or (Chag Ha'Shofarim) also called (Yom Ha'Din) and (Rosh Ha'Shannah) (Lev. 23.23-25) (Num. 29.1-6) |
Day of judgement and separation of Believers, coming of Messiah for His church, beginning of the "Days of Awe," the days of tribulation on the earth. | Step 5: Call to repentance and making preparation for return of Messiah by doing what we have been assigned to do. | Return of the bridegroom for His bride, stealing away the bride, wedding procession to the chadar. |
| DAY OF ATONEMENT (Yom Kippur) (Lev. 16.1-34; 23.26-32) (Num. 29.7-11) |
Day of final judgement - return of Yeshua in power as returns in clouds to judge all nations - Israel looks on Him as only Son pierced. (Zech. 12.10) | Step 6: Trust in the righteousness of Yeshua as our only hope and our complete atonement. | Rejoicing in final wedding ceremony, sharing final cup of wine, while uninvited are excluded ("Days of Awe" are spent by the bride & Groom in the chadar.) |
| TABERNACLES (Sukkot) also (Chag Ha'Asif) {Ex. 23.16) (Lev. 23.33-43) (Num. 29.12-39) (Deut. 16.13-17) (Pilgrimage Festival) |
Final ingathering of the faithful from all nations, saints who were caught up in air, & those who have slept - preparing for Messianic Age. | Step 7: Trust in the provision of G-D - preparing for the world to come when we will be in His presence forever. | Wedding feast where invitations go out to highways and byways for all invited guests to come together - great processional of joy. |
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