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Yahweh's Holy Festivals
50. Yahweh's Holy Festivals
from Visions of Eternity by kmy(c)2007
His Sabbaths were Made
to Walk in the Sand,
Sniff the Flowers,
Holding a Hand;
Lights in a Window,
Somebody Home;
Or Gone for the Day,
with His Spirit, to Roam..
1. Passover (or "Pesach"): Springtime of the year, on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan (March/April). A "High Sabbath": Sacrificing of pet lamb for feast dinner ("seder"), which lamb is significant of the Savior, sacrificed for Israel's salvation. Celebration significant of Israel's escape from Egypt's last deadly plague upon their firstborn.
2. Feast of Unleavened Bread ("Pesach Week"): Springtime of the year; festival that follows the High Sabbath Day of Passover/Pesach, with a second High Sabbath and seder (feast meal), and stretching on to the 22nd of Nisan; significant of Israel's escape from Egypt, when they couldn't make bread with leaven.
3. Feast of Weeks (or "Shavout"): in the Summertime of the year, in the Hebrew month of Sivan (May/June); significant of thanks giving time at the end of springtime harvest.
4. Feast of Trumpets (or "Rosh Hashana"): in the fall of the year; in the Hebrew month of Tishrei (Sept/Oct); a New Year celebration, even a week of celebration/or festival, beginning with Trumpets, ending in a grand finale' of:
5. Day of Atonement (or "Yom Kippur"): in the Fall of the year, in the Hebrew month of Tishrei (Sept/Oct) when the Sanctuary High Priest enters the Most Holy Room (once a year) to sprinkle lamb's blood upon the Seat of Mercy, above the Golden Ark of Yahweh's Covenant, for the sake of Israel's Pardon (from sin); and when the "Scapegoat" (significant of Satan) is sent into the wilderness. Yahweh's highest ritual Sabbath, of the year.
6. Feast of Tabernacles (or "Sukkot"): in the fall of the year, in the month of Tishrei (Sept/Oct); significant of the Exodus; Slaves out of Egypt, living in their Tent City, on the way to Israel from Egypt, in the Wilderness, after Hebrews' escape from Pharaoh/ slavery.
7. High Sabbath Day after Feast of Tabernacles, Eighth Day, thereof: significant of Completion, of Judgment, of Resurrection, even Translation into (eternal body), even Overcoming Sin and the "Flesh," the World, and Satan (the Scapegoat), to inherit Eternity.
note: The Hebrew Holy Days mentioned here, pertain to the ritual Sanctuary Services which are significant of the Plan of Salvation ordained by Yahweh via. His servant Moses: this Plan of Salvation is for the Salvation of Yahweh's people, even "spiritual Jews." The "Hanukkah" (Chanuka) came later (chap. 51).
It behooves spiritual Israel to enjoy the illumination and insight provided by these significant prophetic symbols (above) pertaining to our Savior and Yahweh's "Plan of Salvation or Redemption." It may well be, in the New Jerusalem we shall abide in these joyous festivities, celebrating our emancipation from Slavery and Mortality, perpetually. I truly can't see how that should be dull? Nevertheless these festivities are living symbols which we are given, that we might ascertain the reality of the True and Original Creator Yahweh, as opposed to multitudes of false deities with rites and festivals of their own; besides that we might enjoy Insight into the Mystery of Yahweh and embrace His Plan of Salvation for us, in the Savior of Israel, the Nazarene. We are not required to keep these extensive festivals according to the precepts of Moses (obsolete, in Yahshua), but these are designed specifically to testify of the Messiah, and his Cosmic Purpose in Life & Truth, as a Witness to the Love & Mercy of Yahweh, for all humankind. So how shall we advocate strict literal observances of these Hebrew rituals? For in our Faith in this Nazarene, so have these Sanctuary Services and Holy Festivals fulfilled their symbolic purposes, in our minds and hearts, even in our subscription to the Faith of this Nazarene and our testimony therefrom. Our believing the Word and Witness of Yahweh, that we may embrace Yahweh's Pardon manifest in Messiah Yahshua, to receive the holy Spirit and the Promise of Life Eternal; and under this Grace, imbued with this Spirit ALREADY, so we no longer need any outward physical manifestations and symbols to identify Messiah and the Plan of Salvation, in order to embrace this Faith we have already achieved in ourselves even by means of the testimony of the holy Spirit in us. But these symbols substantiate the credibility of the Written Word of Yahweh (OT & NT* = Two Witnesses), which substantiates the credibility of the Living Word who is Yahshua,* the Savior of Israel, to whom these festivals pertain. So we are "clean" ("except for the feet"). The Written Word, which is enhanced by the Spirit given us by the Grace of Yahweh, is necessarily useful in helping to edify the Faith of others, even by illumination of these prophetic-like Holy Festivals pertaining to the Sanctuary Services which illuminate the Plan of Salvation by which we are all "Saved" for Eternity's Promise, where we may enjoy these festivities perpetually, not to propitiate Yahweh, but for our joy in such significant festivities and Order.
The Shadow of the Thing, and the Thing Itself:
This Plan of Salvation is a Messianic prophesy of the holy Sanctuary, indicating Messiah's Saving work for all Humankind: even that his innocent blood may be imputed to all of us who embrace Pardon and Mercy, subscribing to this Plan of Salvation. Thus, understanding of this Plan entails understanding the "Innocent Blood" and all that which pertains to it (see chaps. 8-12). Only by faith in Messiah do we have this Life-giving innocent blood imputed to us (Messiah's innocence imputed to us), even that we may thwart the 2nd Death. Moses did not have any innocence to impute to anyone, only Yahshua. Yahshua's innocence is NOT because of his keeping all of the Laws and Precepts of Moses (Torah = 5 books of Moses), though he did all that anyway in order "to fulfill all righteousness." But he didn't NEED to do "all that" anymore than he NEEDED John the Baptizer to baptize him! But Yahshua's innocence which is imputed to us, rather concerns the Ten Commandments, even the Law of Conscience: our essential Birthright in Life & Truth, and NOT the multitudinous theocratic Mosaic Laws of ancient Israel which are now rendered obsolete even by Yahshua's fulfillment thereof, for ALL Nazarenes, in this NEW Covenant.
In the modern Yahwist movement, some imagine they must likewise embrace Judaism and "Torah." Some even refer to their NT. faith as "Messianic Judaism" which is actually an oxymoron. Nothing could be further from Saving Truth, as "Judaizing" will always remain "backsliding into Moses," no matter how we cut the mustard. Moses remains the Shadow of the Thing, and not the Thing itself; but Yahshua remains the Thing Itself.
from Visions of Eternity by kmy(c)2007
His Sabbaths were Made
to Walk in the Sand,
Sniff the Flowers,
Holding a Hand;
Lights in a Window,
Somebody Home;
Or Gone for the Day,
with His Spirit, to Roam..
1. Passover (or "Pesach"): Springtime of the year, on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan (March/April). A "High Sabbath": Sacrificing of pet lamb for feast dinner ("seder"), which lamb is significant of the Savior, sacrificed for Israel's salvation. Celebration significant of Israel's escape from Egypt's last deadly plague upon their firstborn.
2. Feast of Unleavened Bread ("Pesach Week"): Springtime of the year; festival that follows the High Sabbath Day of Passover/Pesach, with a second High Sabbath and seder (feast meal), and stretching on to the 22nd of Nisan; significant of Israel's escape from Egypt, when they couldn't make bread with leaven.
3. Feast of Weeks (or "Shavout"): in the Summertime of the year, in the Hebrew month of Sivan (May/June); significant of thanks giving time at the end of springtime harvest.
4. Feast of Trumpets (or "Rosh Hashana"): in the fall of the year; in the Hebrew month of Tishrei (Sept/Oct); a New Year celebration, even a week of celebration/or festival, beginning with Trumpets, ending in a grand finale' of:
5. Day of Atonement (or "Yom Kippur"): in the Fall of the year, in the Hebrew month of Tishrei (Sept/Oct) when the Sanctuary High Priest enters the Most Holy Room (once a year) to sprinkle lamb's blood upon the Seat of Mercy, above the Golden Ark of Yahweh's Covenant, for the sake of Israel's Pardon (from sin); and when the "Scapegoat" (significant of Satan) is sent into the wilderness. Yahweh's highest ritual Sabbath, of the year.
6. Feast of Tabernacles (or "Sukkot"): in the fall of the year, in the month of Tishrei (Sept/Oct); significant of the Exodus; Slaves out of Egypt, living in their Tent City, on the way to Israel from Egypt, in the Wilderness, after Hebrews' escape from Pharaoh/ slavery.
7. High Sabbath Day after Feast of Tabernacles, Eighth Day, thereof: significant of Completion, of Judgment, of Resurrection, even Translation into (eternal body), even Overcoming Sin and the "Flesh," the World, and Satan (the Scapegoat), to inherit Eternity.
note: The Hebrew Holy Days mentioned here, pertain to the ritual Sanctuary Services which are significant of the Plan of Salvation ordained by Yahweh via. His servant Moses: this Plan of Salvation is for the Salvation of Yahweh's people, even "spiritual Jews." The "Hanukkah" (Chanuka) came later (chap. 51).
It behooves spiritual Israel to enjoy the illumination and insight provided by these significant prophetic symbols (above) pertaining to our Savior and Yahweh's "Plan of Salvation or Redemption." It may well be, in the New Jerusalem we shall abide in these joyous festivities, celebrating our emancipation from Slavery and Mortality, perpetually. I truly can't see how that should be dull? Nevertheless these festivities are living symbols which we are given, that we might ascertain the reality of the True and Original Creator Yahweh, as opposed to multitudes of false deities with rites and festivals of their own; besides that we might enjoy Insight into the Mystery of Yahweh and embrace His Plan of Salvation for us, in the Savior of Israel, the Nazarene. We are not required to keep these extensive festivals according to the precepts of Moses (obsolete, in Yahshua), but these are designed specifically to testify of the Messiah, and his Cosmic Purpose in Life & Truth, as a Witness to the Love & Mercy of Yahweh, for all humankind. So how shall we advocate strict literal observances of these Hebrew rituals? For in our Faith in this Nazarene, so have these Sanctuary Services and Holy Festivals fulfilled their symbolic purposes, in our minds and hearts, even in our subscription to the Faith of this Nazarene and our testimony therefrom. Our believing the Word and Witness of Yahweh, that we may embrace Yahweh's Pardon manifest in Messiah Yahshua, to receive the holy Spirit and the Promise of Life Eternal; and under this Grace, imbued with this Spirit ALREADY, so we no longer need any outward physical manifestations and symbols to identify Messiah and the Plan of Salvation, in order to embrace this Faith we have already achieved in ourselves even by means of the testimony of the holy Spirit in us. But these symbols substantiate the credibility of the Written Word of Yahweh (OT & NT* = Two Witnesses), which substantiates the credibility of the Living Word who is Yahshua,* the Savior of Israel, to whom these festivals pertain. So we are "clean" ("except for the feet"). The Written Word, which is enhanced by the Spirit given us by the Grace of Yahweh, is necessarily useful in helping to edify the Faith of others, even by illumination of these prophetic-like Holy Festivals pertaining to the Sanctuary Services which illuminate the Plan of Salvation by which we are all "Saved" for Eternity's Promise, where we may enjoy these festivities perpetually, not to propitiate Yahweh, but for our joy in such significant festivities and Order.
The Shadow of the Thing, and the Thing Itself:
This Plan of Salvation is a Messianic prophesy of the holy Sanctuary, indicating Messiah's Saving work for all Humankind: even that his innocent blood may be imputed to all of us who embrace Pardon and Mercy, subscribing to this Plan of Salvation. Thus, understanding of this Plan entails understanding the "Innocent Blood" and all that which pertains to it (see chaps. 8-12). Only by faith in Messiah do we have this Life-giving innocent blood imputed to us (Messiah's innocence imputed to us), even that we may thwart the 2nd Death. Moses did not have any innocence to impute to anyone, only Yahshua. Yahshua's innocence is NOT because of his keeping all of the Laws and Precepts of Moses (Torah = 5 books of Moses), though he did all that anyway in order "to fulfill all righteousness." But he didn't NEED to do "all that" anymore than he NEEDED John the Baptizer to baptize him! But Yahshua's innocence which is imputed to us, rather concerns the Ten Commandments, even the Law of Conscience: our essential Birthright in Life & Truth, and NOT the multitudinous theocratic Mosaic Laws of ancient Israel which are now rendered obsolete even by Yahshua's fulfillment thereof, for ALL Nazarenes, in this NEW Covenant.
In the modern Yahwist movement, some imagine they must likewise embrace Judaism and "Torah." Some even refer to their NT. faith as "Messianic Judaism" which is actually an oxymoron. Nothing could be further from Saving Truth, as "Judaizing" will always remain "backsliding into Moses," no matter how we cut the mustard. Moses remains the Shadow of the Thing, and not the Thing itself; but Yahshua remains the Thing Itself.