Did you ever wonder why the Jews have all those feasts?

Sometimes they’re eating unleavened bread. Sometimes they’re fasting. Sometimes they’re grieving over sin. Sometimes they’re dancing with joy.

Why did God tell them to do those things? Is there something for Christians to learn? Did you know Jesus died on one of those feasts? Did you know He was buried on the first day of another feast? Did you know He rose from the dead on yet another feast? Do you think that could be coincidence or do you think maybe God is trying to tell us something?

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• Passover. The work of Jesus in the New Testament can hardly be understood without understanding the Passover of the Old Testament.
• Feast of Unleavened Bread. The substance of the feasts of Israel is Christ according to Colossians 2. He is the “Bread of Life” and the Feast of Unleavened Bread is just a picture. Christ provides spiritual nourishment, but, that picture causes us to want the Real Thing. Listen and see and respond to Christ.
• Feast of Firstfruits. Jesus rose from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits. Why did He pick that day? Was there any significance or was it just coincidence? Is there any significance for us today? This Easter Sunday message is a close look at Firstfruits.
• Feast of Weeks (Pentecost). In previous messages, we saw that Jesus died on Passover, was buried on the first day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread and He rose from the dead on First Fruits. Is this just a coincidence? Did Jesus do anything significant on Pentecost? That’s the question this message answers.
• Feast of Trumpets. In the fall, there are three feasts: Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Tabernacles. The Feast of Trumpets is a new year’s celebration—but you won’t find Dick Clark, a giant light-ball and people singing Auld Lang Syne. What you will find can be life-changing. Listen.
• Day of Atonement—Yom Kippur. Smoke. Goats. Blood. What was the point? Why was Yom Kippur considered the most holy day of the Jewish calendar? Why does it matter to Christians?
• Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus once said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!” He said this at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles). Why? And why were all the Jews camping out in little lean-to shelters? And why would it possibly matter to anyone in the 21st century? The answers are pretty exciting.
• Sabbath. It’s one of the 10 Commandments, so why don’t Christians keep the Sabbath laws outlined in the Old Testament? This message is the final in a series of messages looking at “the Lord’s appointed times” in Leviticus 23.