The Annual Feasts and Holy Days

The Annual Feasts and Holy Days:

September 09, 2010 Day of Trumpets

September 18, 2010 Day of Atonement

September 23, 2010 Feast of Tabernacles

September 30, 2010 Last Great Day

The Scriptures teach that there are seven annual feasts and holy days which were ordained by God to be observed as special commanded convocations. These feasts and holy days portray God's plan of salvation for mankind. The observance of these holy convocations is a sign between God and His people. God's annual feasts and holy days were observed by His people during Old Testament times. In the New Testament, we find that ** Jesus Christ's entire ministry was centered around the *spiritual meaning* of these holy days ** [THE ENTIRE PLAN OF SALVATION]. The New Testament apostolic church faithfully observed these annual feasts and holy days. The Scriptures reveal that they will be observed by all mankind after the return of Jesus Christ.

As the holy days are annual Sabbath days, they may fall on any day of the week (except Pentecost, which always falls on a Sunday). When a holy day falls on a weekly Sabbath, the special observance of the annual holy day takes precedence. God's feasts and holy days are to be observed from sunset to sunset in accordance with the calculated Hebrew Calendar as preserved by the Levitical Jews. The seven annual feasts and holy days (along with their scriptural date of observance) are as follows:

[0. FIRST DAY SACRED CALENDAR (NISAN 1); MOSES SETS UP TABERNACLE]

[0. PASSOVER LAMBS SET ASIDE (NISAN 10); ISRAELITES CROSS JORDAN; CHRIST ENTERS JERUSALEM]

1. Passover: Kept 14th day of the first month. Not a holy day. [ANGEL OF DEATH PASSED OVER; BLOOD ON DOORPOSTS; CHRIST OUR PASSOVER LAMB SLAIN; PASSOVER CEREMONY AFTER EVEN (reflection all night, bed in morning)]

2. Unleavened Bread (7 days): 15th through 21st days of the first month (the 15th & 21st are HOLY DAYS). [LEAVEN; SIN PUT OUT; NTBMR OBSERVED AT EVEN ULB1, EXODUS FROM EGYPT (SIN); ULB2 GOD PARTS THE RED SEA]

3. Pentecost: Date counted annually. Fifty days are counted, beginning with the first day of the week [WEAVESHEAF (oblation of the first fruits of the harvest; Nisan 16)], following the one weekly sabbath day that falls during ULB. The feast is observed on the fiftieth day, which always falls on the first day of the week. [SIX DAYS THOU SHALT LABOR; 10C GIVEN; HOLY SPIRIT GIVEN]

4. Trumpets: 1st day of the seventh month. [1st DAY CIVIL CALENDAR; CHRIST RETURNS AT THE LAST TRUMP]

5. Atonement: 10th day of the seventh month. [SERMON ON THE MOUNT; SCAPE GOAT; SATAN BOUND]

6. Tabernacles (7 days): 15th through 21st days of the seventh month (the 15th is a HOLY DAY). [CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY 4BC, MINISTRY 27AD; FEAST OF BOOTHS; MILLENNIUM]

7. Last Great Day: 22nd day of the seventh month (HOLY DAY). [CHRIST CIRCUMCISED; GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT]

[8. NEW MOONS; 1st DAY OF EACH MONTH; NOT A HOLY DAY, BUT TREATED AS SUCH]

[9. FEAST OF DEDICATION; Chislev 25 (8 days); HANUKKAH; FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS; MARY, HOLY SPIRIT CONCEPTION OF CHRIST 5BC; (NOT HOLY DAYS)]

Scriptural References: Lev. 23; Ex. 23:14-17, 31:13; Ex. 12:1-20; John 7:37; Mat. 26:17-18; I Cor. 5:7-8; Acts 2:1; Acts 18:21; Acts 20:16; I Cor. 16:8; Zech. 14:16-19; Isa. 66:23. [Outline based on Statement of Beliefs: The Christian Biblical Church of God with additions]

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