The simplest and most accurate calendar made by God himself and set in the heavens for all mankind
The God's calendar is clearly detailed in Genesis 1:14 and Psalms 104:19.
In original text says - Genesis 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for appointments, and for days, and years:
and Psalms 104:19 reads - He made the moon for appointed times: the sun he knows setting of him.
Thus we see that God created and set the paths of Sun, moon and stars for appointed times (High Sabbaths, Sabbaths) and for signs, days and years.
Thus moon is made specially for the appointed times (high Sabbaths, Sabbaths), that is why no moon or new moon is taken as 1st of months ( no moon is easier to identify than full moon).
And by Sun , he knows setting of him (Psalms 104:19) and stars , sun and moon are for calculating appointed times , days and years (Genesis 1:14) we use stars , sun and even moon (for orbital precession) for accurately measuring the solar year by spring Equinox - usually around March 20,21.
Both lunar cycle and solar year are fairly constant although very minor variations occur in 1000s of years. All calendars used by mankind use this spring equinox and solar year as the reference point by their own intercalations over few years time. Since God has let us known the nearly accurate value of solar year and solar equinox , we need not do the inaccurate and complex method of intercalations in every few years as man made calendars do. Every year the date for spring equinox can be found out accurately and the new moon / no moon nearest to this solar equinox date can be taken as 1st day of the year.
So in this calendar set by God we need to just add the extra (leap) days to the 12th (last) month every year (usually it will come to 29/30 days every 3 years and 0 or 1 day in other 2 years). Thus we arrive at the simplest and most accurate calendar made by God himself.
Lunar calendar from 3999 BC to 6000 AD can be obtained from this link:-
http://www.paulcarlisle.net/mooncalendar/
and this link:-
http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/phasescat/phasescat.html
and solar equinox dates from 56810 BC to 62138 AD can be obtained from this link (android app)-http://www.strickling.net/android_en.htm#PlanetDroid
- please note that lunar calendars for dates prior to 710 BC ( the approximate year when God moved the shadow 10° backward on the dial of Ahaz making the 30 day lunar cycle till then to about 29.53 days) are not accurate as they are ignorantly calculated with 29.53 days instead of 30 days.
From the above links we can know dates 2000 BC to 6000 AD. Also 3 BC - September 10 which could be the correct date of Birth of Lord Jesus Christ according to most scholars. So taking 3 BC as 1st year of Christ Era (C.E) we get a Christian calendar. Thus we can convert gregorian year into Christian year by adding 3 to AD and subtracting 3 from BC (Before Christ). Also AD (Anno Domini- Year of the Lord ) is changed to Christ Era for better understanding of all. BC- Before Christ is not changed as it can be easily understood. If lunar calendar for more dates are obtained, then we can easily make Christian calendar for that dates also. Thus 2021 AD (gregorian) will become 2024 CE - Christ Era in the Christian calendar.
Notice that since this calendar is exactly alligned with solar year of 365.24219 days , it does not differ in 1 year or so as seen in the current Hebrew Calendar when we calculate from 3 BC (actual year of Christ's Birth) - in Hebrew Calendar if we take 3 BC as 1 CE we will get 2021 AD as 2022/2023 AD instead of actual 2023/2024 AD if it were more perfectly alligned with solar year.
Changing of 360 day year to 365.24219 days and 30 day lunar month to 29.53 days when God gave sign for healing of King Hezekiah of Judah by changing shadow 10° backward on the dial of Ahaz
The Bible’s account of the global flood Noah’s time, confirms a five-month period consisting of precisely 150 days between the 17th day of the second month to the 17th day of the seventh month (5 x 30 days = 150 days). So atleast, 2nd to 7th month had 30 days each unlike our modern Gregorian or Hebrew calendars. Most of the ancient calendars used by grandsons and great grandsons of Noah like Mizraim, Elam, Aram, Javan, Tarshish etc. were also 360 day with 12, 30 day months . Ancient calendars found in Egypt - Mizraim proves this fact.
In 2 Kings 20:9-11, we read God changed the shadow 10° backward on the dial of Ahaz as a sign for healing of King Hezekiah. 10° backwards in sundial means 40 minutes backwards. So calculating 40 minutes per day for 3 years will amount to about 29.4 days. Thus before this event which occured in about 710 BC , lunar months were 30 days as we see in almost all ancient calendars which got reduced to about 29.53 days and 360 day solar year was extended to 365.24219 day solar year due to orbital variations by which earth's orbitaround the sun which increased in radius and moon's orbit around the earth which decreased in radius due to increased gravitational attraction of earth on moon, after this event.
This fact of change of God's calendar during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah at about 710/711 BC in which God changed Ahaz dial 10 ° backwards resulting in change of lunar months from 30 days and solar year from 360 days to about 29.53 days lunar months and 365.24219 is further confirmed by the dates that prophet Ezekiel gives in the 5th and 6 th years of of King Jehoiachin's captivity by King Nebuchadnessar of Babylon as depicted in Ezekiel 1:1-2, 3:16, 4:1-1, 8:1 which comes more than a 100 years after God moved the shadow on dial of Ahaz as we saw in 2 Kings 20:9-11.
From these scriptures we see atleast 430 days have to be finished between 12th of 4th month of 5th year and 5th of 6th month of 6th year. This is impossible in 365/366 day solar calendars like gregorian as only a maximum of 419 days occur between these dates. This is possible only in lunar-solar calendar like Hebrew calendar that employs 30 or 29 leap days every 2 or 3 years as 436 days occur in Hebrew calendar between these 2 dates. That is an additional 6 days for prophet Ezekiel after he completed the 430 days to be seated in front of elders as seen in Ezekiel 8:1.
So it becomes confirmed that after the time of God moved the shadow 10° on dial of Ahaz, Israelites intercalated 29 or 30 days every 2 or 3 years and months became alternating between 29 and 30 days so as to start each month started on new moon, because moons revolution time around earth changed from 30 to about 29.53 days when God moved the shadow 10° on dial of Ahaz as we see in 2 Kings 20:9-1. In Psalms 104:19- says God made moon to for the appointed times - High Sabbaths and Sabbaths.
We read clearly in Bible - God's Eternal Word that Christ died (Crucified) on a passover day (1st month 14th day) and was ressurected from dead on the night of First Fruits days after 3 nights and 3 days (1st month 18th day). The week of unleavened bread which symbolizes the fact that Christ's ultimate and eternal sacrifice on the cross shedding his precious sinless blood for the remission sins of all mankind is observed from 1st month 15th to 21st day. - All four Gospels.
After First fruits day on which Lord Jesus Christ resurrected we read in God's Eternal word that 50 days later on Pentecost/ Harvest day , Holy Spirit came upon disciples assembled on upper room with great power as promised by Lord Jesus Christ before his ascension to heaven 10 days back and thus God's Assembly / church was born on Pentecost/ Harvest day. - Acts Chapers 1 and 2.
Pre-Tribulation Rapture is represented by the Trumpet feast. Trumpet of Archangel will be sounded at the rapture and is represented by Trumpet day on 7th month 1st day. Also many scholars consider Trumpet day of 3BC (September 10th) to be Birth Day of Lord Jesus Christ. - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7, 1Corinthians 15:35-58.Revelation 3:10, 7:9-17, Isaiah 26:19-21, Mathew 24:32- 25:13, Mark 13: 28-37, Luke 17:26-36.
Second coming of Lord Jesus Christ with 10,000's of saints and throwing alive Antichrist / Beast and False Prophet into lake of fire and sulfur and those who followed them and killing those with them with the sword that comes out of the mouth of Word of God - Lord Jesus Christ and defeat of Satan and chaining Satan and throwing him and locking him in Abyss for 1000 years as revealed in Revelation 19:11- 20:3 is represented by Atonement day on 7th month 10th day.
Lord Jesus Christ's millennial kingdom in which saints rule along with Lord Jesus Christ in his 1000 year kingdom - are represented by Tabernacle/Shelters feast on 7 th month 15th to 21st day- Zechariah 14:3-21, Revelation 20:6
Final Judgement by God and the New Eternity of New Jerusalem, New Heaven and New Earth are represented by the Last Great Day feast which comes after the 7 day tabernacle feast on 7th month 22nd day. Revelation 20:11-22:21
In Collosians 2:16 - 23 we read these appointed times including 7th day Sabbath are shadows of Christ who fulfilled (spring feasts) and will fulfill (fall feast) these appointed times. And we are not required to set any special rules regarding these appointed times or food or drinks.
But since roman- gregorian calendar corrupted God's eternal word by their good friday-easter which are mere transmutations of venus fertlity goddess spring festival making time between Christ's crucifixion and resurrection to be mere 1.5 days at the maximum when God's eternal word clearly says Christ will be 3 days and 3 nights between crucifixion and resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ will be in the heart of earth as prophet Jonah was inside the belly of the whale for 3 days and 3 nights and that this is the only sign that will be given to a wicked and adulterous generation - Matthew 12:39-40.
Also roman government changed solar mass of december 25th to 'Christ' mass when actual birth date of Lord Jesus Christ was on the month of september in 3 BC. Also 7th day of week Sabbath on saturday was changed to 1st day of week in which pagans of roman empire venerated their sun god idol (sunday) to appease these pagans of roman empire.
Roman government also changed many of the pagan idols to 'christian' names in the 5th century AD and used them in prayer and worship as the idolatry of intercession/veneration of saints. God clearly condemns idolatry throughout his eternal words - Holy Bible . Some scriptures are Exodus 20:3-5, Revelation 9:20, Romdns 1:18-32, 1 Corinthians 10:7-21. In Revelation 21:8 God clearly says idolaters and all liars, cowardly unbelievers, sexually immoral, murders , occult magicians will be thrown into eternal hell fire which is second death.
So inorder to restore God's Assembly/ Church and come out of God's wrath it is important to reinstate the old Christian calendar that was based on the Hebrew calendar. Also in this calendar the day begins and ends in 6 PM (sunset) as it was in ancient Hebrew calendar unlike the roman calendar in which the day begins and ends at 12 AM (midnight).
7th day Sabbath and High Sabbaths (appointed times/feast days of Israel) fulfilled by Lord Jesus Christ
In Hebrews 4:1-11 we see that 7th day Sabbath symbolizes the rest which God has promised for all those who believe and trust in him.
In Hebrews 4:9-11 - There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Early Christians knew Sabbath, festivals ( 4 spring festivals already fulfilled by crucifixion,resurrection of Jesus and birth of church on day of Pentecost - upper room and 4 fall festivals, all of which are mentioned in Leviticus 23 ) and temple sacrifices ( in the remembrance of ultimate and eternal sacrifice Jesus the Messiah / Christ on the cross at Calvary , Jerusalem some 2000 years ago) all where shadow of things to come but things that are to come but the body/reality is Christ.
In the near future when true Christianity will be restored and the temple rebuilt in Jerusalem, and temple sacrifices will be offered in remembrance of Christ's eternal sacrifice on cross at Calvary,near Jerusalem, shedding his sinless precious blood for the remission sins of all mankind, so that all who will accept by faith this salvation through Lord Jesus Christ shall have eternal life.
The temple itself will be called “Prayer house for the people of all nations”. This will happen immediately after the soon coming WW3 and before the rapture.This restored church-the true religion aka the God' Assembly , will have all people living on earth as it’s members.But when Jesus comes back on the day of trumpets (rapture) believers will be taken and hypocrites left behind on earth to face the great tribulation.
Approximate year of re-creation event by God can be calculated from 586 BC date of last King of Judah before Babylonian captivity going back through Kings of Judah till 4th year of King Solomon when they started building 1st House of God. From that point we have a 480 years till Exodus and 430 years till Abraham taking Issac for sacrifice at 130th year of Abraham, from which we have geneological chronology till Adam and thus point of Re- Creation, which gives the value of 3992 BC + 11 years = 4003 BC - Christian calendar or 4006 BC in the gregorian calendar.
This 11 years are added as approximation for months as months and days are not given in the Bible with regard age of Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham . So we have about 19 such year points till the Re- Creation event without months , so 19/2=9.5 approximated to 11 years, since more births takes place in September to December months compared to other months.
In 2 Kings 20:9-11, we read God changed the shadow 10° backward on the dial of Ahaz as a sign for healing of King Hezekiah. 10° backwards in sundial means 40 minutes backwards. So calculating 40 minutes per day for 3 years will amount to about 29.4 days. Thus before this event which occured in about 707 BC (710 BC - gregorian year), lunar months were 30 days as we see in almost all ancient calendars which got reduced to about 29.53 days and 360 day solar year was extended to 365.24219 day solar year due to orbital variations by which earth's orbitaround the sun which increased in radius and moon's orbit around the earth which decreased in radius due to increased gravitational attraction of earth on moon, after this event.
We get another calendar from 4003 BC upto 707 BC if we take longer year of 365.24219 taken from 707 BC backwards to the year of Re- Creation by God in 4003 BC in which the year of Re- Creation by God 3956 BC and if gregorian date of 4006 BC as is taken the year of Re- Creation by God we get longer year date of Re- creation by God as 3959 BC. These 4 calendars are as follows :-
Christian standard year - actual 360 day year length from 707 BC backwards is taken which takes us to 4003 BC as the year of recreation by God.
Christian long year - 3956 BC is the year of Re- Creation by God, if 365.24219 year length taken from 707 BC backwards to the year of Re- Creation by God in 4003 BC
gregorian standard year - actual 360 day year length from 710 BC - gregorian year backwards is taken which takes us to 4006 BC as the year of recreation by God.
gregorian long year - 3959 BC - gregorian year is the year of Re- Creation by God, if 365.24219 year length taken from 710 BC- gregorian year backwards to the year of Re- Creation by God in 4006 BC - gregorian year.
Here after till 707/710 BC the format Christian Standard year /gregorian standard year/ Christian long year /gregorian long year will be used.
After 707/710 BC the Christian long year /gregorian long year format will be used as standard year of 360 days was changed in the year 707/710 BC when God the dial of Ahaz as a sign for healing of King Hezekiah
1. >13.8 billion years BC - Past
Eternity -John 1:1-3, Psalms 90:2
- Billions of years are based on limited human understanding that is subject to change , while events are based on God's eternal word that stands forever. - Matthew 5:18, 24:35, Luke 21:33, Isaiah 40:8, Psalms 119:89, 1 Peter 1:25
2. >13.8 billion years BC - God creates Third Heaven- Genesis 1:1, Psalms 19:1, Isaiah 45:18
3. >13.8 billion years BC - God the Father foreordains Son- Lord Jesus Christ as the Slain Lamb , writes names of those who are to be saved in the Book of Life and prepares Eternal kingdom- Revelation 13:8,17:8, 1 Peter 1:19,20, Ephesians 1:4-, Matthew 25:34, Hebrews 4:3
4.~13.8 billion Years BC- God creates Second Heaven - Genesis 1:1, Psalms 19:1, Isaiah 45:18
5.~13.8 billion Years BC- God creates Angels - Genesis 1:1, Job 38:4-7
6. ~ 4.5 billion Years BC - God
creates First Heaven and Earth - Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 45:18, Job 38:4-7
7. B/n 4.5 and 3.5 billion Years BC - First rebellion
of satan/ Helel and cutting off (fall of) satan to Earth - Ezekiel 28:12-16, Isaiah 14:12-17
8. B/n 4.5 and 3.5 billion Years BC - Further rebellion of satan taking 1/3rd of all angels to earth - Revelation 12:3,4
9. ~ 3.5 billion Years BC - Death/Futility enters creation - Romans 8 :20,21
10. 3.5 BC billion years to 4003/4006/3956/3959 BC - Earth became ( original text of the Bible in Genesis 1:2 the word is "became" , not "was" ) formless and void, covered with water and darkness due to God’s judgement/wrath upon satan and fallen angels- 1/3rd of all angels and God casts angels that sinned to hell and chains them under darkness for judgement of the great day. - Genesis 1:2, 2 Peter 2:4, 3:5-7, Jeremiah 4:23-27, Jude 1:6.
Try searching google for "water in black hole". You will see NASA has found enormous amounts of water on the borders of our visible universe known as black holes.
In Psalms 104:3- He layeth beams of his upper chambers on water...
In Psalms 148:4- Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens!
Also read 2 Peter 3:5-7- “For this they willingly forget, that the heavens there were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water were held together by the word of God; through which the cosmos (world- meaning 2nd heaven- outerspace, earth and its atmosphere) that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”
Try to draw this mental picture: Think of a dark and ruined solar system with water strewn throughout it like one big messy galactic spill. That is what Genesis 1:2 is speaking about. And imagine the planet Earth drifting awash in this roaring and rolling, formless mess and orbiting around a dead star. Where would such waters have come from? Well, it is an established scientific observation that aging stars create and give off lots of water. Certainly there must have been lots and lots of stars in the heavens that were “of old” and, if something had caused the entire cosmos to have gone dark and all the stars died, then there would be excessive water everywhere throughout space. If that was indeed the case, then all those extinguished stars would need to be reignited to be seen in our present heavens.
Scriptures speak about 3 heavens-1-Earths Atmosphere-Sky.
2-Outer Space-Angelic/Satanic realm.
3-The real Heaven-Dwelling place of God. ~ Apostle Paul mentions in his letter to Chorinthians about being ascended to third heaven – 2 Corinthians 2:12- I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know–God knows.
11. 4003/4006/3956/3959 BC - God begins restoration/ re-creation works
and creation of Adam and puts Adam in charge of garden that God created in Eden. God also creates a helper companion for Adam- Eve - Genesis 1:3- 2:25
Note that concerning the second day of recreation in Genesis 1:8 the Lord God says nothing about this being good. Although God says, “it was good” concerning days 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 He does not say that about the work of the second day. Ever wondered about that? The reason is very simple. Although this division was not good, it was necessary to protect the creation from the flaming glory of God’s Holiness. Nothing impure can stand in His presence, and even the presence of a regenerated heavens and earth was not completely pure before God (see Job 25:5).
Also God doesn't say darkness is good, but God says light is good in Genesis 1:4. That is why in the coming eternal New Heavens, New Earth and New Jerusalem there is no night and sea/oceans- Revelation 21:1,23-25.
In 2nd day God created a firmament between waters that engulfed the cosmos (world- meaning 2nd heaven- outerspace, earth and its atmosphere) which also covered the earth or more clearly the earth was floating in this intergalactic flood that destroyed entire cosmos.
Genesis 1:7-8 -And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- Thus God created a firmament which encompassed the whole of 2nd heaven- visible universe and 1st heaven- earths atmosphere. The waters above the firmament are perhaps what we now see as water in black holes. Thus God's eternal word says- Psalms 148:4- Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens! and in
Psalms 104:3- He layeth beams of his upper chambers on water..
-1st Supernatural plate tectonics- Genesis 1:9
- Light of God's glory - Genesis 1:3, Revelation 21:23
12. 4003/4006/3956/3959 BC to 2341/2344/2318/2321 BC - Fall of Mankind (Adam and Eve) till global
flood Noah’s time- Genesis 3:1- 8:22
- Global flood - Genesis 6:5 to 9:25 - 2342-2341BC
God's judgement on sinful mankind - Global flood in Noah's times
Height of Noah's ark was 30 cubits (16 metres -Genesis 6:15) and waters rose 15 cubits (8 metres) above the tallest mountains on the earth (Genesis 7:20) . Noah's ark came to rest on mount Ararat ( height - 5137 metres) - Genesis 8:4, exactly after 150 days . That is from 2nd month 17th to 7th month 17th 150 days as the year length was 360 days and 12 lunar months of 30 days, before God gave the sign for healing of King Hezekiah in 707 BC. Noah’s flood Calendar depicting a calendar with 12 , 30 day months is seen in Genesis 7:11- 8:14.
But there are many taller mountains in the world now, particularly in the himalayan ranges and the andes , Mount Everest being 8849 metres and inorder for waters to recede so much in 3 days is not possible as we read that even by 10th month 1st day (73 days after the 150 days)- Genesis 8:5, water had receded only beneath top of mountains.
So why this discrepancy? - Because after the flood God caused - The mountains rose, the valleys sank down--unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them - Psalms 104:8 - by a supernatural plate tectonic movement which probably created many new mountain ranges and sank down valleys beneath the oceans- ocean floors to accomodate flood waters.
- 2nd Supernatural plate tectonics- Psalms 104:9- 2341 BC
13. 2341/2344/2318/2321 BC to 1913/1916/1896/1899 BC - After the global flood till God’s covenant
with Abraham - Genesis 9:1 - 17 :27
- Babel dispersion - disintegration of tongues and scattering of mankind over face of earth Genesis 11:1-9 - 2244 BC to 2238 BC
Babel rebellion and God's judgement
Nimrod was son of Cush who was son of Ham who was son of Noah. Genesis 10:10 says- And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 11:1-9 - And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Original text says God disintegrated the tongues (language) and scattered them over face of earth . God divinely scattered them over the single landmass of pangea during a duration of some 7 years and then divided the earth with waters when Eber beget Peleg. Peleg - the name meaning divided with waters also in Aramic and Arabic - Falaj has the same meaning. Thus present day continents and islands divided with waters (seas) was formed and God scattered mankind over the face of earth.
- 3rd- Supernatural plate tectonics - Genesis 10:25 - Peleg - division of earth ( by waters) - 2238 BC
- Abraham born - 2044 BC - Genesis 11:26
- Noah's death -1991 BC - Genesis 9:28,29 and Genesis 11:26 - Abraham 54 years
14. 1913/1916/1896/1899 BC to 1432/1435/1422/1425 BC -From God’s covenant with Abraham till exodus of Israel from Egypt and conquest of Canaan - Genesis 18:1 to Joshua 21:45
- 1913 BC ,1st month - Abraham takes Issac for sacrifice on Mount at Moriah - Genesis 22:1-19.
- Shem's death - 1839 BC - Genesis 11:11 and Genesis 26:34 - Jacob 46 years
- Exodus of Israel from Mizraim -1483 BC, 1st month - Exodus 12:40,41
15. 1432/1435/1422/1425 BC to 583/586 BC - Israel under Judges, Kings and divided kingdoms till Babylonian captivity of Israel - Joshua 22:1 to 2 Chroncles 36:20
- Judges period- 1432 BC to 1086 BC - Deutronomy 34:1 to 1 Samuel 8:22
- United Israel Kingdom - 1086 BC to 968 BC -1 Samuel 9:1 to 1 Kings 12:20, 1 Chronicles 1:1 to 2 Chronicles 10:19
- Start of Building of 1st House of God - 1004 BC,2nd month - 1 Kings 6:1
- Divided Kingdoms - Israel and Judah till Babylonian captivity of Judah - 968 BC to 583 BC - 1 Kings 12:20 to 2 Kings 25:26
- God turns dial of Ahaz as sign for healing of King Hezekiah - 707 BC - 2 Kings 20:1-11, 2 Chronicles 32:24,25, Isaiah 38:1-22
- Assyrian captivity of Israel - 714 BC - 2 Kings 17:1-41
16. 583/586 BC to 513/516 BC -Babylonian captivity of Israel - 2 Chronicles 36:17-23
17. 513/516 BC to 1 CE / 3 BC - Return of Israel from Babylonian Captivity till First coming of Lord Jesus Christ- 2 Chronicles 36:22- Esther 10:3,Danel 8:1-27, 9:24-26, 11:1-32
- Medo Persian -536 BC - Daniel 2:39, 7:5,12 8:1-7,20 10:20,11:1,2
- Greece - 332 BC - Daniel 2:39,7:6,12 8:7-19,21-26 10:20,11:3-32
- Israel / Jewish - 126 BC Daniel 11:32-34
- Roman 60 BC - Daniel 2:40-43,7:7,8,19-27,9:26,27,11:36-12:13
18. 1 CE / 3 BC to 35 CE / 32 AD - First coming of Lord Jesus Christ 3 – Yahweh Shuah the Messiah - Yahshuah the Messiah (All 4 Gospels and Acts 1:1-11), Isaiah 53rd chapter and all other messianic prophecies pertaining to the first coming of Lord Jesus Christ in the Old Testament
- Birth of Lord Jesus Christ - 1/7/1 CE - Trumpet feast day. - Luke 1: 26,36 2:3,8 , Revelation 12:1-5
- Start of public ministry of Lord Jesus Christ at about 30 years - 31 CE- Luke 3:1,2,23
- Crucifixion and Resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ - 14/1/35 CE and 18/1/35 CE respectively. - Matthew 26:36-28:20, Mark 14:32-16:20, Luke 22:39- 24:53 John 18:1-21-25, Acts 1:1-26
19. 35 CE / 32 AD to 73 CE / 70 AD - New Testament God's Assembly and destruction of Jerusalem by Romans and scattering of Jews all over the world - Acts 1:12- Revelation 5:14
- Birth of God's Assembly - Pentecost/ Harvest feast day - 9/3/35 CE - Acts 2:1-42
20. 73 CE / 70 AD to 453 CE / 450 AD - Early God's Assembly- Revelation 2:1-11-dual understanding
21. 453 CE / 450 AD to 1423 CE / 1420 AD - Idolatry and Lies corrupt much of God's Assembly - 1 Timothy 4:1-4, Revelation 2:12-29 -dual understanding
22. 1423 CE / 1420 AD to present times - Restoration of God's Assembly- Joel 2:28,29, Revelation 3:1-22- dual understanding
23. 1951 CE / 1948 AD to present times- Restoration of Israel nation- Amos 9:14,15, Ezekiel 37:10-23, Ezekiel 4:3-6, Leviticus 26:3,7,8,18-28
24. Future - Psalm 83 war and - Psalm 83:1-18
25.Future- Gog Magog war -1- Ezekiel 38: 1- 39:29
26. Future - Brief Time of Peace - 1 Thessalonians 5:3
27. Future - Coming of Lord Jesus Christ in mid-heavens to take his faithful believers (church) before the 7 year great delusion and wrath/ tribulation period -Rapture. - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1:10, 5:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7, Revelation 3:10, 7:9-17, 1 Corinthians 15: 35-38, Isaiah 26:19-21, Mathew 24:32- 25:13, Mark 13: 28-37, Luke 17:26-36
28. Future - Great delusion and
wrath/tribulation of God on unbelievers and hypocrites for 7 years - Revelation 6:1-19:11, Revelation 3:10, Daniel 9:27, 12:1,2,7, Zechariah 14:1,2 , Matthew 24:15-28, Mark 13:14-23, Luke 21:34,35 Isaiah26:20,21, 24:1-20, Job 38:22,23
29. Future - Second coming of Lord Jesus
Christ destroying beast, false prophet and those with them, throwing beast and false prophet to eternal hell fire, chaining of Satan in bottomless pit for 1000 years and Global rule of Lord Jesus Christ from Jerusalem for 1000 years- Revelation 19:11- 20:6,Jude 1:15,16,Zechariah
14:3-21 , Matthew
24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27, Ezekiel 40:1-48:35, Luke 21:27
30. Future - Second Gog Magog war and Satan thrown into eternal hell fire - Revelation 20:7-10
31.Future - Final Judgement by God - Revelation 20:11-15
God's prophetic calendar for discerning the signs of times
Israel’s First Captivity in Egypt and return to the promised land on the 14th day of Nisan, Passover (Exodus 12:40) exactly 430 years after the Lord made a covenant with Abraham (Genesis 22:16-18). God prophesied that Abraham’s descendants would be in affliction and bondage for precisely 430 years. The 430 year period spoken in begins when the Abrahamic covenant was 'confirmed (Gal 3:17, Genesis 22: 16-18) by God after God saw Abraham was willing to obey God and sacrifice his Son- Issac (Abraham was 160 years and Issac was 30 years when this event took place - contrary to the popular notion that Issac was a kid/teenager when this happened) , more importantly this confirmation of covenant by God points to Lord Jesus Christ through whom all nations will be blessed(Genesis 22:18, Galatians 3:16,17).
“Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years,even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:40-41). On Passover, 430 years later, the captivity ended. The Apostle Paul confirmed that the captivity lasted precisely 430 years (Galatians 3:17).
Israel’s Second Captivity and Return When many of the kings of Judah began to rebel against God,numerous people turned to idol worship and pagan gods despite God’s warnings through His prophets. The 10 northern tribes of Israel were conquered by the Assyrians in 721 B.C.E. (2 Kings17:6). Then, Jeremiah prophesied that the Kingdom of Judah would also be removed for precisely 70 years from the Promised Land beginning in 606 B.C.E. because of their sins. “And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years” (Jeremiah25:11). Precisely 70 years later on the first day of Nisan, 536B.C.E. King Cyrus of Persia released the Jews, just as Jeremiah had prophesied. Despite the royal permission, only a small remnant of the Jews left Babylon and returned to Israel. The vast majority never returned, choosing rather to reside in the nationof their captivity.
God gives Ezekiel 430 year (390+ 40) in Ezekiel 4:3-6, which got multiplied by 7 times as God said in Leveticus 26:18, 21, 23-24, 27-28.
The Third and Worldwide Captivity The Bible contains numerous prophecies of a final return of the exiles to the Promised Land in the “last days.” In light of the precision of the prophecies about the duration of the earlier captivities, it seems probable that the prophets must have revealed when the Jews would return from their final captivity to establish their nation.
The prophet Ezekiel was given a vision concerning the final return of his people. “This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it:according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days,three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year” (Ezekiel 4:3-6). Thus Israel would be punished for 430 years (390 years and 40 years).
At the end of the 70 years of prophesied captivity in Babylon, in Nisan 536 B.C.E., only a small remnant of the house of Judah returned to Jerusalem to fulfill the prophecy. The vast majority of the Jews ( note just of tribe of Judah, but Benjamin and other 10 northern tribes who were led into captivity by Assyrians earlier where also living in Assyria and its surrounding areas under the Persian empire) remained in the Persian Empire in exile. Therefore, when we deduct the 70 years in Babylon that ended in Nisan 536 B.C.E. from Ezekiel’s 430 years of punishment, Israel still had 360 years of further captivity due following the end ofthe Babylonian Captivity. Despite the precision of Ezekiel’s prophecy there was no return to the land, either 430 years or 360 years after 536 B.C.E.
The solution to this mystery is found in Leviticus 26. The Lord established promises and punishments for Israel based on her obedience and her disobedience. God told Israel four times in this passage that if, after being punished for her sins, they still would not repent, the punishments previously specified would be multiplied by seven (the number of completion). “And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins” (Leviticus 26:18; also Leviticus 26:21, 23-24, 27-28). In other words, if the Israelites did not repent, the punishment previously promised (360 years)would be multiplied seven times (360 years x 7 = 2,520 biblical years) to reach a total of 2,520 years. Therefore, as of 536B.C.E., the final restoration to the Holy Land would occur only after 2,520 biblical years.
The prophetic year of book of Daniel also confirms this fact by describing one-half of the 70th week ( Daniel 9:24-27 ) as containing exactly 1,260 days ( 3.5 x 360days ). Sir Robert Anderson, the brilliant head of Scotland Yard in 1895, described the 360-day year in his book The Coming Prince. The Calculation The Babylonian captivity ended in the spring of 536 B.C.E., 1stNisan. This date is the starting point for our calculations. The period of worldwide captivity would last 2,520 biblical years x360 days = 907,200 days. Converting this figure into our calendar year we divide the 907,200 days by 365.25 to reach a total of 2,483.8 calendar years. ( Remember that there is no year between 1 B.C and 1 AD there was no Year Zero).
The end of Israel’s worldwide captivity would occur after a total of 2,483.8years had elapsed from the end of the Babylonian Captivity in the spring of 536 B.C.E.End of Babylonian Captivity: Spring 536 B.C.E. + the duration of Worldwide Captivity: 2,483.8 Calendar Years = When the Worldwide Captivity would end: Spring 1948. The Rebirth of Israel: May 14th 1948 On May 14, 1948, the Jewish people proclaimed the independence of Israel and the end of their worldwide captivity at the precise time prophesied by the prophet Ezekiel. On this very day a united Israel took its place as a sovereign, independent state among the nations.
If 516 BC is taken (destruction of City and Temple of Jerusalem by Babylonians occurred in 586 BC, and after 70 years temple was rebuilt) ,then adding 360 × 7 =2520 year (360 day year) we will reach spring of 1967 June 5-10 - the 6 Day war, when Israel retook possession of Jerusalem city for first time after 70 AD.
God gives Daniel 70 Weeks Prophecy ( Daniel 9:24-27) -
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy Place .
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 14, 445 B.C. (The emphasis in the verse on “the street” and “the wall” was to avoid confusion with other earlier mandates confined to rebuilding the Temple.)
During the ministry of Jesus Christ there were several occasions in which the people attempted to promote Him as king, but He carefully avoided it: “Mine hour is not yet come”.
Then, one day, He meticulously arranges it. On this particular day he rode into the city of Jerusalem riding on a donkey, deliberately fulfilling a prophecy by Zechariah that the Messiah would present Himself as king in just that way: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass - Zechariah 9:9
Whenever we might easily miss the significance of what was going on, the Pharisees come to our rescue. They felt that the overzealous crowd was blaspheming, proclaiming Jesus as the Messiah the King. However, Jesus endorsed it!
I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. - Luke 19:40.
This is the only occasion that Jesus presented Himself as King. It occurred on April 6, 32 A.D. - Luke 3:1: Tiberias appointed in A.D. 14; 15th year, A.D. 29; the 4th Passover occurred in A.D. 32.
69 weeks of 360-day years totals 173,880 days. When we examine the period between March 14, 445 B.C. and April 6, 32 A.D., and correct for leap years, we discover that it is 173,880 days exactly, to the very day!
The Interval (Dan 9:26) - There appears to be a gap between the 69th week (verse 25) and the 70th week (verse 27): And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.— Daniel 9:26
The sixty-two “weeks” follow the initial seven, so verse 26 deals with events after 69th week, but before the 70th. These events include the Messiah being killed and the city and sanctuary being destroyed.
As Jesus approached the city on the donkey, He also predicted the destruction of Jerusalem: For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.— Luke 19:43–44 -
The Messiah was, of course, executed at the Crucifixion…”but not for Himself.”
The city and the sanctuary were destroyed 38 years later when the Roman legions under Titus Vespasian leveled the city of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, precisely as Daniel and Lord Jesus Christ had predicted. In fact, as one carefully examines Jesus’ specific words, it appears that He held them accountable to know this astonishing prophecy in Daniel 9! “Because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”
The 70th Week
There is a remaining seven-year period to be fulfilled. This period is the most documented period in the entire Bible. The Book of Revelation, Chapters 6 through 19, is essentially a detailing of that climactic period. The interval between the 69th and 70th week continues, but it is increasingly apparent that it may soon be over.
God's Revelation of 1 Day = 1000 years from 2 Peter 3:8 (Apostle Peter ) and Psalms 90:4 (Prayer of Man of God - Moses ) and 2 day prophecy of Hosea 6:2
In 2 Peter 3:8 (KJV) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. - Also in Psalms 90:4 - Prayer of Man of God - Moses.
So taking 711 or 710 BC as this event when God changed 10 ° backward on King Ahaz's dial as sign for King Hezekiah's healing, backwards until the point of 6 day creation are 360 day years - which from Bible chronology we get as 4006 BC. But taking this as 365.24219 day year as it is now we get 3959 BC as the creation year, and so 6000 years 6 days will be completed in 2041 AD . Since timings may not be accurate any dates from 2039 to 2042 are possible.
Hosea 5:14-6:3 shows 2 days = 2000 days from AD70 or 69 or 68 (possible dates of Destruction of Jerusalem ).
So if 2 days are taken as 2000 years of 360 days each as other Old Testament prophecies of Daniel 70 weeks (Daniel 9:24-27) and Ezekiel 430 year ( Ezekiel 4:3-6 , which was multiplied 7 times according to Leviticus 26:18,21,23,24,27,28) then we arrive at 2041 as the possible date of Lord Jesus Christ coming to take His Church.
Since timings may not be accurate, particularly with regards to destruction of Jerusalem which is said to have taken place either in 68,69 or 70 AD, any dates from 2039 to 2042 are possible.
Also in the coming millenial rule of Lord Jesus Christ year length could be 360 days making 360000 days instead of 365242.19 days if the changed year length is taken.
This extra 5242.19 days may account for the below given 5 events that comes after the pre-tribulation rapture of God's Assembly excluding the 1000 year rule of Lord Jesus Christ . Note that the millenial (1000 year) rule of Lord Jesus Christ doesn't come to an end at 1000 years - note that satan and the people whom whe decieved (gog and magog) where destroyed by fire from heaven when they surrounded the camp of saints and the beloved city and thus God's eternal kingdom continues forever in the New Jerusalem , New Heaven and New Earth : -
1. The possible gap period between Rapture and the 7 -360 day year tribulation ( delusion and wrath period) ,
2. 7 year - 7 × 360 day year tribulation ( delusion and wrath period
3.Possible time between Lord Jesus Christ destroying beast and false prophet and those with them and chaining of satan for 1000 years and setting up of God's Eternal Kingdom .
4.Time of 2nd gog magog war when satan is set loose after 1000 years
5.The final judgement of God.
Thus 7 days of God ( 7000× 365.24219 days) will be over and from the 8th day onwards New Eternity of New Jerusalem , New Heaven and New Earth shall begin for all who will trust in Lord Jesus Christ.
High Sabbaths (appointed times/feast days of Israel) fulfilled by Lord Jesus Christ in greater detail
Few people are aware of the eight festivals God reveals in the Bible. Even fewer are aware that they center around and teach us a great deal about Jesus Christ and His role in God’s plan for all mankind.
“The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts” (Leviticus 23:2). Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? God Almighty saying in Scripture, “These are My Feasts.”
Yet for most of traditional Christianity, these “feasts of the LORD” are thought to have been kept only by the Jews and are deemed meaningless for Christians. New religious holidays have been substituted that supposedly center on Jesus Christ.
How did all this come to be? What is the true meaning of these “feasts of the LORD”? Do they have anything to do with Jesus Christ, or is their symbolism limited only to long-ago events? If we truly want to find the answers in the manner God instructs us, then we should follow the advice He inspired: “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
The Bible gives us a good example of how to examine a belief to see if it is correct. When the apostle Paul traveled to Berea, he taught the Bereans certain things that must have been surprising to them. But they didn’t close their minds or reject them. Instead, they were willing to give them a fair hearing by carefully examining the Scriptures. What was the result? We read in Acts 17:11-12 that these men and women “were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. Therefore many of them believed …”
So in examining the feasts of the Bible, will we give them a fair hearing as well? Do the Scriptures reveal whether these feasts teach us important truths about Jesus Christ?
1. The Passover: A Christ-centered feast?
The Passover is the first of God’s annual feast days mentioned in Scripture. It commemorates the greatest event in the people of Israel’s history—their miraculous liberation from Egypt. The second book of the Bible, Exodus, is dedicated to narrating this history. Observant Jews have been celebrating this feast for more than 3,400 years.
But is this feast only to celebrate the Israelites’ departure from Egypt? Does the New Testament have anything to say about the occasion?
When John the Baptist saw Jesus Christ coming to the Jordan River to be baptized, he exclaimed, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29).
In the Bible the lamb is a symbol of the Passover because a lamb was slain at the beginning of the Passover and eaten that night. The Israelites knew the blood of the lamb had protected them from the death of their firstborn on that first Passover night they kept in Egypt (Exodus 12:12-13).
In the New Testament, the Gospels record that Christ kept the Passover with His disciples several times. On the night before His death, Jesus knew He was fulfilling the symbolism of the Passover lamb in voluntarily giving His life for the sins of the entire world.
Notice Luke 22:14-16: “When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. Then He said to them, ‘With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’“
Jesus then instituted the new symbols that represented not the sacrifice of a lamb, but His far greater sacrifice (Holy Communion / Qurbana / Eucharist). In fact Holy Communion / Qurbana / Eucharist were started under the priestly order of Melchizedek , when Melchizedek blesses Abram by giving bread and wine after his war victory ( Genesis 14:17-20 , Psalms110:4 ). In Hebrews chapter 7 priestly order of Melchizedek is clearly depicted , Hebrews 7 is as follows - 1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.
4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, their brothers—even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. 6This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
7And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. 8In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. 9One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
11If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come—one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 12For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law. 13He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. 14For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
15And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17For it is declared:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”[a]
18The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
20And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, 21but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:
“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
‘You are a priest forever.’ “[b] 22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
23Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25Therefore he is able to save completely[c] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
26Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
The Passover symbols would now represent Christ’s complete sacrifice—the unleavened bread representing His sinless body that was beaten for us, and a sip of wine signifying the lifeblood He would shed to wash away our sins.
From then on, this feast took on a much greater new meaning to the Church. Instead of being abolished, this feast now revealed its true, ultimate meaning. The disciples now realized the Passover lamb was only the physical forerunner of that perfect sacrifice which was Jesus Christ. Now they would keep this feast with far greater significance and comprehension.
Paul explains the Christian Passover
Some 25 years after Christ’s death, the apostle Paul instructed the Corinthian congregation—composed of believing Jews and gentiles alike—about the Passover: “Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthians 5:7).
Paul understood this ancient feast of the Passover had now revealed its true meaning with Christ’s sacrifice. It was part of God’s plan for all of mankind that Jesus would come and sacrifice Himself for the sins of the world—and the Passover anticipated it.
So, far from being obsolete, the Passover was revealed to have a vastly important meaning for Christians, with Jesus Christ being at its very center.
The apostle Paul explained this new understanding of the Passover to the Corinthian brethren when he instructed them on how to observe it: “For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed [Passover night] took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’
“In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes” (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).
So in the New Testament, the Passover becomes an annual reminder and symbol of Christ’s sacrifice for all of us.
God’s feasts reveal the future
The apostle Paul clearly understood that these biblical feasts were harbingers of what was to come in God’s master plan of salvation. In a passage frequently misunderstood by many, Paul shows these feasts of the Lord were “shadows” of things to come—not of things that have already happened.
He warned the brethren not to be intimidated by some who were questioning their manner of keeping God’s feasts, as well as the Sabbaths, new moons, and eating and drinking. He said, “So let no one judge [criticize or condemn] you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come . . . Let no one cheat you of your reward …” ( Colossians 2:16-18).
Paul was combating a group of false teachers who were introducing several strange doctrines, including worshiping angels (verse 18) and abstaining from wholesome food and drink (verse 21). He told the brethren to ignore them and continue observing what he had taught (and he certainly taught keeping the Passover, as we have seen). Regrettably, the Colossian brethren had been confused by these false intruders who tried to judge Colossian brethren as said in Colossians 2:16-21
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18 Let
no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and
worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not
seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And
not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands
having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the
increase of God.
20 Wherefore
if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as
though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
So Paul mentions how important they are, as foreshadowing coming events in God’s plan for mankind. These events have not been completely accomplished so far, and many are still in the future.
Even the Passover’s symbolism was not completely fulfilled with Christ’s sacrificial death. Jesus Himself said He will again take the Passover with all the believers in God’s Kingdom (Mark 14:24-25; Luke 22:15-16)—an act that represents the ultimate triumph of His sacrifice when all believers join Him in His Kingdom.
2. The Days of Unleavened Bread: Is Christ at the center?
What about the Days of Unleavened Bread? Are they obsolete, solely an Old Testament symbol? Or are they also glorious shadows of things to come?
In the Old Testament, the Days of Unleavened Bread were understood to be a memorial of what occurred after the Passover night, when all the Egyptian firstborn died.
The next morning the Israelites packed their belongings and traveled to a nearby gathering place, ready for departure. That evening, they left Egypt by night. “It is a night of solemn observance to the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:42).
Before that evening, one last thing occurred: “And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves” (verse 39).
This feast of the Lord is clearly spelled out in Leviticus 23:6: “And on the fifteenth day of the same month [as Passover] is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.”
What does this feast have to do with Christ? What does it teach us about Him?
Unleavened bread—bread made without leaven—is mentioned in the Bible as something pure and unpolluted. All the grain sacrifices to be burned were to be made without leaven. “No grain offering which you bring to the LORD shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the LORD made by fire” (Leviticus 2:11).
In the New Testament, the apostle Paul explains the spiritual symbolism of unleavened bread. Rebuking the Church members in Corinth for their acceptance of sin, he tells them: “Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthians 5:6-7).
Yes, as Paul states, it is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that removes our sins, and so we become “unleavened” in a spiritual sense. So, again, Jesus Christ is the focus of this feast of the Lord. The shadow of this feast points to what Jesus would do for all of us in cleansing us of sin and helping us to live sin-free lives.
Paul told the Corinthian brethren that they should continue to keep this feast that followed the Passover. “Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (verse 8).
We see, then, that the spiritual meaning of the Days of Unleavened Bread was revealed. Its deeper significance wasn’t ultimately found in what had occurred in the Old Testament, but in Jesus Christ, the sinless one, who purged our sins and gave us a chance to be spiritually “unleavened” before God. As the apostle Jude noted, Jesus “is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).
So Jesus Christ is at the center of this second feast of the Lord, too. He makes it possible for us to be spiritually “unleavened” before God.
3. First Fruits: Is Christ at the center of this feast?
Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ , 3 days and 3 nights after his death by crucifixion is represented by the first fruits day - on this day Lord Jesus Christ presented himself before his disciples after his resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 gives the scriptural fulfillment of festival of first fruits as our resurrected Lord Jesus Christ:-
20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
Christ fulfilled the feast of first fruits by being the first fruits of the resurrection. Others in the Bible (such as Lazarus and Jairus' daughter) had been raised from the dead prior to Christ's resurrection but they were resurrected back into their old bodies which would eventually die again. Jesus was the first to be raised into a new resurrection body, never to die again! So He is the 'sheaf', the first of the harvest, that is waved before the Lord in celebration and with thanksgiving.
And just as the sheaf was waved to represent the entire harvest to the left and the right, so the resurrection of Jesus was not just for Himself. He represented the many that 'shall come from the east and the west' (
Matthew 8:11) to faith in Him and be raised from the dead as well! As the offerings that were made on the feast of firstfruits were a sweet savor to God
2, how much greater was the sweetness on the day Jesus rose from the dead? Corresponding to the fact that the crop was not kosher until the firstfruits were waved before God, so it took the resurrection of the Jesus to make us acceptable to God -
Romans 4:25 'He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.' Or, as Paul said:
1 Corinthians 15:17 'And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.'
But thank God that death could not hold Him down! And what of the day that this was to happen? We read above that this wave offering before the Lord of the firstfruits was to occur 'the day after the Sabbath'. This is the first day of the week - The day that Jesus rose from the dead!
4. Pentecost: Is Christ at the center of this feast?
In the Old Testament, the Feast of Pentecost is called the Feast of Weeks (Exodus 34:22). This is because Leviticus 23:15-16 mentions counting seven weeks (or Sabbaths) or “fifty days” from the day the wave sheaf was offered during the Days of Unleavened Bread. Thus the feast acquired the name of “fiftieth,” which is what Pentecost means in the Greek language of the New Testament.
In the New Testament, 50 days after Christ had been resurrected, the first Christians were celebrating Pentecost, one of the feasts of the Lord. And, as recorded in Acts 2, what a day that was! On it they received the Holy Spirit from God. Suddenly the Old Testament Feast of Weeks had taken on a new meaning for them. The shadow of this feast had now become a reality! Pentecost would become the God's assemblies anniversary of the receiving of God’s Spirit and thus the birth/ start of God's Assembly.
Jesus Christ revealed the significance of this feast by sending the Holy Spirit to His brethren in the faith. He had told them, “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49; compare John 16:7).
God’s Spirit plays a crucial role in the life of Christians today as it did then. When a person receives God’s Spirit upon repentance and baptism, that Spirit begins a process of spiritual transformation in the person’s life, a transformation the Bible calls conversion.
Through this process, we shed our own way of thinking and living and allow Jesus Christ’s attitude and way of life to guide everything we do. Paul described this life-transforming change in Galatians 2:20:
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” (King James Version).
Thus we see that Jesus is at the center of the Feast of Pentecost as well. Yet the ultimate fulfillment will only be realized after He returns to earth to establish God’s Kingdom, when all will have access to God’s Spirit. So this feast should still be kept as a memorial and a shadow until its purpose is completely accomplished.
5. The Feast of Trumpets: Is this a Christ-centered feast?
The next biblical feast is referred to in the Bible as the Feast of Trumpets. It is “a holy convocation commemorated with trumpet blasts” (Leviticus 23:24, NRSV). God said when the trumpets were blown, “you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies” (Numbers 10:9).
Is the Feast of Trumpets also a shadow of Jesus Christ and His role in things to come?
Often in the New Testament the sound of trumpets is tied to Christ’s coming in mid-heavens to take his bride God"s Assembly before the great tribulation of 7 years - Pre tribulation Rapture. Notice Paul’s description of the resurrection of the dead at the time a great trumpet announces Christ’s return: “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52).
We find this again described in 1 Thessalonians 4:16: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.” So
Pre-Tribulation Rapture of God's Assembly is represented by the Trumpet feast.
Trumpet of Archangel will be sounded at the rapture - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7, 1Corinthians 15:51-58.So Christ will ultimately fulfill the symbolism behind the Feast of Trumpets. He is the center of this foreshadowing feast too.
But until the sound of the trumpet is heard, this feast is still pointing to the future, and its meaning is still to be fulfilled—with Jesus at its center.
Also some consider the Feast of Trumpets Day in 1 CE ( 3 BC ) to be the birth date of Lord Jesus Christ from astronomical data which matches the scripture account of birth date of Lord Jesus Christ in Revelation 12:1-2, The sign of the women that the Bible is referring to here is to the
constellation Virgo. Revelation 12 further states that this woman was
“clothed with the sun” another celestial body. The sun, as it appears to
travel through the ecliptic each year, enters into the mid-body between
the neck and the knees of the constellation Virgo, clothing her with
the sun for approximately a 21 day period during any given year.
In the
year 3 B.C. which we later show by other celestial events in the heavens
to be the year of the birth of Jesus Christ, the sun was in this
position from August 27th through September 15th.
Revelation also declares that “the moon was under her feet.” With these
two specific details, they claim to pinpoint the birth of Christ very
precisely. In 3 B.C. the sun and the moon in Virgo occurred on only one
day and that was September 11. The configuration of the sun and the moon
was visible in Israel on September 11, 3 B.C., between 6:18pm and 7:39pm. So they say Lord Jesus Christ was born on
September 11, 3 B.C sometime in that eighty-one minute span of time
between 6:18pm and 7:39pm.
Exactly one month before (on August 12) the world would have
witnessed the close conjunction of Jupiter and Venus when they were only .07 degrees from
one another when they appeared as morning stars on the eastern horizon.
This was a very close union.
And, after that on September 14, Jupiter - the King planet and Regulus -the King star came to their first of three
conjunctions in this extraordinary year. Then, over an eight month
period, Jupiter made its “crowning effect” over the King star Regulus.
These celestial events might have guided the wise men from East described in Matthew 2:1-12.
Notice that first conjunction of Jupiter with Venus occurred about a month before birth of Lord Jesus Christ and that might be when they first saw the star of King of Jews / Christ - Matthew 2:2-6. And after they left Herod's palace the star again guided them till the house in Bethlehem where Jesus was ( Matthew 2:9-12 ) So this might have been the second conjunction of Jupiter with Regulus which God used supernaturally to guide the wise men till the house in Bethlehem where Jesus was.
Also notice that this was not in the manger that Jesus was placed on the night in which he was born , when shepherds came to visit him as Angels instructed them ( Luke 2: 5-20 ), but a house in Bethlehem. At that time inns used to be places of not just stay but also giving care to the sick,wounded (Parable of Good Samaritan by Lord Jesus Christ in Luke 10: 34,35), pregnant and because there was no place in the inn, Lord Jesus Christ was placed in manger ( Luke 2:7,16 ). So after his birth on the manger Lord Jesus Christ was soon transferred to a house in Bethlehem where the wise men from East came to visit and worship him with gifts probably 2-3 days after the birth of Lord Jesus Christ on September 14 , 3 BC on the second conjunction of Jupiter with Regulus.
Also note that Angels announced Birth of Lord Jesus Christ to Shepherds ( Luke 2:8-14 ) on the same night that Lord Jesus Christ was born which was on the day of Trumpets and 8 days after his birth he was circumcised and named as Jesus- Yahweh Shuah- Yahshuah meaning God Lord is Saviour thus announcing the birth of saviour to all world - Luke 2:21 ,likewise in the rapture of God's Assembly the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command in sound of Archangel and trumpet of God- 1 Thessalonians 14:16 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.
6. The Day of Atonement: Is Christ involved in its meaning?
Perhaps the most unusual of the biblical feasts is the Day of Atonement. In Old Testament times, it included an elaborate ritual described in Leviticus 16. The high priest was to present two male goats, the first of which was sacrificed for the nation’s sins (verse 15). Then, after the sins of the nation were symbolically placed on the other goat, it was expelled into the desert to a life of wandering (verses 21-22).
What does the Day of Atonement reveal about Jesus Christ’s roles? Is He also at the center of this feast?
The direct outworking of purification of mankind by God through his divine judgement and wrath upon ungodly people (2nd half of the 7 year delusion and wrath period) and Second
coming of Lord Jesus Christ with 10,000's of saints and throwing alive
Antichrist / Beast and False Prophet into lake of fire and sulfur and
those who followed them and killing those with them with the sword that
comes out of the mouth of Word of God - Lord Jesus Christ and defeat of
Satan and chaining Satan and throwing him and locking him in Abyss for
1000 years as revealed in Revelation 19:11- 20:3 is represented by Atonement day.
The Bible is full of rich symbolism, and the New Testament Church quickly realized Christ in His first coming was at the center of the feasts of the Lord. Just as He was described as being “our Passover” and “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8), so they came to understand that He was at the center of the Day of Atonement. How? He fulfilled the role of the male goat slain for the sins of Israel and carried outside the camp (Leviticus 16:27).
We read in Hebrews 13 about the Day of Atonement, and Christ being symbolic of the male goat and other animals slain on that day as sin offerings. “For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate [of the city of Jerusalem]” (verses 11-12).
Atonement means purification from sins, which occurred when Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, shedding his precious sinless blood on the cross at Calvary, Jerusalem some 2000 years ago, so that all who will repent of their sins and trusts in Lord Jesus Christ will have eternal life. The outworking of this purification of mankind from sins shall be directly started by the great wrath Judgement of God that will hit all ungodly people in the 2nd half of 7 year tribulation period. Second
coming of Lord Jesus Christ with 10,000's of saints and throwing alive
Antichrist / Beast and False Prophet into lake of fire and sulfur and
those who followed them and killing those with them with the sword that
comes out of the mouth of Word of God - Lord Jesus Christ and defeat of
Satan and chaining Satan and throwing him and locking him in Abyss for
1000 years as revealed in Revelation 19:11- 20:3 is represented by Atonement day.
Thus this direct outworking of purification of mankind by God through his divine judgement and wrath upon ungodly people and Satan who deceived them is represented by the Atonement day.
Not only does the Day of Atonement depict Christ’s sacrifice for sin and a true spiritual reconciling of the people with God, but Christ is directly involved in the symbolism of the other male goat that was cast out into the desert by a strong man (Leviticus 16:21).
The second goat, over which the sins of the Israelites were confessed, represented the instigator of those sins—none other than Satan the devil.
At Christ’s second coming, He will instruct a powerful angel to bind Satan and cast him into a place of restraint for 1,000 years, exiling him from mankind just as the live goat was exiled from the Israelite camp on the Day of Atonement. “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years” (Revelation 20:1-2).
7. The Feast of Tabernacles: How is Christ the center of this feast?
Next is the sixth biblical feast, the Feast of Tabernacles. In the Old Testament, it was kept to remind the Israelites of all of God’s miraculous interventions during the 40-year period in the wilderness. “All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt” (Leviticus 23:42-43).
What does the Feast of Tabernacles have to do with Jesus Christ? Jesus is recorded to have kept this feast in John 7:2-36. The symbol of the tabernacle in the New Testament is rich with meaning.
During Christ’s earthly ministry, the apostle John mentions that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The Greek term for “dwelt” here actually means that He “tabernacled” among us. Just as Jesus Christ as the Creator God of the Old Testament (John 1:1-3, 10; Hebrews 1:2; Colossians 1:16) “tabernacled” with the Israelites in the wilderness, He now did so with His people in His physical life many centuries later.
The apostle Paul says that the Israelites in the wilderness all “drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ” (1 Corinthians 10:4, New International Version).
At Christ’s second coming, He will again “tabernacle” with those who are saved. He will dwell with His people for a thousand years, and this 1,000-year rule of Jesus Christ over the earth is the ultimate fulfillment of this feast. “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:6). In Zechariah 14 :16-19 we see that all nations on earth will have to come to Jerusalem for worshiping Lord Jesus Christ -Yahweh Shuah the Messiah (Yahshuah The Messiah) and for feast of Tabernacles during the global millennial rule of Lord Jesus Christ from Jerusalem. If any nation doesn't come for worshiping God and attending festival of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, they will not have rain as punishment.
So Christ is definitely at the center of this feast too—as the ruler who “tabernacles” with His people for a thousand years.
8. The Last Great Day- How is Christ the center of this feast?
Final Judgement by God and the are New Eternity of New Jerusalem, New Heaven and New Earth are represented by the Last Great Day feast which comes after 7 day tabernacle feast - Revelation 20:11- 22:21.
The Feast of Tabernacles lasted seven days. Then, on the eighth day, there followed another, separate feast day, the last of the biblical feasts (Leviticus 23:36). What does this day have to do with Jesus Christ?
In John 7, an account of Jesus Christ’s last Feast of Tabernacles on earth, we find Jesus declaring the significance of its conclusion. “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37-38).
He was talking about the God’s church which began with the anointing of Holy Spirit at the Harvest/Pentecost festival some 2000 years ago and will end when Lord Jesus Christ comes to take back his church-rapture/1st resurrection as signified by feast of trumpets.
The scriptural passage Lord Jesus Christ speaks in John 7:37-38 is from Ezekiel 47:1-12 which is the river of life that flows out of the God's House in Jerusalem in the coming millenial global rule of Lord Jesus Christ - Ezekiel 47:1-12 - And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the forefront of the house looked toward the east; and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.
Then brought he me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there trickled forth waters on the right side.
When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.
Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the loins.
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
And he said unto me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of man?' Then he led me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river.
Now when I had been brought back, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Then said he unto me: 'These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea, into the sea of the putrid waters, the waters shall be healed.
And it shall come to pass, that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh.
And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; there shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the Great Sea, exceeding many.
But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.'
This river of life that flows out of the God's House during the millenial global rule of Lord Jesus Christ is pointing to the eternal river of life that flows out of God's throne in New Jerusalem City that will come after the Millenial global rule of Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 22 :1-5.
Revelation 22:1-5 - And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
In old testament except for a brief revelation in Isaiah 66:22-24-Isaiah 66:22-24 - For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.
And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah.
And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh! - details of the coming eternal New Jerusalem , New Heaven and New Earth is not given. It was given to Apostle John in the last book of New Testament - Revelation - Revelation 21:1- 22:21.
In Revelation 22:17 Lord Jesus Christ says- And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. This is the river of life in the eternal New Jerusalem city and whoever washes himself by the sinless blood of Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for the remission of sins of all mankind on the cross at Calvary some Jerusalem some 2000 years ago by putting his trust / faith in Lord Jesus Christ will have access to the tree of life and river of life mentioned in Revelation 22:1-2 and 14-17 which is the real meaning of New Jerusalem / Last Great Day.
Thus we see that last great day feast that comes after the Tabernacle (Millenial ) week points to the eternity of New Jerusalem, New Heaven and New Earth that is promised to all who trust in Lord Jesus Christ.
During Christ’s 1,000-year reign, all of mankind will be offered God’s Spirit. And beyond that, the Bible reveals there will come a future time when Christ will judge according to their works, those who rise up in resurrection of the dead from all past ages. In Revelation 20, we read what happens after the Millennium (pictured by the Feast of Tabernacles) is completed:
“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away … And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (Revelation 20:11-12).
This period is also called the White Throne Judgment, and it is Christ who has been appointed to judge all of mankind (John 5:26-27; Romans 14:10).
So Christ will also carry out the central role of this final feast, that of carrying out the final judgement of all those who were not included in the rapture aka first ressurection.They will be judged according to their works and will be thrown to eternal lake of fire and sulfur,if their names are not written in the book of life-Revelations20:11-15. After that the New Eternity of New Jerusalem, New Heaven and New Earth also is represented by the Last Great Day feast which comes after 7 day tabernacle feast. - Revelation 21,22 chapters.
Thus, the eight feasts of the Lord are “a shadow of things to come,” and Jesus Christ is at the center of all of them. Yet He has not brought them to ultimate fulfillment; that will only occur in the coming Kingdom of God.
Yes, Christ is our Passover, He is the Unleavened Bread that purifies us, the Giver of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the coming King whose arrival is announced by the blast of the trumpets, the one who banishes Satan for a thousand years, and who tabernacles with man as King of kings. Finally, He is to judge all mankind not included in first resurrection / rapture according to their works,before the New Heavens,New earth and New Jerusalem for all eternity. Thus, these holy feasts remind us of the central role Jesus Christ has in carrying out in the eternal salvation plan of God.
For God's Assembly in new testament everyday is a victory festival of Lord Jesus Christ -
Colossians 2:8-23 (RKJNT) Beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, which depend on the traditions of men and the rudiments of the world, and not on Christ.
For in him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form.
And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
In him also you were circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Having been buried with him in baptism, you have also risen with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
And you, being dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven us all transgressions;
Cancelling the bond of debt, with its legal decrees against us, which was contrary to us, and taking it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
And having disarmed rulers and authorities, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Therefore, let no man judge you in matters of food, or drink, or regarding a festival, or a new moon, or a sabbath day:
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the reality belongs to Christ.
Let no man defraud you of your reward, delighting in self-abasement and the worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
And not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
Therefore, if you are dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as though still living in the world, do you submit to such ordinances as,
Do not touch; do not taste; do not handle?
These all refer to things which perish with use; and are based on the commandments and doctrines of men.
These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship, and self-abasement, and severity to the body; but are of no value in restraining the indulgence of the flesh.
So according to Collosians 2:15,16 Christ has obtained the victory by - "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."
So everyday is like victory festival of Lord Jesus Christ for all Christians. Since we have Lord Jesus Christ who is the body , nobody needs to judge us in keeping these festivals , shabbath etc. which are actually shadow of things to come which have and will be fulfilled in Lord Jesus Christ as we have seen in this study.
So we need to understand setting rules of men are mere vainity as clearly said in Collosians 2:20-23 - Therefore, if you are dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as though still living in the world, do you submit to such ordinances as,
Do not touch; do not taste; do not handle?
These all refer to things which perish with use; and are based on the commandments and doctrines of men.
These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship, and self-abasement, and severity to the body; but are of no value in restraining the indulgence of the flesh.
