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All Of Our Rituals, Are An Abomination to The Eternal God.
All Of Our Festivals,
Are An Abomination to The Eternal God.
All Of Our Pagan Practices,
Are
An Abomination to The Eternal
God.
The Eternal God Is Not A Robotic Moron, On Whom We Make
Demands,
And Whom we Obey, As We Like, And When It Is Convenient To Do
So.
Christ Is Our Living, Loving, Personal Saviour.
There Is No Other.
Christ Is The Solution To All Our Problems. There Is No Other.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is One God, and
One Mediator between God and men,
The Man, Christ Jesus.
If This Verse Is Not In Your Bible, Your Bible Is Corrupt. –
Throw It Away.
You Have Been Deceived Into Serving Satan, the god of this
world.
Sincerity Is Not The Issue.
You can be sincere and still be wrong.
To Live A Lie Is To Die. – It Is As Simple As That.
Breaking
All Chains
Setting The
Captives Free
Feast Days In The Bible Still Apply Today
By Peter James from: www.peterjamesx.com
The
Feast Days were given to Israel and to the strangers that joined themselves to
Israel,
today
it is for all peoples and nations.
These
days are a package, which need to be seen as beautiful and complete.
There
are many direct links between several of these special days.
It
should be noted that it is clearly stated that no work should be done on them.
They
are days of rejoicing.
Even
the Fast Day of Atonement gives us something to rejoice about.
Of
course on these days things which need to be done, such as giving aid,
and
assisting those in need, should always be carried out.
Exodus
12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn,
and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
We believe that this still
applies to the New Testament believers.
In other words ALL of us should obey the
commandments and ordinances,
although they do not earn
us salvation.
It is not a matter of
picking and choosing what we are going to accept
and what we are going to
reject.
They serve a great purpose
and explain the plan of God to us.
In the Old Testament there
was a condition to the eating the Passover.
Unconverted non believers
should not eat the Passover.
We believe that this still
applies today.
The Festivals were
commanded assemblies.
Leviticus 23:1 These are the feasts of
the LORD, even holy convocations,
which ye shall proclaim in
their seasons.
Unfortunately as genuine
believers can be widely scattered,
and separated by great
distances, this might not be possible.
When discussing the Feast
days it is important to notice that in Leviticus 23
where the Feast days, which
are annual Sabbaths, are mentioned in order,
the very first Feast
mentioned is the weekly Sabbath.
See: Sabbath And The Law Sabbath Keeping
Instead of observing this
day, we do our utmost to do away with this Feast Day.
The
weekly Sabbath was given at Creation, therefore it preceded the Jews
who
only existed thousands of years later.
The
weekly Sabbath is directly linked to the Feast of Tabernacles, which it
pictures.
We
have written several documents on the Sabbath,
which
are available on our Website.
The first annual festival and
festival season mentioned is Passover
and Unleavened Bread.
Passover and Unleavened Bread
Leviticus 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S Passover.
Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
bread
unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation:
ye
shall do no servile work therein.
The
Passover represents the Lords New Testament Supper.
See:
Passover
In
the Bible Leaven is used to represent sin, it is always used in a negative
sense.
Therefore
in the Old Testament putting out of leaven represented putting out sin
out
of our lives.
Of
course the important thing is to actually put sin out of our lives.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth
the
whole lump?
1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump,
as
ye are unleavened.
For
even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven,
neither
with the leaven of malice and wickedness;
but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
We
can note that the religious authorities at the time of Christ produced
a
lot of leaven, much as is happening today.
Luke 12:1 Christ said . . . Beware ye of the leaven
of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
In
the Old Testament the Passover was the day when the lives of ancient Israel,
who
were slaves in Egypt, were literally saved because they obeyed the command.
of
the Eternal God and killed a lamb,
which
represented Christ and daubed the blood over the doors of their homes.
When
the death angel saw the blood on the door posts and lintels,
He
actually passed over their houses.
The
Egyptians who did not do this suffered the death of the first born of man
and
animals.
Exodus 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night,
and
will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast;
and
against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment:
I
am the LORD.
Exodus 12:13
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are:
and
when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon
you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:14
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a
feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance
for ever.
Exodus 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even
the first day
ye
shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread
from
the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation,
and
in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work
shall
be done in them, save that which every man must eat,
that
only may be done of you.
Exodus 12:26
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,
What
mean ye by this service?
Exodus 12:27
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover,
who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt,
when
he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
And
the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Christ
came as our Passover.
The
apostles who had received the Holy Spirit became
the
12 foundations in the wall of the New Jerusalem.
No Passover and No Atonement, No Salvation.
He
was the perfect sacrifice who atoned and died for our sins.
The
Passover is closely linked to the Day of Atonement, which is a FAST day.
Since
Christ died for our sins all the requirements of animal sacrifices
are
no longer required.
These
animal sacrifices could not wipe out our sins,
whereas
the blood of Christ did precisely that.
Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh,
which
is called the Passover.
Mark 14:6
And his disciples went forth, and came into the city,
and
found as he had said unto them:
and
they made ready the passover.
Mark 14:17
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
18
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you,
One
of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
Mark 14:22
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed,
and
brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is (represents) my body.
Mark 14:23
And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks,
he
gave it to them: and they all drank of
it.
Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the
new testament,
which
is shed for many.
Mark 14:25
Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine,
until
that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
The
animal sacrifices were replaced by the literal sacrifice of Christ.
As
we have seen above, Christ then instituted Bread and Wine as the symbols
of
His Flesh and Blood.
They
are symbols.
They
are not the reality as the Roman Catholics teach in their false doctrine
of
transubstantiation.
If
it is made out of flour, and it looks like bread, and it tastes like bread,
IT IS BREAD
Feast Of First Fruits - Pentecost
Pentecost
50th day 7 weeks after the harvest-consecrating, sheaf-waving ceremony,
the
Day of the First Fruits.
Numbers 28:26
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering
unto
the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation;
ye
shall do no servile work:
Deuternomomy 16:10
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God
with
a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the
LORD thy God,
according
as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Deuternomomy 16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before
the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son,
and
thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that
is
within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are
among you,
in
the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deuternomomy 16:12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt:
and
thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
It
is easy to think that we were not slaves in Egypt,
but
the reality is that we were all slaves to Satan.
Some
were deceived and others willing served him.
All
genuine believers have been freed from the captivity of Satan.
Note
the command to rejoice.
In
the New Testament, Pentecost is regarded as the time of the birth of the
Church.
Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
accord
in
one place.
Acts 2:2
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and
it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:3
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire,
and
it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak
with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
We
then see the first group to be baptised and to receive the Holy Spirit as had
happened
to
the apostles in the Upper room. They became the church.
Acts 2:41
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
and
the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
The
apostles who had received the Holy Spirit became
the
12 foundations in the wall of the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and
in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
We
should note that the Strongs Number for tongues <1100>,
gives
the meaning of:
1a) the language or dialect used
by a particular people distinct from that of other nations.
Acts 2:5 states that there were
devout men from every nation under heaven were
in
Jerusalem at that time. Therefore the tongues, that is the languages spoken,
related
to the people who were present. The apostles were not speaking gibberish
which the
hearers would not be able to understand.
This was
obviously a great miracle for a few disciples to speak
and to be
understood by thousands of Jews from every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Like all
the Feast days, this is an exceedingly important day to be acknowledged and
remembered.
The
definition of a Christian can be said to be someone in whom, the Holy Spirit
dwells,
and who
obeys the leading of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
No Holy
Spirit no salvation.
It is
truly a day of rejoicing.
The Feast of
Trumpets
Here are some aspects of the Feast of Trumpets in
the New Testament.
The book of Revelation is introduced with a Trumpet.
Revelation
1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and
heard behind me a great voice,
as of a
trumpet,
Throughout the book we have
the strange situation, wheN
the speaking is said to be
as a trumpet, as in the above verse.
This must signify that all
the events in the book of Revelation are not normal
but more in the nature of
war.
Trumpet blasts herald a
dramatic worsening of an already deteriorating situation
as Christ’s return becomes
nearer.
Revelation
8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying
through the midst of heaven,
saying
with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason
of the
other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
It is the signal to sound the alarm for the
Tribulation both to the Jew and Gentile Churches.
Old Testament Feast of Trumpets pictured the
time of Jesus Christ’s second coming.
Jesus Christ’s first coming was a quiet affair, He
came as a babe in a manger.
The New Testament Feast of Trumpets pictures the
second return of Christ in great power
and glory. This is a world shaking terrifying event.
Everyone will hear the supernatural blast of the
trumpet, and everyone will see Him,
as he comes to establish God’s Kingdom here on
earth.
It is the time when Christ comes to take the veil
away from all nations
Revelation 11: 15 And the seventh angel sounded;
and there were great voices in heaven,
saying,
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his
Christ;
and
he shall reign for ever and ever.
The
Feast of Trumpets is a commanded holy assembly or holy annual Sabbath.
It
is first mentioned in the book of Leviticus 23:24.
Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In
the seventh month,
in
the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of
trumpets,
an
holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein:
The Feast of Trumpets is to
be celebrated on the first day of the seventh month.
It is a day of rest, a holy
Sabbath with the blowing of trumpets.
This
day pictures the blowing of trumpets, to warn the world of impending disaster
through
the
Tribulation. It points to the imminent
the dynamic return of Jesus Christ in power
and
great glory, as ordained by His father.
Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and
behold a white horse; and he that sat
upon
him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make
war.
When the seventh trumpet sounds
1 Corinthians.15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
with
the voice of the archangel,
and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven,
saying,
The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ;
and
he shall reign for ever and ever.
We
can see that this is also a time of resurrection.
In
the Old Testament Trumpets were used:
v To call the people of Israel to assemble.
v To call the tribal leaders to assemble.
v To sound the alarm of war, and as a signal to attack
the enemy.
v To accompany the praises of the congregation at the
appointed Feasts/festivals.
v To announce the new moon celebrations, every month.
v To proclaim the crowning of kings
v And to announce the year of Jubilee.
Revelation
19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the
voice of
many
waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God
omnipotent reigneth.
Revelation
19:7 Let us be
glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready.
Revelation
19:8 And to her
was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God.
The
fulfilment of this great day of Trumpets is very near.
May
the Lord help us to found worthy to partake of the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Matthew
24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of
man in heaven:
and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they
shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power
and great
glory.
Matthew
24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the
other.
The Day of Atonement
This
is a day of fasting to afflict our souls.
Leviticus 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day
of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your
souls,
and
offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:28
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement,
to
make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:29
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day,
he
shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work
in that same day,
the
same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Leviticus 23:31
Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout
your
generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:32
It shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls:
in
the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate
your Sabbath.
This
day is related to the Passover, which depicts Christ’s death on the cross.
This
day pictures some of the results of Christ’s sacrifice, by dying in our place,
for our sins.
Since
the time of our first parents Adam and Eve, we have all been born under the
generational
curse
of death.
Romans
5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinned:
In addition to this, we all have sinned.
Romans
3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;
Christ’s
death as the perfect literal Passover Lamb, made it possible for us
to be
At-One-Ment, with God.
1
Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men,
the man
Christ Jesus;
Our Holy
and Righteous God could have no fellowship whatsoever with sin and sinners.
It is
like expecting an ice cube not to melt in the middle of a nuclear explosion.
For this
reason we needed a mediator to atone for us so that the relationship which
the
Eternal God, wanted all along could actually take place.
Hebrews
9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the
new testament,
that by
means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under
the first
testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal
inheritance.
The Old
Testament ordinances on the day of Atonement were very significant.
There
were two goats one was killed which represents Christ,
and the
other had the sins of the nation spoken over it
and then
it was released into the wilderness.
This is
referred to as the scapegoat which represents Satan.
Leviticus
16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present
them before the LORD at the door
of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats;
one lot for the LORD,
and the
other lot for the scapegoat.
Leviticus
16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the
LORD’S lot fell, and offer him
for a sin
offering.
Leviticus
16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the
scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD,
to make
an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the
wilderness.
Without
Christ’s Sacrifice and His atonement for our sins we would not be able to be
saved
and
to have Eternal Life.
The Feast Of Tabernacles
Leviticus
23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
The
fifteenth day of this seventh month
shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Leviticus
23:35 On the first day shall be an holy
convocation:
ye shall
do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by
fire unto the LORD:
on the
eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer
an
offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly;
and ye
shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which
ye shall proclaim
to be holy convocations
Leviticus
23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside
your gifts,
and
beside all your vows,
and
beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Leviticus
23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh
month,
when ye
have gathered in the fruit of the land,
ye shall
keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a
sabbath,
and on
the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Leviticus
23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the
boughs of goodly trees,
branches
of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook;
and ye
shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Leviticus
23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD
seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations:
ye shall
celebrate it in the seventh month.
The Feast Of Tabernacles
pictures the 7th day in the plan of God, which is commonly
called the millennium. A
period of one thousand years.
2
Peter 3:8 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.
At present we are right at
the end of the 6,000 years or the 6th day
of the plan of God.
It completely ties in with
the weekly Sabbath, which is the seventh day, a day of rest.
It pictures the fact that
the earth will be restored as the Garden of Eden,
and Satan will be
imprisoned for that entire period.
Revelation
20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old
serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound
him a thousand years,
Revelation
20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal upon him,
that he
should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled:
and after
that he must be loosed a little season.
When you consider that at
present Satan is the god of his world, and all the lies, death,
and gross wickedness is
instigated by him, it is easy to see that the world will be a very different
place
without his presence.
The source of power of the
present political and religious leaders will be locked up for 1,000 years.
This is also the time of
the first resurrection.
Revelation
20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again
until the thousand years were finished.
This is
the first resurrection.
Revelation
20:6 Blessed
and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
on such
the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ,
and shall
reign with him a thousand years.
When we are discouraged
with our present daily grind in life, we should think on these things.
At the very same time
Christ will be reigning on earth for this entire period,
after He intervenes in
world affairs,
in the dramatic way His
entrance is pictured by the Feast of Trumpets.
What follows will be a time
of Peace, Joy, Happiness and Harmony the like of which has not been seen
since the creation of man.
The
very things which we have all yearned for through our entire lives will become
a reality.
This
is a time of the great harvest of souls.
Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the
stem of Jesse,
and
a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the
spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
LORD;
Isaiah 11:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and
he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the
hearing of his ears:
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity
for the meek of the earth:
and
he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and
with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his reins.
Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a
little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together:
and
the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah 11:8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
Isaiah 11:9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:10 And in that day there shall be a
root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the
Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
As
we can see from the above, even the nature of animals will be changed.
Today this is a period when
we can rejoice for one week on, and with the blessings,
which we have been given in
the past year. It is also a time, when we should be sharing
these blessings with
others.
We should never think that
blessings are just for us and our extended families.
We should also realize that
this is just a tiny physical foretaste of the soon coming future feast
of great spiritual
blessings which are beyond our comprehension.
The concept in the Old
Testament was that a tithe of income was to be saved, and this was to used
during this period of
Feasting. For many this can be a period of self-indulgence on a large scale.
This is totally wrong.
Our Christian calling is so
far above what most conceive it to be.
The Epistle of Barnabas puts it this way:
Barnabas 19:8 Thou shalt make thy neighbor partake in all things, and shalt not say
that anything
is thine own. For if ye are fellow partakers in that
which is imperishable,
how much rather shall ye be in the things which are
perishable.
Thou shalt not be hasty with thine own tongue, for
the mouth is the snare of death.
So far as thou art able, thou shalt be pure for thy
soul's sake.
Barnabas 19:9 Be not thou found holding out thy hands to receive, and drawing them in
to give.
Thou shalt love as the apple of thine eye every one
that speaketh unto thee the word of the Lord.
The
problem with this feast and really also with the others is that some
teach
that they no longer apply today.
This
is simply not true.
As
we have repeatedly written, although we might have some details which are not
quite right,
what
is certain is that the Sabbath and the Feasts will be kept in the future.
We
can also see that days that we do not observe today, because we have lost the
knowledge,
such
as ‘New Moons’, will also be observed.
If
the churches had observed these “appointed Feasts of the Lord”,
we
would not have gone so wrong in engineering feasts and holy days which
scripture lets us are pagan,
and
for which God is now judging the world, especially His Church.
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that
from one new moon to
another,
and
from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith
the LORD.
The
above has never happened, but we are assured that it will.
If
we refuse to obey to rejoice, we will be punished.
Yes,
even today we bluntly refuse to rejoice and regard the command as a burden.
Zechariah 14:16
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the
nations
which
came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King,
the
LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14:17
And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth
unto
Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no
rain.
Zechariah 14:18
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain;
there
shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up
to keep
the
feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14:19
This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations
that
come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
The
above has never happened, but we are assured that it will.
For
those who say it only applies to Israel need to read that it says in verse 17
that
it is referring to “all the families of the earth”.
Which
of these words do we not understand?
They
are all very basic simple words.
In
case we miss the point verse 19 spells out the consequences for disobedience to
observing
the
Feast of Tabernacles and to whom it applies, “the punishment of all nations”.
We
have the simple choice to either accept what the bible says or throw the whole
book out.
It
is very clear that these commands apply at least through to the end of the
millennium.
The
Festivals of the Eternal pictures His great plan for mankind, which all links
together.
I
agree that my understanding and observation of these feasts is inadequate.
To
rebelliously reject them means that we have no idea whatsoever about what the
Eternal God plans.
Because
the ‘Christian Church’ has made the freewill decision to reject these days and
accept
the
counterfeit days of our adversary, they remain in ignorance of His marvellous
plan
for
us all. Further more the rebellious live a lie utterly deceived by Satan, as
instead they, at least
superficially
honour Sunday, Easter and Christmas.
As
the name Feast implies these are days of rejoicing, even great rejoicing.
Instead
of this we regard them as great burdens and suffering which has to be endured.
It
is really quite unbelievable.
The Last Great Day.
This
day immediately follows the last of the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles,
and
is referred to as the Last Great day.
This
brings us back to the start of this discourse
I
believe that it is this Feast, on the 8th day of the Feast of
Tabernacles which pictures
several
things.
1) The period of time when Satan who had been locked
away in the bottomless pit
is
now released for a short period.
Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal
upon him,
that
he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled:
and
after that he must be
loosed a little season.
We
can see that the first part of this verse dealt with the imprisonment of Satan,
during
the 1,000 year reign of Christ. The last part of the verse deals with his
subsequent release
for
a short period.
2) I believe that this will also be a time of one of
several resurrections and judgment.
During
this period when Satan is released, hard though it is to imagine, after 1,000
years of peace,
he
will again deceive the nations one last time to fight against their Creator.
Revelation
20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which
are in the four quarters of the earth,
Gog and Magog, to gather them
together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp
of
the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of
heaven,
and
devoured them.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where
the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for
ever and ever.
Here
we see that (most likely at the end of the short period after Satan is released),
3) Satan meets his fate in the Lake of Fire.
No
wonder Christ spoke on the Last Great Day of the Feast.
John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,
If any man thirst, let him come
unto me, and drink.
4) On this day rebellious
angels will be judged.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their own habitation,
he
hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the
great day.
5) This is a day of God’s wrath against all the
rebellious human beings who refuse to repent.
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
6) This is the implementation of what God had planned
for man from the very beginning.
At
this time there will be the final opportunity for salvation of a vast
harvest of souls.
All
those who have not previously had an opportunity to understand God's plan for
mankind
and
how to be saved.
These
souls will be taught how to keep the commandments, by the saints of God.
The following is really our goal.
Revelation 22:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the first earth
were
passed away; and there was no more sea.
Revelation 22:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 22:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,
and
he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be
with them,
and
be their God.
Revelation 22:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death,
neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things
are passed away.
Revelation 22:5
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And
he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
7) This is the start of Eternity Future
By Peter James from: www.peterjamesx.com
