A Beginner’s Guide To The Feasts of the LORD

The Appointed Times, Feasts of YHVH

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 seasons (moedim), and for days, and years: - Genesis 1 : 1 4

Prophetic Timeline: The Feast Days

  • Hebrew Calendar

    When doing a study on the Holy Days (holidays), it is helpful to begin with learning about the Hebrew calendar.
    There is a difference in how the LORD commands us to reckon time and seasons.

    NIGHT THEN DAY

  • Sabbath

    At the heart of worship and Holy Days was the idea of rest (sabbath) from your work. It was a time every week where observant Jews would spend time with family in prayer, worship and study of Torah. It was seen as a gift from the LORD our Creator.

    ENTER HIS REST

  • Passover

    Select a lamb on the 10th, sacrifice it “between the evenings” on the 14th and eat it along with unleavened bread on the night of the 15th. This commemorates the story of the Exodus from Egypt when God delivered the Israelites from the bondage and slavery.

    THE LAMB OF GOD

  • Unleavened Bread

    They were to eat unleavened bread for 7 days. There was to be no leaven or products with yeast in the homes during the celebration. This was to commemorate how God brought them out of Egypt in haste. Not giving time for their bread to ferment and rise.

    WITHOUT LEAVEN

  • First Fruits

    They would bind a sheaf (barley), called an omer, and bring it unto the priest as an offering on the day after the Sabbath. The priest would present it as a wave offering to the Lord. Then the field could be harvested…

    THE RESURRECTION

  • Counting The Omer

    An often neglected part of the Feasts, they were commanded to count 7 Weeks or 50 days.  This also is the time that Jesus presented Himself alive to the disciples for 40 days and had them wait in Jerusalem for 10 more.

    COUNT THE DAYS

  • Pentecost or Shavuot

    Celebration of the annual wheat harvest. They were commanded to offer 2 loaves with leaven. Traditionally this corresponds with the giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai. This was also the day of the Spirit’s Outpouring.

    THE PROMISE

  • Trumpets

    The Israelites on the beginning of the 7th month were commanded to have a feast of blowing trumpets. The term Rosh Hashannah, which means the head of the year, refers to the Israelite civil calendar New Year. But Biblically, the New Year is on the First of Aviv (spring).

    SOUND THE TRUMPET

  • Day of Atonement

    The Day of Atonement was the most Holy day on the Hebrew calendar. It was a time and fasting, prayer and repentance. The High Priest would offer a sacrifice for the cleansing on the sanctuary and atonement of the people.

    YOM KIPPUR

  • Tabernacles

    And then finally the last Feast of the year on the 15th and the most joyous time of the year. 7 days the people live in Booths. This was a celebration for God’s goodness and was the time of year when the fruit of land was to be harvested.

    DWELLING WITH US