32 Feasts of Yahweh
FEASTS OF YAHWEH
The key scripture is Lev. 23:1-44, which lists the seven feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles.
Passover (barley harvest)
Passover (Ex. 12:1-48; Lev. 23:4, 5; 2 Chr. 30:15)
• Occurred on the 14th of the first month, Nisan. (April).
• Commemorated the exodus from Egypt in the offering of lamb sacrifice.
• Signifies our salvation by Christ the Lamb, our Passover.
(Jn. 1:29; 1 Pet. 1:19; 1 Cor. 5:7)
Unleavened bread (Ex. 12:15-20; 13:6-8; Num. 28:19-24; Lev. 23:4-8)
• Lasted seven days, from the 15th to 21st of Nisan, immediately following Passover.
• Consisted of sacrifices, waving barley sheaf, and eating unleavened bread.
• Signifies holiness and putting away sin. (1 Cor. 5:8)
First fruits (Lev. 23:9-14; Num.18:12; 2 Chr. 31:5)
• Was held immediately prior to grain harvest, which varied each year.
• Consisted of offering grains in raw states; no amounts were specified.
• Signifies the resurrection of Christ and His church. (1 Cor. 15:23)
Pentecost (wheat harvest)
Pentecost / Feast of Weeks
(Lev. 23:15-22; Ex.23:16, 34:22; Num. 28:26-31; Deut. 16:9-12)
• Was celebrated fifty days after Passover, on the 6th of third month, Sivan (June).
• Consisted of holy offerings and waving loaves.
• Is also called the Feast of Harvest and the Day of Firstfruits.
• Signifies the baptism in the Holy Spirit for Christians. (Ac. 2:1-4)
Tabernacles (fruit harvest)
Trumpets (Lev. 23:23-25; Num. 29:1-6; Neh. 8:2)
• Occurred annually on the 1st of the seventh month, Tishri. (October).
• Consisted of Sabbath, blowing trumpets, offerings, holy prayers.
• Announced the nearness of the following two feasts.
Day of Atonement (Lev. 23:26-32; 16:1-24; Num. 29:7-11)
• Occurred annually on the 10th of the seventh month, Tishri. (October).
• Consisted of holy convocation, Sabbath, repentance, scapegoat, and high priest officiating special annual sacrifices and ceremonies.
• Signifies the atonement of Christ (Rom. 5:11) and the future national conversion of Israel. (Rom. 11:25-27).
Tabernacles or Feast of Booths
(Lev. 23:33-44; Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13-15; 31:10-13; Neh. 8:13-18)
• Lasted seven days (Deut. 16:13; Lev. 23:36; Ezk. 45:25), but an eighth-day Sabbath followed it. (Lev. 23:39; Neh. 8:18).
• Consisted of constructing booths, holy prayers and offerings.
• Is also called the Feast of Ingathering, the Festival of Yahweh, and the festival.
• Is yet unfulfilled. The Feast of Booths signifies the period when the church truly becomes pilgrims here, experiencing their heavenly citizenship. (Phil. 3:20; Heb. 11:9-16)
• The fruit harvest signifies the ingathering of souls and the church maturing until it manifests fully developed fruits of the Spirit.
• The eighth day signifies the beginning of a new eternal rest.
Hanukkah or Feast of Lights
An eight-day festival beginning on the 25th day of Kislev, commemorating the victory in 165 B.C. of the Maccabees over Antiochus Epiphanes (c. 215–164 B.C.) and the rededication of the Temple at Jerusalem. Also called Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights.
Hag. 2:9 The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says the
Lord of hosts.
Jn. 8:12 I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in
darkness, but have light of life.
Jn. 9:5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Jn. 10:22-30 Jesus celebrated it and proclaimed “I and the Father are One.”
