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THE PROPHETICAL IMPORT OF The Feasts of Israel AS REVEALED IN THE APOCALYPSE We make reference to the national feasts of Israel elsewhere - link to 'the Lord's day' - 8 uplifting Visions of Glory which give the future a reality Here we present a simple comparison between the Old Testament record of these feasts and the New Testament record of their prophetical fulfilment…. the apocalyptic visions above provide a connected discourse bridging the time between Sinai and Zion FOR A SUGGESTED TIME-LINE SEE Leviticus 23 etc Revelation etc PASSOVER, UNLEAVENED BREAD, FIRSTFRUITS GREEN sig. at Sinai PURPLE sig. on Zion v5 "the Lord's Passover" ch.5v6 - "a lamb as it had been Exod.12v1-14 - "a lamb.. slain"..ch.14v1 - "a Lamb" without blemish" 1st Cor.5v7- "Christ our pass- over is sacrificed for us" Deut 16v6 - "at the place which ch.14v1 - "on the mount Sion" the LORD shall choose to set his name in" -v6 1st Cor.5v8 - "the unleavened "the feast of unleavened bread" bread of sincerity and truth" ch.14v5 - "in their mouth was found no guile"- 1st Pet.2v22, 21- "Christ did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.. follow his steps"..ch14v4 - "they..follow the Lamb whith- v10-12 ersoever he goeth" "a sheaf of the firstfruits..on the 1st Cor.15v23 - "Christ the morrow after the sabbath" firstfruits" "And ye shall offer that day..an ch.1v18 - "I am he that liveth, he lamb without blemish" and was dead; and, behold, I (identical to the Passover lamb- am alive for evermore"- Luke Exodus 12v5-sig. resurrection) 24v1-3 - Jesus Christ rose cp the 2 goats-Leviticus 16 "upon the first day of the week" & the 2 birds-link to 'leprous' WEEKS (PENTECOST), FIRSTFRUITS v15-21 "two wave loaves" sig. "out of every kindred, and from Jew and Gentile (the tongue,and people, and nation" other nations) ch.5v9… "from among men" ch.14v4 Deut.16v11 -"in the place which ch.14v1 - "on the mount Sion" the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there" -v17 "they are the firstfruits unto ch.14v3 - "from the earth" the LORD" ch.14v4 - "the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb" ch.14v1 - "having his Father's name written" James 1v18 - "a kind of first- fruits of his creatures" "ARMAGEDDON"* (Revelation 16v16) & AFTERMATH - 10 years (*signifies "a heap of sheaves in a valley for judgment") (cp Micah 4v11-13; Daniel 2v31-45) ATONEMENT (PREPARATION) 40 year period fulfilling Micah 7v15 begins 10 day-years# begin, see 'the Lord's day'-4th Vision typified by 1st to 10th days culminating in the Day of Atonement #note: in prophecy 1 day represents 1 year see Numbers 14v33,34; Ezekiel 4v4-6 v24 "the first day..a memorial ch.4v1 - "a trumpet" of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation" ch.4v8 - "Holy, holy, holy" 24 orders, 1 Chron. 23-25 ch.4v4,10; 5v8 - "four and twenty elders" the scene at Sinai prefigures the call to the nations below.. the call to Atonement..at Sinai the redeemed have been accepted at their consummation (cp below) Numb.10v8 - "the sons of ch.14v7 - "Fear God, and Aaron, the priests, shall blow give glory to him; for the hour with the trumpets" 29v1 - "a of his judgment is come" day of blowing the trumpets" ch.14v6,8,9 - "another angel.. 1 Chron. 23-25:3-fold division another angel.. the third angel" Isaiah 18v4- "I shall consider ch.14v1 - "on the mount Sion" in my dwelling place" 10 day-years finish, see 'the Lord's day'-5th Vision ATONEMENT (CONSUMMATION) 30 hour-years begin, see 'the Lord's day'-6th Vision "Babylon the great is fallen..in one hour is thy judgment come"- ch.18v2,10 "one hour" - 1/12th Jewish day represents 1/12th "time"- link to 'Bible'- page 2 (the city of Rome will be destroyed first, and the whole system of iniquity is completely eradicated from the earth by the end of this 30 year period - ch. 18 & 19) v27,28 - "on the tenth day a ch.18v8 - "Therefore shall her day of atonement for you be- plagues come in one day" fore the LORD your God" v27 - "an offering made by ch.18v8 -"and she shall be utt- fire unto the LORD" erly burned with fire" JUBILEE ch.25v9 -"the trumpet of the Romans 8v21 - "delivered from jubilee..in the day of atone- the bondage of corruption into ment" v10 -"proclaim liberty the glorious liberty of the child- it shall be a jubilee unto you" ren of God" 2 Corinthians 6v17 - "come ch.18v4 - "Come out of her, my out from among them,and be people, that ye be not partakers ye separate, saith the Lord, of her sins, and that ye receive and touch not the unclean not of her plagues" thing; and I will receive you" the redeemed at Sinai have already obeyed the call to separation during their time of probation (today) - brought "out of every nation" (see above) - the call here ch.18v4 is to the earth's inhabitants to leave "Babylon the great" ch.18v2 which will have been totally destroyed by the end of 30 years - ch.18,19 & the jubilee of the redeemed at Sinai prefigures the jubilee for those who heed the call to leave Rome - it is possible that "Armageddon" will take place in a Jewish Jubilee year, which becomes a jubilee to the nation...this fits in perfectly with the final deliverance of many others, also in a Jewish Jubilee year for further details, link here 30 hour-years finish, see 'the Lord's day'-7th Vision 50th year from "Armageddon" TABERNACLES v34 "the feast of tabernacles" ch.7v9 - "a great multitude, v39 "when you have gathered which no man could number in the fruit of the land" of all nations, kindreds,people" v40 "branches of palm trees" "palms in their hands" the scene at Sinai prefigures the scene below "of all nations" compare "all nations" Zechariah 14v16 - "everyone ch.15v4 - "all nations shall come that is left of all the nations and worship before thee" ..shall even go up.. to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles" The Feast of Tabernacles, with its 8th day sabbath, points forward to perfection at the end of the Kingdom Age link to 'grace'-page 2 and see 'the Lord's day'-8th Vision Further studies are recommended in 'Eureka' by John Thomas return to studies return to home page-index go to 'the Lord's day' go to 'the time of the end' |