Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Exodus 23

“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread...and the Feast of Harvest...and the Feast of Ingathering." vv.14-16

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God likes a part and makes it part of the law to hold at least three each year. These parties have meaning to it and that honor the Lord. The Feast of Unleavened Bread also called the Passover as remembrance of the Lord bringing them out of Egypt and how the Angle of the Lord passed over the Israelite house when killing all the firstborns in Egypt. The Feast of Harvest also called Pentecost. It was calculated that the grain harvest would be completed 50 days after it'd begun and were then o offer the first to this festival of God's provision. The Lord Jesus sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost- 50 days after He'd risen as the first fruit from the grave. Thirdly the Feast of Ingathering or more commonly Feast of Tabernacles. This has reference to the booths set up during harvest time and also later the meaning of how the Israelites lived in booths during the wilderness. We aren't commanded to keep these feasts today, but what ways do you celebrate what the Lord's done in your life? Are parts you throw God-honoring?

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