065 The Seven Feasts

The Seven Feasts 1. The Sabbath - God’s eternal rest for man and creation (Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16).

2. The Passover - Redemption by blood, the foundation of all blessing and glory (1 Corinthians 5:7).

3. The Feast of Unleavened Bread - Holiness of walk and life (1 Corinthians 5:8).

4. The Feast of Weeks - Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost came down and formed the Church (Acts 2:1-47).

5. The Feast of Trumpets - Israel again summoned and gathered to her land and God (Psalms 81:1-16).

6. The Day of Atonement - Israel coming into the blessing of redemption (Zechariah 12:1-14).

7. The Feast of Tabernacles - Millennial glory of Israel (Zechariah 14:16). The first four chapters of Lamentations, Proverbs 31:10-31, Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 34:1-22; Psalms 37:1-40; Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 112:1-10; Psalms 119:1-176; Psalms 145:1-21, are acrostics founded on the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Abimelech was a common title of a race of Philistine kings.

Pharaoh was the royal designation of the Egyptian monarchs.

Antiochus was the royal title borne by the kings of the North, or of Syria.

Ptolemy was the royal title of the kings of the South, or of Egypt.

Cœsar was the title borne by the first Roman emperors.

Raguel, Reuel, Jethro, are various names given to Moses’ father-in-law. The sovereignty of God in election cannot be questioned, for the Word of God is full of it from Genesis to Revelation. Jacob instead of Esau, Isaac instead of Ishmael, Shem instead of Japheth, Seth instead of Cain, Arphaxad instead of Elam, Ephraim instead of Manasseh, Joseph instead of Reuben, royalty in the fourth son of Jacob, and priesthood in the third, are all witnesses of the sovereign elective purposes of God. The subject of Isaiah chapter 53. commences with verse 13 of chapter 52. The Jews have been successively ruled over by the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Syrians, and the Romans.