After His resurrection, Jesus explained to His disciples that He had fulfilled everything that had been written about Him in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms (Luke 24:44). This would suggest that we should re-read the Old Testament through the lens of Jesus. As we do, we find that our Heavenly Father foreshadows Jesus’ work on the cross. One place we find this is in the festivals that He commanded His people to celebrate each year (Lev. 23). During the time of Lent, we intentionally consider the redeeming work of Jesus on the cross. We often think this was only a New Testament occurrence, but we have an awesome God who gives hints of what Jesus will do all through the Old Testament. As we look at the yearly Jewish Feasts, we begin to see that our merciful God had a plan all along. He gave hints to His people every year as they celebrated the commanded sacred assemblies.
Apr 14, 2022 2:06 AM America/Chicago
Why did the disciples on the way to Emmaus think Jesus' death showed He was not the Messiah? They thought Messiah would come as a political king. Jesus had to show them differently. Seven coordinating blogs begin here: https://podpoint.com/light-of-christ
Apr 7, 2022 10:51 AM America/Chicago
The Feast of Tabernacles is the last Holy Day listed in Leviticus 23. It celebrates the time God was with and provided for His people in the Exodus. Jesus came as God in the flesh to provide salvation for us. Seven coordinating blogs begin here: https://l
Mar 31, 2022 2:42 AM America/Chicago
The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur in Hebrew, was celebrated in the fall. The meaning of atonement here is to ransom, or to remove by paying a price. This is exactly what Jesus would do for us. Seven coordinating blogs begin here: https://lightofchristjo
Mar 24, 2022 5:03 AM America/Chicago
Did you know that Pentecost is not just a New Testament celebration? Its roots go back to the Exodus and foreshadow the cross and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Seven coordinating blogs begin here: https://lightofchristjourney.com/?p=7474 A video of this
Mar 17, 2022 4:10 AM America/Chicago
God gave instructions to His people on how to honor Him with their barley harvest. They were to bring the first portion as an offering and this would be a pledge that the remainder of the harvest would be brought in. Jesus is the first-fruit of the dead a
Mar 10, 2022 1:17 AM America/Chicago
God commanded that His people remove the leaven from their homes to remember the exodus from Egypt. Leaven represents sin and Christ removed our sin through what He did on the cross. What other parallels are there between the cross of Christ and the Feast
Mar 3, 2022 3:51 AM America/Chicago
Passover celebrates how God used the 10th plague to free His people from slavery in Egypt. It also foreshadows how Jesus will free us from the slavery of sin. Seven coordinating blogs begin here: https://lightofchristjourney.com/2022/03/06/holidays-with-a