Tuesday, September 2 2008

The True Christian Holy Days: Lesson 7

The Spring (in Jerusalem) Christian Holy Days:
Christ's Passover (Lesson 1)
Christ's Feast of Unleavened Bread (Lesson 2)
Christ's Pentecost (Lesson 3)
The Autumn (in Jerusalem) Christian Holy Days:
Christ's Feast of Trumpets (Lesson 4)
Christ's Day Of Atonement (Lesson 5)
Christ's Feast of Tabernacles (Lesson 6)
Christ's Eighth Day (Lesson 7)
The Weekly Christian Holy Day:
Christ's Sabbath Day (Lesson 8)

Related Sermons to Lesson 7:
2007 (Sermon 0142): The Eighth Day: Why Two Resurrections?
2006 (Sermon 0085): The Eighth Day / Last Great Day
2005 (Sermon 0029): The Eighth Day / Last Great Day

"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me"

"Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month [see The Bible Calendar and Bible Months], when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast [i.e. The Feast of Tabernacles] unto The Lord [see YHVH, Adonai, Jehovah, LORD] seven days: on the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a Sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before The Lord your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto The Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month." (Leviticus 23:39-41 KJV)

Jesus Christ observed the Feast of Tabernacles; His "living waters" lesson was appropriately taught on "the Great Day":

"Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the Temple [see "My Father's House"], and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? [see also Doctorates Of Error] Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent Me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him." (John 7:14-18 KJV)

"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture [see also The First Christian Bible] hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water [see Living Waters]. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:37-39 KJV)

The Dual Meaning Of The God-Commanded Biblical Holy Days

The spring (from Jerusalem's perspective, in the northern hemisphere) Holy Days symbolize the events related to the First Coming of Jesus Christ:

• Passover - The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ to pay for the sins of all humanity. (Exodus 12:13, John 1:29) (see Passover In Egypt and The Lamb Of God)

• The Days of Unleavened Bread - the removal of sin from the lives of converted, repentant people. (Exodus 12:15, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8) (see Unleavened Bread and What Is Sin?)

• Pentecost - the "first fruits" harvest, the coming of God's Holy Spirit upon conversion. (Leviticus 23:16-17, Acts 2:1-4) (see Pentecost and The Holy Spirit In Your Life)

The autumn (from Jerusalem's perspective, in the northern hemisphere) Holy Days symbolize the events related to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ:

• The Feast of Trumpets - The Return of Jesus Christ. (Leviticus 23:23-25, Matthew 24:30-31) (see The Feast Of Trumpets and The Return Of Jesus Christ)

• The Day of Atonement - the judgment and sentencing of Satan after his removal as "the god of this world." (Leviticus 23:26-32, Revelation 20:10) (see The Escape Goat and The Day of Atonement)

• The Feast of Tabernacles - the first 1,000 years after The Return of Christ. (Leviticus 23:33-36, Revelation 20:2-4) (see Scenes From The Millennium)

• The Last Day - the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles picturing the later physical resurrection of the vast majority of humanity who were not resurrected to spirit at the Return of Jesus Christ. (Leviticus 23:39, Revelation 20:5,11-15) (see When Will You Be Judged? and What Happens When You Die?)

Fact Finder: (a) After the return of Jesus Christ, will all nations be required, by God, to observe the Feast of Tabernacles? (b) Will those who refuse to observe the Feast of Tabernacles experience drought and plague?
(a) Zechariah 14:16 (b) Zechariah 14:17-19

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This Day In History, September 2

31 BC: Caesar Augustus (Octavian) conquered Antony and Cleopatra (see The Ptolemies) at the Battle of Actium. Some historians consider this date to be the beginning of the Roman empire (see Ancient Empires - Rome).

1547: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes died at age 62. He battled equally-famous Aztec emperor Montezuma in Mexico.

1752: The last day that the Julian Calendar (named after Roman emperor Julius Caesar) was used in Britain and its then American colonies. The present Gregorian calendar (named after Roman Catholic Pope Gregory XIII) began in use the next day.

1807: The British began bombarding Copenhagen to stop Napoleon from using the Danish fleet against Britain.

1864: During the U.S. Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman captured Atlanta.

1901: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's famous remark that American foreign policy should be to "speak softly and carry a big stick."

1930: The first non-stop flight from Europe to the United States, 37 hours flying time.

1944: Anne Frank, at age 15, was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Dutch-Jewish girl, famous for her Diary of Anne Frank died at the Belsen concentration camp the next year, shortly before it was liberated by Allied troops near the end of the Second World War.

1944: During the Second World War, U.S. pilot George Bush parachuted out of his burning fighter plane into the Pacific. He survived, and went on to become the U.S. President in 1989 and the father of the U.S. President in 2001.

1945: "VJ Day" at the end of the Second World War. Japanese officials signed the terms of surrender with U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and other Allied leaders aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

1969: At the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), computer researchers made the first working connection between two huge, primitive computers. Some regard that event as the birth of the computer network that became the Internet.