Eight Reasons the New Testament Church Must Proclaim the Moedim of the Lord?
1. God says they are His ‘special Set apart times’ of proclamation/celebration. – Leviticus 23:2
2. He instructed His people to proclaim them at their appointed times – Leviticus 23:4
3. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings, throughout your generations. – Leviticus 23:21
4. Each Moed proclaims an aspect of the New Covenant redemptive work of Jesus the Christ –
The Sabbath proclaims Jesus is ‘the Creator’ – John 1:3, Genesis 2:2Passover proclaims Jesus is the ‘Lamb of God’ – John 1:29, 35Unleavened Bread proclaims Jesus is the ‘Bread of Heaven’ – John 6:33, Psalm 22First Fruits proclaims Jesus is the victor over Death, Hell and the grave ‘Overcomer’ –Pentecost proclaims Jesus is the Baptizer with the Spirit/fire – John 1:32Trumpets proclaims Jesus is our beloved King of Kings – 1 Timothy 6:15Day of Atonement two proclamations:proclaims Jesus is our High Priest Hebrews 3:1, 4:14,15proclaims Jesus is the Judge of the living and the dead – Acts 10:48, 2 Timothy 4:1, 1 Peter 4:5,Tabernacles proclaims Jesus is Lord over the Nations – Psalm 22:28, Revelation 19:15Great eighth day proclaims that Jesus is the One who makes all things NEW – Isaiah 65:17, 66:22, 2 Peter 3:13
5. Jesus celebrated the Feasts during His life on the Earth – Luke 2:42, John 5:1, 7:10, John 10:22-23
6. Paul and the apostles celebrated them – Acts 18:19, 20:15
7. If the Church does not proclaim them the world will not know the Good News!
8. All the nations are required to come to the Feast of Tabernacles during the Millennial reign of Christ on the Earth or forfeit God’s rain on their land. – Zechariah 14:16,18,19
But aren't they Jewish? Let’s look at who they belong to in Leviticus 23
V2 – “these are MY FEASTS” – the LordV4 – these are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.V37 – these are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day. Besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all of your vows, and besides all of your free will offerings which you give to the Lord.V44 – so Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.
How can we proclaim them, if we don’t even know when they occur?
a. Ignorance is no excuse for ignoring His instructions.b. Proclaiming them requires action.c. Proclaiming them at their set times requires keeping track of the dates prescribed.d. Proclaiming them looks like anything else we proclaim, ‘share’, ‘post’, ‘tweet’, ‘like’ observe with action
How widespread does this instruction apply?
a. A statute (law) Forever (timeframe)b. In ALL your dwellings (breadth)c. Throughout your generations (heritage)
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