Moedim - The Pathway from Passivity to Proclamation
The Hebrew children were slaves in Egypt, and they cried out to the
Lord, He heard their cry and sent Moses to lead them out of Egypt.
On their way out of Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses, speak to
the people say to them…
v2 ‘The LORD’S appointed times which you
shall proclaim as holy convocations—My
appointed times are these:
The weekly seventh Day Sabbath –
v3 ‘For six days work may
be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of
complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not
do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in
all your dwellings.
When we make appointments in our modern day it usually
includes a date; a month, a day, and a time of day. We enter all this into our calendar to 'set' the appointed time.
It usually includes a location we might also enter this place
into our calendar.
It might also state the purpose for the appointment,
we might also include this information in our calendar entry.
God repeats himself to make sure we understand that we are
to proclaim his appointed times as Holy (set apart) Convocations.
V4 ‘These are the
appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you
shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.
How do we proclaim an appointment?
The first thing we do is enter it into our calendar. We do this with birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, special meetings, etc. So why is it so difficult to do this with the appointed times that belong to the God we serve?
Keep it simple…
1. Find the dates of the Holy convocations (Moedim) from Leviticus 23.
Use a search engine, go to Chabad, and search for the moedim of the first month, the third month, and the seventh month by name.
2. Enter the dates and times into your calendar just like
it is an appointment. (whether your calendar is electronic or on paper or on the wall on
the fridge in your wallet or purse.)
3.
Set reminders for yourself, so you can be
properly prepared before they arrive
a.
Find out what preparations are desired and
required (search the scripture passages (Exodus 12, 23, and Leviticus 23).
b.
Find out the timing of the preparation, each of
the three migratory feasts has at least one.
4.
Complete the preparations required before the deadline.
5.
Proclaim the Feast with much joy at the appointed
time through your actions and your words.
These are all the things we normally do for any secular Holiday
i.e. here are some simple and elaborate ways we proclaim other days.
·
Buy hotdogs/buns and apple pie, display the flag
on the Fourth of July, wear red, white, and blue, and watch fireworks.
·
Buy a turkey and make the dressing, sweet potatoes,
before Thanksgiving. Watch the football game or the parades.
·
Decorate a tree, and our houses make bonbons,
cookies, and bars, and get gifts for everyone on our list for Christmas. Wear green
and red. Watch classic or new Christmas movies. I could go on and on. And yet
none of these are on God’s list of special days.
When we have appointments in our modern day it usually
includes a date, (a month, a day), and a time of day. We enter all this into our calendar
It usually includes a place we might also enter into our calendar.
It might also state the purpose of the
appointment, we might also include this information in our calendar entry. here is the passage in Leviticus telling us the when who what and where of Passover.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at
twilight is the LORD’S Passover.
Month: first month
Day: fourteenth day
Time of day: at twilight
Purpose: the LORD’S Passover
Location: in all your dwellings
If we would simply do this with each of the appointed times listed in Leviticus 23, we would find it much easier to proclaim them as holy convocations as instructed.
No longer would we excuse ourselves because we don't know when it's coming?
We can now use search engines to find out the
month, the day, and the time of day and be responsible for entering those in our calendars.
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