Deut 19-20 Laws Concerning Warfare
Proverbs 16
As an old soldier, I would leap into Deut 19 - 20 and laws concerning warfare. Yet, there is something more Important.
Today is Passover Eve. Jesus prophetically fulfilled Passover. That said, in the feasts of Israel detailed in the Torah, we have the following laydown:
The Spring Feasts (1st Month: Nisan)
– Passover
– Feast of Unleavened Bread
– Feast of First Fruits
The One in the Middle
- Pentecost (known as Shavuot 50 Days after First Fruits)
The Fall Feasts (7th Month: Tishri)
– Feast of Trumpets
– Yom Kippur
– Feast of Tabernacles
In the Spring Feast details, we find:
1. Passover occurs in the first month of the religious calendar, (Aviv, also called Nisan), on the fourteenth day, Leviticus 23:5.
2. Unleavened Bread immediately follows the first day of Passover. It is observed in the first month (Aviv/Nisan) from the fifteenth day to the twenty-first day (Leviticus 23:6 -8).
3. Feast of First Fruits of the barley harvest (Bikkurim) is observed during the week of Unleavened Bread. Anciently, on this day, sheaves of barley were waved before the Lord in a prescribed ceremony. Today, this festival is not observed in traditional Judaism.
Passover: 14th of Nisan Passover is so essential for the Christian. Contemplate that a moment, because Jesus was crucified and died the very hour when the people of Jerusalem were to slay the Passover lamb. We read in Hebrews 10:1-18 that Jesus Christ is the Final Sacrifice. This section of the New Testament book of Hebrews examines the atonement, especially upholding Jesus as the final sacrifice.
Then we have the feast of first fruits. That year, it came on the first day of the week after the Sabbath that followed the Passover celebrations. On that first day of the week, after three days and three nights in the tomb, Jesus rose from death as the First Fruit of those who rise to life.
Jay - Thanking my savior that HE is my ultimate Passover.