Thurs.’s Devo - The Feasts

Read Ex. 23:14-25:40, Matt. 24:29-51, Ps. 30:1-12, Pr. 7:24-27 The feasts were the pictures of seven great events that would happen on earth. God commanded the men to come to Jerusalem three times a year so they could celebrate them. The first set of feasts were during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. They were Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits. Jesus died on Passover to be our passover lamb. He was buried on Unleavened Bread and he was raised on First Fruits. Fifty days later was the Feast of Pentecost or Harvest. The Holy Spirit was given on Pentecost. Then at the end of the year they celebrated the last three feasts. The first was the Feast of Ingathering or Roshashana. That will be the day Jesus will come back to earth again. The next was Yom Kippor where there will be great tribulation like never before on the earth and the last was Feast of Tabernacles where we will live with God in Millennium. God told Moses He was sending His angel ahead of them to guard them and drive our their enemies if they promised to do what the angel said. They would not get sick or die prematurely. Little by little they would possess the land. He warned them not to worship any of the gods of the people they were driving out but to worship Him only. The people agreed to all the Lord said. Moses then went back up the mountain with Joshua and got instruction on how to build the tabernacle which would be a reminder of God’s presence on earth. Matthew is explaining what will happen during the Feast of Ingathering when God gathers his elect from the earth. The people who are left will not know the day that God is going to end the world - how would they? They refused to listen to the prophets or they would have known to watch the signs. Lord, thank you that your anger will only last a moment, but your favor lasts a lifetime. When we are tempted to be overwhelmed help us to remember that You have planned this from the beginning. Though there will be crying in the night season, you always bring rejoicing in the morning.