Mon.’s Devo - The Feasts of the Lord

Read: Exodus 23:14-25:40; Matthew 24:29-51; Psalm 30:1-12; Proverbs 7:24-27
God gave them instructions concerning his feasts. There are seven feasts happening three different times of the year. The first three are coupled together and occur in the spring at the wheat harvest. They are Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits. The next occurs 50 days later and is called the feast of weeks or Pentecost. The next group happens in the fall during the fruit harvest and are the feast of trumpets, Yom Kippor, and feast of Tabernacles. They were called by different names but these are the seven feasts. They were to be rehearsals because God was going to move on these feast days throughout the years and one day fulfill them in a big way. God has fulfilled the first four and the last three are yet to be fulfilled. Jesus died on Passover, was buried on Unleavened Bread and rose of First Fruits. He sent his Spirit on Pentecost. He will come back for his bride on Trumpets. The tribulation will occur during Yom Kipor and he will return on Tabernacles.
On these days all the males were to appear in Jerusalem and participate in the feasts. They were not to offer a blood sacrifice with anything containing yeast. Yeast stands for sin and the Blood of Christ came to do away with sin. He gave them other commandments and told them that his angel would go before them. If they worship only the Lord, then no one would be sick and no one would be barren or miscarry. The fear of the Lord would go before them and scare away all their enemies until they had taken the land.
Moses sanctified the altar with blood and took his leaders and elders and went up on the mountain. These men saw the Lord and under his feet was the floor of heaven. God called Moses up to receive the stone tablets He had written. Only Joshua went further up the mountain with him. A cloud covered the mountain for six days then God called Moses out of the cloud to come up even further. The mountain was full of the glory of the Lord which looked like fire on top of the mountain. There Moses stayed forty days and nights. He gave him all the instructions for building the tabernacle.
Matthew continues with the signs of the end. These are all signs of the very end because that was what the disciples asked. I personally don’t believe the church will still be here but a remnant of new believers will. From the time the church is taken, it will not be a generation before the end. God is not coming as a thief to us, but he will to those in the end. They will not know when he is coming. Many will give up and lose faith but a remnant will be saved.
Thank you, Lord, that your anger only lasts a moment, but your favor lasts a lifetime. We will walk in your favor today.