Sat.’s Devo - The Countdown

Read: Numbers 28:16-29:40; Luke 3:23-28; Psalm 62:1-12; Proverbs 11:18-19 God gave the special instructions for the offerings to be made for each of his feasts. For Passover, Unleavened Bread and Feast of Weeks (the spring festivals) the offering was the same: 2 bulls with 6 quarts grain moistened with olive oil for each bull 1 ram with 4 quarts grain moistened with olive oil 7 one year old lambs mixed with 2 quarts grain moistened with olive oil for each lamb It changes when they came to the fall feasts. for the Feast of Trumpets which occurred on the first day of the new civil calendar the offerings were: 1 bull, 6 qts. quarts grain moistened with olive oil 1 ram, 4 qts. quarts grain moistened with olive oil 7 one year old lambs, 2 qts. quarts grain moistened with olive oil for each bull Ten days later on the Day of Atonement the same offering would be offered as on Trumpets. Five days later on the Feast of Tabernacles a countdown occurred. Day 1: 13 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 Day 2: 12 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 Day 3: 11 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 Day 4: 10 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 Day 5: 9 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 Day 6: 8 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 Day 7: 7 bulls, 2 rams and 14 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2 On Day 8 it started over: Day 8: 1 bull, 1 ram and 7 lambs along with the grain offerings 6-4-2. So, what does this mean to us? The feasts are our timelines. Passover - Jesus died on the cross, Unleavened Bread - Jesus was buried, First fruits - Jesus rose from the dead, and on Pentecost - The Holy Sprit was given to the Church. All of these spring feasts have been fulfilled. The fall feasts (3) have not been fulfilled. The Feast of Trumpets - God will come for his bride, Day of Atonement - the fate of the world is sealed, and on Feast of Tabernacles - Jesus will come and set up his millennial kingdom. This countdown of bulls is interesting because on the Biblical calendar that will happen during the Great Tribulation. There a countdown because the day is approaching that Jesus is coming. Another reason for the lessening of bulls might be that as people die in the Tribulation there will be less sin to atone for. That is purely my speculation. Day 8 is what the Jews call Simbat Torah which is the day after the Week of Tabernacles is over. They celebrate the Torah and begin reading it at the beginning that day. That will mark the beginning of a whole new day - the Eighth Day. In Luke, Jesus was known as the son of Joseph so we have his line. Joseph was of the lineage of Judah and linked back to King David and the kingly line. His lineage is taken all the way back to Adam who was the son of God. So many famous people were in his line like Methusalah, Enoch, Noah and Abraham. Lord, thank you that you are our rock and our salvation - our fortress where we will never be shaken. Victory comes from you!