Thurs.’s Devo - The Offerings of the Feasts 3-19-26 Read: Numbers 28:16-29:40; Luke 3:23-38; Psalm 62:1-12; Proverbs 11:18-19 God went through the feasts and told them what was to be offered at each of them. Atonement was made at each feast. Passover was first followed by Feast of Unleavened Bread the next day. Then First Fruits and the Feast of Weeks. Those feast were the spring feasts. *** In the fall, on the first day of the seventh month was the Feast of Trumpets, then on the tenth day of that month was the Day of Atonement, the most holy day. On the fifteenth of that same month was the Feast of Tabernacles where the most interesting sacrifices were given. The Feast of Tabernacle lasted seven days. The sacrifices were the same each day except for the number of bulls. On the first day the number of bulls was 13, then every day it counted down one less bull ending with seven on the seventh day. Then on the eighth day it began over with only one bull. *** The feasts are God’s timetable of events. The Feast of Tabernacles, the last feast, is a picture of Christ’s reign on earth. On the eighth day, they do a celebration of the Torah which is called Simbat Torah. That is the day they begin reading the Torah again starting with Genesis One. This represents the day when everything will start over with a new heaven and a new earth. *** In Luke, Jesus begins his ministry at the age of 30 as Joseph’s son. We are given Joseph’s lineage which is taken all the way back to Adam who was the son of God. Joseph is from the line of Judah and a descendant of David. Many great people like Boaz, Abraham, Noah, Enoch, and Methuselah were in his line. *** Even though Joseph was not Jesus’ blood father, he was chosen by God to father him on earth. His lineage was important because it determined that Jesus was from the tribe of Judah. *** Lord, thank you that you wrote each of our stories. Our beginning and the end. We trust your plan for our lives even when we don’t understand it. We know Jesus had days where he didn’t understand the plan either. Help us to walk by faith and trust in the author of our book.