Appointed Feasts

(Class Notes)

• Appointed Times
  • The Hebrew word (mowed) rendered "feast" in Leviticus 23:2 means a "a set time" (Genesis 17:21;
    Genesis 21:2) or "a time appointed" (Genesis 18:14)
    • God created the sun, moon, and stars as time keepers for "seasons" (Genesis 1:14-16)
    • The Greek word (kairos) meaning "set times" or "seasons" is associated with both the 1st and 2nd comings of Israel's Messiah (Matthew 16:2-3; I Thessalonians 5:1-2)
  • The Hebrew word (chag) rendered "feast" in Leviticus 23:6 is derived from the Hebrew word (chagag) rendered "feast" in Exodus 5:1, which means to "move in a circle" in the sense of being cyclical
    • These feasts were regularly repeated occurrences as indicated by the phrases, "throughout your generations" (Leviticus 23:14,21,31) and "for ever in your generations" (Leviticus 23:41)

• Appointed Place
  • God appointed for Israel a place where He would "place His Name" and where they would keep His feasts (Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2,6,11; Deuteronomy 26:2)
    • The Hebrew word (shakan) rendered "place His Name" means to "permanently stay" as in "reside", "abide", or "dwell"
    • The place where the Lord said He would "put His Name" is Jerusalem (II Kings 21:4)
  • God required three times in a year for the men of Israel to appear before Him in "the place which He shall choose" (Deuteronomy 16:16)
    • Feast of Unleavened Bread (the 1st month)
    • Feast of Weeks (the 3rd month)
    • Feast of Tabernacles (the 7th month)
  • Jerusalem, "the city of David" (II Kings 9:28; II Kings 14:20)
    • The place where the Lord shall reign "gloriously" (Isaiah 24:23) on the "throne of His father David" (Luke 1:32) who was promised an eternal throne (II Samuel 7:16-17)

• Biblical Calendar
  • Civil (physical calendar) begins in the 7th month of the Religious (spiritual calendar)
    • Israel's physical birth (Genesis 12:1-3)
    • Israel's spiritual birth (Exodus 12:1-2) is marked at time of redemption (Exodus 13:4)

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