I thought we were NOT to celebrate pagan holidays. I thought the Bible tells us to celebrate the LORD’s feast days. The holy days and sabbaths within them. The appointed times of Jesus comings.
The new moons we celebrate because they are the start of a new month. (New moon +1 day = the crescent, waning moon. Seeing this crescent they knew it was the new moon.) This is how we get the biblical calendar.
Psa 81:3-4 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. For this was a STATUTE for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Exo 13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a >>sign<< unto thee upon thine HAND, and for a memorial between thine EYES, that the LORD’S >> LAW may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 11:18 -19 “You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a SIGN on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your foreheads. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Eze 20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a >>sign<< between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. Sign = mark/seal
THE 7 FEASTS foretells the appointed times of Jesus coming.
SPRING - 1st coming
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Passover (15th)- he died for us
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unleavened bread (16th) - He Cleansed Us from Sin
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first fruits (18th)- he rose from the dead
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Pentecost (50 days)- he sent the comforter; holy spirit
Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that SUMMER is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
SUMMER being the time of the satans tribulation. Shortened to 5 months. May thru September.
The Coming of the Son of Man
Mat 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
FALL - second coming.
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Trumpets - His 2nd coming. In the blink of an eye, our resurrection. Harvest of the ripe figs. Those who didn’t worship the antichrist.
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Atonement -1st judgement
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Tabernacles - his coming to dwell with us during the millennium and us ruling with him during the millennium. (Jesus birthday)