Belief about something
We believe in God the Father, We believe Jesus is the Son of God, We believe the Holy Bible is the Word of God, We believe man was made in the image of God, We believe that sin is the transgression of the Law, We believe in the observance of the Ten Commandments, including the celebration
of the Seventh Day Sabbath, We believe in the literal 2nd Coming of Jesus as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and the resurrection of the dead at the last Trumpet, We believe the Church of God is composed of all the Saints, those in whom the Holy Spirit dwells.
Feast Of God
Growing numbers of Christians around the world are discovering and celebrating the biblical festivals outlined in Leviticus 23. By looking at the symbolism associated with these days, they are coming to view them in light of the life and mission of Jesus Christ.
The Passover
The Passover commemorated God's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and the sparing of their firstborn (Exodus 12), but it also pointed to the coming Deliverer and Savior of all people---Jesus Christ. More specifically, the New Testament identifies the Passover Lamb, the lamb sacrificed in place of the family's firstborn, as a type of the person and work of Jesus. (A type is a divinely ordained correspondence between a person, event, or institution and its antitype or fulfillment. Most biblical types are fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus.) Right at the beginning of Jesus' ministry, John the Baptist prophetically announced that Jesus was "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Furthermore, Paul wrote that "Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us" (1Cor.5:7). Finally, Peter identified Jesus as the "lamb without blemish and without spot" (1Pet.1:19). All these New Testament references allude to the Passover Lamb. Jesus gave the example of the New Testament observance of this Festival with the institution of "foot washing" (John 13:1-17), followed by the wine and unleavened bread representing His blood and His body (Mat.26:17-30, Mark 14:12-26, Luke 22:7-23, 1Cor.11:23-26) as our Passover Lamb.
Days of Unleavened Bread
On the next day after the Passover, begins the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6-8, Exodus 12:17-18). During these days occurred the next greatest event of the children of Israel's lives ...God brought them out of Egypt (Egypt being a type of sin)....The parting of the Red Sea, was told throughout the known world, an awesome event......For those of us who are Christians, we remember then that Jesus was crucified on the Passover, and then resurrected three days and three night later, during the Seven Days of Unleavened Bread....no doubt the resurrection is the Greatest Event ever to occur during these Days of Unleavened Bread. So in the New Testament we see that in Christ Jesus we are reconciled by His death, but saved by His life (His resurrection) (Romans 5:10), during these very Holy Days. During the Days of Unleavened Bread, we are to eat unleavened bread every day."....Seven days you must eat unleavened bread."(Lev.23:6) Jesus said in (John 6:35), "I am the bread of life." And also in (John 6:51) "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." Jesus was referring to the symbol of the unleavened bread of the New Testament Passover service (Mat.26:26, Mark 14:22, Luke 22:19), which represents His body given for us. (Leavening is a type of sin, to be purged out of our lives, 1Cor.5:7-8). By eating the unleavened bread we are picturing the taking of Christ Jesus (John 6:48-51) into ourselves. Taking on His righteousness, because we have no righteousness of our own, and avoiding regular leavened bread, the leavening depicting sin.
Of special note for New Testament Christians, the Apostle Paul, thirty years after the resurrection of Jesus while writing to a mostly Gentile church in Corinth, expounded to them to keep the Feast of the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread (1Cor.11:23-26, and 1Cor.5:7-8). He would admonish us today to do likewise.
Pentecost
This festival is known by several names, which derive from its meaning and timing. Also known as the Feast of Harvest (Exodus 23:16), it represents the firstfruits (Numbers 28:26) gathered as the result of the labor of those who completed the spring grain harvests in ancient Israel (Exodus 23:16).
It is also called the Feast of Weeks (Exodus 34:22), with this name coming from the seven weeks plus one day (50 days in all) that are counted to determine when to celebrate this festival (Leviticus 23:9-22). Similarly, in the New Testament, which was written in Greek, this festival is known as Pentecost (Pentekostos in the original), which means "fiftieth" (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, "Pentecost").
Feast of Trumpets
Fifth of the Seven Feasts as instituted by God through Moses at Mount Sinai. LEVITICUS 23:23 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.'" NKJV.
Day of Atonement
Is a day set aside to "afflict the soul," to atone for the sins of the past year. LEVITICUS 23:26 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath." NKJV.
Feast of Tabernacles/Last Great Day
LEVITICUS 23:33 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it. For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it. 'These are the feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day- besides the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the LORD.
'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.'" So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
