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Days Set For National Public Worship And Sacrifice
In this chapter the Lord instructed His people to reserve certain dates on their calendar for national public worship and sacrifice. Calendars are a normal part of our modern busy world, but they weren’t that important to the people of Israel in Moses day. The Jews worked from s …

Pentecost Was The Completion of The Wheat Harvest
Pentecost, the feast of weeks, was an agricultural feast which celebrated the completion of the wheat harvest. This was celebrated seven weeks, plus one day, after the “feast of first fruits” of barley, had been waved. The word “Pentecost” means “fi …

How to Celebrate The Day of Atonement
Following the feast of Pentecost, there is a four-month gap in God’s calendar before the next feast. This gap could represent the age we are now in, the age of the church, when we should be devotedly involved in the harvest (Matt. 9:36-38). The ‘Feast of Trumpets” was …

Celebration of The Feast of Tabernacles
Israel as a nation has not only been a scattered people and a sinful people, but they have been a suffering people. However, one day their suffering will be turned into joy. Like our Thanksgiving day in the United States the “Feast of Tabernacles” was a time of feasting …