The Festivals of God

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The Eighth Day

An Overview of the Festivals of God

The Spring Festivals

During the days of Abraham God said in Gen 21:12; in Isaac shall thy seed be called; and God pronounced a blessing on Isaac saying; in Isaac shall all the earth be blessed Gen 22:18.  So God chose the family of Isaac through the Faith of Abraham and began to work with them.  In the course of time they went down into Egypt where they dwelt for 430 years before being brought out by God.

When the Passover night ended, Israel was thrust out of Egypt. Departing that nation on the following evening; this began the first Feast of Unleavened Bread.  Israel traveled through the wilderness for five days; and walked across the Red Sea dryshod, on the sixth day.  The sea then fell back to destroy their pursuers and a special day of great rejoicing was observed on the Seventh and last day of this Feast of Unleavened Bread.

From there they traveled through the wilderness for 45 days; and on the next day a new beginning was started for Israel.  With the Marriage Covenant at Sinai, Israel entered into a special relationship with God. 

This history of Israel was written for our benefit.  The history of physical Israel and the physical Covenant between Israel and God, were types or examples 1 Cor 10:11 and Romans 15:4; and were recorded to instruct and guide us in the things of God. The Holy Days were also given to God's people to instruct us in God's Great Plan.  These Holy Days are a marvellous, wonderful; gift from God.  Anyone who despises these Appointed Times, or refuses to observe them, cannot even begin to understand the plan that God is working out here below.

Daniel is told in Dan 12; that from the time that the great abomination is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.  Blessed is he that WAITS and comes to; the 1,335 days.  We are clearly told that Daniel will stand in HIS LOT at the END of the days; that is, after the 1,335th day.

When the abomination is "set up"; 1,290 days later will be the resurrection from the dead.  This is the reaping of the Spring, or early harvest, or the harvest of the firstfruits on the sixth day of Unleavened Bread.  As Israel went through a symbolic death and resurrection in the Red Sea on that day, they prefigured the resurrection to spirit on that day. God did not have to bring them through the sea. HE DID THIS FOR A PURPOSE. He did this to INSTRUCT us. Forty-five days later; shortly before Pentecost, the whole 1,335 days are completed. Resulting in a new beginning for humanity, with God's spirit being poured out on all flesh Joel 2:28 and Acts 2; on the Day of Pentecost, and the establishment of the KINGDOM OF GOD on the Feast of Pentecost.  Even as the Theocratic KINGDOM OF ISRAEL was established at Saini on that very Feast of Pentecost. Later, the Holy Spirit was officially given to the first fruits on a Feast of Pentecost in 31AD and in the latter days God's spirit shall be given on the Feast of Pentecost to ALL flesh; as the New Covenant is extended and God writes his law on the hearts of humanity, Heb 8:10: For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Heb 10:16: This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17: And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.  For more on the 1,335 and the 1,290 days see our article on the subject. It is the last article on this Feast of Tabernacles page

For proofs on these astounding Spring Holy Days, please study the article on The Wedding Feast at this site: and the Resurrection and the Marriage of the Lamb audio and the many other Audios at our main web site TheShiningLight  There is also much written material on this subject available in the various articles on this site.

It is now time for these things to be revealed.  For the time is at hand.  Behold the Bridegroom cometh. Rise up and prepare yourselves!  Seek the Lord your God with ALL your hearts, while He may be found.

The Autumn Festivals

Peter tells us that one day is as a thousand years with God 2 Pet 3:8. You know this: Why then is it taught that the seven day Feast of Tabernacles, pictures only a one thousand year period?  This teaching is clearly contrary to the Word of Almighty God!

We are told that the Harvest of Firstfruits is portrayed in type, by the early Spring Harvest in Judea. Why then, is it taught that the Resurrection, the reaping of the Firstfruits occurs on an Autumnal Holy Day?  How can a Harvest reaped in the Fall possibly be called a Spring Harvest?  These teachings are contradictory. This reasoning is NOT SOUND.

These teachings about the Fall Festivals are not consistent with the Word of God!  They are taken from Commentaries written by unconverted, commandment despising men.  These men have not kept all the commandments of God. How can they understand the very things that they reject observing? 

The early Spring Harvest and the Later or Main Harvest in Judea, really do reflect the early and later harvests of mankind in the various resurrections.  The resurrection of the firstfruits will take place in the spring and is represented in the Spring Holy Days.  The main harvest of humanity will take place in the autumn and is reflected in the fall Holy Days.  The reaping of the early harvest of firstfruits (the first resurrection of humanity after Christ) WILL NOT take place in the autumn Feast of Trumpets as so many have taught.  A spring harvest, is reaped in the spring; NOT in the autumn!

Come, see and judge for yourself, these new and totally unique to TheShiningLight; explanations of God's magnificent Festivals

Passover                                  Unleavened Bread                  The Wave Offering                     Pentecost

The Feast of Trumpets         The Fast of Atonement         The Feast of Tabernacles         The Eighth Day