Fulfilled by Jesus who was without sin. Leviticus 23:4-8 Leaven, a typology of sin, was removed from the dwellings. Then at twilight, as the 14th day of Nisan was ending, the Passover lambs were slain. Sunset initiated the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Nisan 15 was a "high day", a non Saturday Sabbath. Bread baked without yeast was eaten during the seven days of the feast. Sunset began the 15th day of Nisan. Jesus took on our sins at the crucifixion and then He was buried, or put away, hidden just in time for the Feast of Unleavened Bread. But in the grave His body [...]

Fulfilled by Jesus at His crucifixion. Exodus 12:14-20 On the 14th day of Nisan the sacrifice lamb is slain. The blood of atonement upon the door brings salvation as the death angel passes overhead. The epic Exodus that follows sees God's covenant people delivered from the bondage of Egypt. This was the Old Covenant fulfillment of Passover for national salvation. On the 14th day of Nisan, on the eve of Passover, Jesus is crucified. The blood of the promised Sacrifice Lamb is shed. This is the redemption God has provided. It brings salvation to His covenant people, delivering them from the bondage of sin and death. This is [...]

Fulfilled by Jesus when He was born and dwelt among us. Deuteronomy 31:10-11, Leviticus 23:33-36 Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, or Feast of Tabernacles, is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Hebrews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. The holiday lasts seven days (eight in the diaspora). The first day is a sabbath-like yom tov when work is forbidden. The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwellings in which the Israelites dwelt during [...]

Festival of Lights Fulfilled by Jesus when the Light entered the World. John 10:22-29 Also known as the Hanukkah, or Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. This Jewish 'Feast of Dedication' (Hannukah as it is also called) honors the re-dedication of the Jewish temple after it had been defiled by the forces of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The Festival of Lights proclaims the cleansing of the temple and its altar by Judas Maccabees in the aftermath of the Old Testament incident on which [...]