Pod Prep: The Truth about the Feast of Trumpets and God’s Other Annual Sabbaths
THEY ARE THE HOLY DAYS OF GOD NOT OF THE JEWS
These Hoy Days were given not to just Judah but to all of Israel. They are described in the Bible as “The Feasts of the LORD. God calls them His Feast Days. See Lev 23:1 and vs 3 -4 in which they are called His Sabbaths and Feasts. See also verses 37 and 41. They belong to God and not to any one of the twelve tribes. They do not stand or fall for certain periods of time, with the unfaithfulness of any of the tribes of Israel.
Before the book of Leviticus was written and before the sacrificial rules were given, God said that His annual Holy Days and the Sabbath are an IDENTIFYING SIGN between Him and his people. See Exodus 31:13.
THE HOLY DAYS DO NOT COME AND GO WITH THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM
These Hoy Days began to be delivered to Israel before the sacrificial system was commanded. The Passover and Days of Unleavened bread were given in Exodus 12 and 13. They help us identify with God’s rescue of Israel from slavery in Egypt and our rescue from slavery to sin by Christ. These annual days are part of the clear plan of salvation and we live it out each year as we keep God’s Holy Days not mans’ paganized compromise holidays. We remember the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the New Testament Church as we keep Pentecost each summer. We appreciate that we are thereby part of the first and smaller harvest of God. See Jer 7:21-23 as proof that the sacrificial system was added because of the weakness of the people. Further see also Psalms 40:6, 51:16. Its replacement by the sacrifice of the true Lamb of God in no way cancels the annual Holy Days. The Fall Hoy Days point clearly to the second coming of Jesus and His millennial reign.
JESUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OBSERVED THE HOLY DAYS AND NOT EASTER
Jesus observed the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day. He observed the Feast at the risk of his life. See John 7:1-2, 10, 37. He is looking forward to keeping the Passover again with his disciples when He returns. See John 13:1-2, Luke 2:41-42, Matt 26:17-18, 26-29.
The Church of God in the first century kept the Hoy Days and it is clear that they knew they were holy. No discussion of whether to keep them is found, just a record of them being kept. See Acts 12:3-4, 20:6, 27:9, 18: 21 and I Cor 5:6-8, 16:8.
Some will ask about Col 2:16-17. First it says that the Hoy Days are a shadow of things to come. This is not a diminishing of the days but an elevating of them. The Holy Days of God are a guide to God’s plan and key to what is coming. We believe a better translation than the KJ would be to leave out the “is” which the King James translators added in 1611. (That’s why “is” is in italics). Then it would read do not let any man, including your pagan friends, judge you regarding what you eat or the days you keep except the Church of God. See also Col 1:18.
THE TRUMPET CALL IS COMING TO THE ENTIRE PLANET SOON
The Feast of Trumpets pictures obviously the last trump of God and the return of the Messiah. See 1 Thess 4:13-17 and further note that in I Cor 15:52-54, Paul mentions the Trump of God prior to our being changed from mortal to immortal. We remember that day every year as we keep the Feast of Trumpets. Very soon, all nations will also keep the Feast Tabernacles in the millennium or, face the wrath of God. See Zach 14:16. Trumpets were in the Bible as an alarm of war like a siren. Christ will return to battle and crush the Beast and force all mankind to live righteously by His laws. Trumpets were blown to gather the people for important events. The last trump of revelations and the second coming of Christ is the most important event coming in mankind’s future. The Church of God celebrates it each year as commanded by God.
