Three Appointed Feasts

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Deuteronomy 16:1–17 ESV

“Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the Lord will choose, to make his name dwell there. You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning. You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, but at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it. “You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain. Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you. And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there. You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. “You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress. You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. For seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful. “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Care in the community

Lending

Debtor-Slave (Employee)

Not using tithe for your own gain

Deuteronomy 16:1–8 ESV

“Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the Lord will choose, to make his name dwell there. You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning. You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, but at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.

Passover - 7th Plague

Abib - First month - Spring

10th day lamb chosen

eaten on the 14th day (1st Day)

Passover Sacrifice shall not remain until morning

seven days of unleaven bread continued until the 21st

No leaven bread for seven days

A feast of remembrance

God brought you out of Egypt by night

God was to establish the Temple in Jerusalem, and only there can the Passover Sacrifice be offered.

The men would travel to the temple of the three feasts each year to establish unity

women weren’t banned, but it would not always be possible for them to do so

Unity to be maintained and strengthened

Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God

You shall not work on it.

A clear parallel is shown to the church of Jesus Christ

Redeemed by his precious blood

Jesus established the Lord’s Supper during the Passover Meal

Deuteronomy 16:9–12 ESV

“You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain. Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you. And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there. You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

Harvest Thanksgiving

First day - male lamb burnt offering

7 weeks later (50 days) - Pentecost (Greek word for 50)

grain offering (2 loaves of bread) & 7 lambs, 1 bull, 2 rams as burnt offerings

1 male goat for a sin offering

two male lambs for a peace offering

Act of faith - giving to God the first fruits

Clearly shared with the Levite, sojourner, widow and fatherless

Remembering that they were because of God’s Grace and Redemption

They were not to take prosperity for granted

Deuteronomy 16:13–17 ESV

“You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress. You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. For seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful. “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Also known as Feast of Tabernacles

15th Day of the 7th Month, for 7 days

Gathered in from the threshing floor and winepress

They were not to ‘appear before the Lord empty-handed’

God’s Blessings always demand an appropriate response

New Covenant - looking forward to

Gathering in of the Elect from every nation

Three Appointed Feasts

Order of Service

Welcome

Prayer

Hymn -

Notices

Main Prayer

Hymn -

Reading

Sermon

The Feast of Passover

The Feast of Weeks

The Feast of Booths

Hymn -

Q&A

Hymn -

Closing Prayer

Doxology