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The Holy Bible, Part 9

Servants Preparation Curriculum

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“How sweet are your words to my taste? Sweeter than honey to my mouth”

(Psalm 119:103)

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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Jewish Feasts

  1. Passover
  2. Unleavened Bread = without yeast
  3. Feast of The First Fruits
  4. The Sabbath (Exodus 20)
  5. The 50th / 7x7 weeks
  6. The 7th month of every year / trumpets / Rosh Hashanah

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Jewish Feasts Cont.

  1. 7th year (Leviticus 25)
  2. 50th year / jubilee
  3. Atonement / Yom Kippur
  4. Tabernacles
  5. Social / Political feasts
  6. Purim / Queen Esther
  7. Renovation of Temple / Maccabees 4:56

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The Jewish Calendar

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Jewish Feasts Cont.

  • 3 Important Feasts where ALL males appear before God:
    1. Passover
    2. 50th day
    3. Tabernacles

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  • The 7th month is the most respectable month because they celebrate 3 feasts:
    • Trumpets in 1st day / Rosh Hashanah
    • Atonement 10th day
    • Tabernacles. 15 th day

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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1. Passover

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Preparation

  • Anyone who lives within 15 miles should ascend to Temple carrying sacrifices (burnt & peace) and sings psalms
    • Ex. Jesus Christ
  • Starts one month before the feast
  • The priests send messengers to the farmers to bring and prepare sacrifices
  • They should fix bridges and passes before the feast to make it more accessible to everyone attend the feast
  • They should paint the tombs in white, so no one touches them& become defiled
    • Remember Jesus Christ talks to Pharisees

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Preparation

  • Remove the yeast from home
    • “Therefore; purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthians 5:7)

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1. Passover/Pascha/Cross Over

  • Held on 14th day of first month of the religious calendar = March/April

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  • Performed at the Temple = pour the blood on the bronze/burnt altar and NOT at home
  • Should be slaughtered between the early sunset and dark while singing Palms 113 – 118

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  • No broken bones
  • One lamb for 10-20 persons
  • No rush while eating

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1. Passover/Pascha/Cross Over Cont.

  • Usually with 4 cups of wine
  • Eat vegetables soaked in salty water
  • The father tells the Passover story to his family
  • The family sing psalms 115 - 118

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4 cups of wine

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The 1st Cup = Sanctification Cup

  • Father mixes wine and water
  • Brings all the food to the table
  • Father praises God for His gifts
  • Dip parsley in salt water
  • Drink 1st cup

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The 2nd Cup = Declaration Cup

  • The father mixes wine and water
  • The younger son asks why this night is different
  • The father tells the story from Father Abraham until Exodus
  • Sing Psalms 113 - 114
  • Drinks the 2nd cup

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The 3rd Cup = Blessing Cup

  • Eat the lamb
  • Eat the unleavened bread after mixing it with a paste mix
  • Judas got the bread with paste

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  • Drinks the 3rd cup
  • Jesus handed this cup and gave it to his disciples saying This is My Blood

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The 4th Cup = Praise Cup

  • After dinner
  • Sing psalms 115 - 118
  • Drinks the 4th cup

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  • Jesus refused to drink this 4th cup
  • They praised on Mount Olive

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The Passover Lamb and Jesus Christ

  • People keep it from the 10th to the 14th day
  • Male
  • Without defect
  • Eat grilled
  • With sandals on
  • Everyone can eat from it
  • No broken bones
  • If you don’t eat, then you don’t cross the Red Sea into The Promised Land

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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2. Unleavened Bread

  • Starts on 15th day of first month – the day after Passover and lasts for 7 days (15 - 21)
  • No yeast = no evil in your life
  • Lasts for 7 days, symbol of whole life
  • “Put away from yourselves the evil person” (1 Corinthians 5:13)

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  • Daily offerings
  • Burnt (one Bull, 7 Lambs) + Grain Offering
  • Trespass offering (one goat) and lambs as peace offerings

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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3. Feast of The First Fruits

  • On the 16th of Nisan = 2 days after The Passover
  • “When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest” (Leviticus 23:10)

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  1. Offered on Sunday
  2. Offered with burnt offering One year old lamb + grain offering
  3. No sin or trespass sacrifices

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  • It was a symbol of resurrected Jesus Christ without sin

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Feast of The First Fruits and Coptic Easter

  • But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. ( 1 Corinthian 15:20)
  • The Coptic Orthodox Church usually celebrates ONE week after this Jewish feast

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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4. 50th day = Harvest / Shavuot

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4. 50th day = Pentecost / Feast of Weeks / Harvest

  • Celebrated on 50th day after The First Fruits
  • They make two breads (Jews and Gentiles)
  • Symbol of the descent of The Holy Spirit on the disciples and formation of the church

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  • Submit the following:
  • Burnt Offering (one bull and 7 lambs) + Grain Offering
  • Trespass Offering (one goat)

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St. Peter preached on

the 50th day

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3000 believed and baptized

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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Recap!

  • 1st month / day 14 / Passover Friday
  • 1st month / day 15 / Unleavened Bread Saturday
  • 1st month / day 16 / First Fruits Sunday

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  • 50th day Harvest Sunday

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The Feasts of The 7th Month

  1. Trumpets Feast / Rosh Hashanah 1st day
  2. Atonement 10th day
  3. Tabernacles 15th day

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5. Trumpets Feast / Rosh Hashanah

  • Celebrated on the 1st day of the 7th month
  • Used to declare war, holidays, new year, jubilee year, etc.

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  • Symbol of the final trumpet in the last days of the world and Jesus’ Second Coming

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“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first” (1 Thessalonians 4:16)

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Jesus’ Second Coming

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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6. Atonement / Yom Kippur (September – October)

  • Most important feast in the year!
  • Celebrated on the 10th day of the 7th month
  • Everyone attends the feast and fasts from the previous evening until the next evening
  • The High Priest enters The Holy of Holies once a year to offer sacrifices on behalf of himself first then on behalf of his people
  • Symbol of Good Friday

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6. Atonement / Yom Kippur (September – October) Cont.

  • Correlates with repentance and redemption events in Old Testament

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  1. The day Adam sinned
  2. The day of Abraham’s circumcision / covenant with God

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“For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4)

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6. Atonement / Yom Kippur (September – October) Cont.

  • The high priest leaves his house for seven days and lives at the temple to cleanse himself
  • He checks all sacrifices by himself on the previous night then offers all sacrifices by himself
  • The Sanhedrim send messengers to check on him
  • He washes his body 5 times then puts on white cotton tunic as symbol of Jesus incarnation
  • He presents the bull before the people and lays his hands on him and confess his sins, then slays the bull and enters the Holy of Holies three times as follows

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  • He presents two goats and chooses one to be scapegoat and ties it with purple rope while offering the other as a sin sacrifice

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  • The scapegoat was a symbol of Jesus Christ

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  • The resurrected Jesus has the marks of the nails and spear

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6. Atonement / Yom Kippur (September – October) Cont.

  • The High Priest goes into the Holy of Holies 3 times:

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  1. To offer incense before the throne
  2. To sprinkle the blood of the bull at the incense altar
  3. To sprinkle the blood of the goat at the incense altar

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“and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:20)

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Interesting Similarities

  • Only the High Priest is allowed to preform this service
  • He is separated from the world for 7 days
  • He puts on white linen tunic (Incarnation)
  • He enters the Holy of Holies once a year
  • He must enter the Holy of Holies three times to complete the service
  • He confesses his sins and the people's sins

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“Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12)

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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7. Tabernacles / Sukkot (Leviticus 23)

  • Celebrated on 15th day of the 7th month
  • They leave home and live-in tabernacles, on rooftops or outside their homes for 7 days

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  • The 8th day is a great celebration, where Jesus cried whoever is thirsty let him come to me
  • Everyday, people carry palm leaves and go to the temple where the priests walks 7 times around the altar as a symbol of entering Jericho

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7. Tabernacles / Sukkut Cont.

  • Everyday, the priests goes to the pool of Siloam and carries water in a pot and pours it around the altar as a symbol of Mosses striking the rock to get the water of life

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  • Siloam means (Sender / Jesus)
  • Jesus Christ ordered the blind to wash himself in this lake to regain his sight
  • This feast is a symbol of a presence in his eternal Kingdom

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“clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands” (Revelation 7:9)

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Siloam Lake

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Let us make 3 tabernacles

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“and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

(Revelation 7:10)

The Tabernacles Feast is a symbol of Jesus’ eternal kingdom

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3 Feasts where ALL males appear before God:

  1. Passover Cross / Salvation
  2. 50th day Holy Spirit / Church Sacraments
  3. Tabernacles His Kingdom

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  • Mediation:
  • To enter Jesus Kingdom, you have to believe in the cross and practice the church sacraments

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Conclusion

  • Jesus Christ and the church were present in the Old Testament

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  • Jesus prepared the human mind by sacrifices and feasts

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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Fair Punishment – Leviticus Chapter 24

  • Rules for judgment in the court and not individual relationships:

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  • An eye for an eye
  • A tooth for a tooth
  • Fracture for a fracture
  • Human life for human life
  • Animal life for animal life

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Punishment of Cursing God

  • An Egyptian man, the product of mixed marriage between Israelite woman and Egyptian man

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  • He fought with an Israelite man and cursed his God
  • God said to stone him to death

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Sins punishments by Death

  • 1) Cursing God
  • 2) worshiping other Gods
  • 3) Work in the Sabbath
  • 4) Striking parents
  • 5) Cursing parents
  • 6) Murder
  • 6) Rape
  • 7) Kidnapping
  • 8) Witchcraft
  • 9) Bestiality: sexual relation with animals

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The 7th Year

  • Sow your field for 6 years, then prune the vineyard and gather fruits
  • The 7th year is the Sabbath to the land = you shall not sow nor prune

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  • God shall bless the produce for 3 years

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Jubilee / Freedom Year – Chapter 25

  • In the 50th year, on the 10th day of the 7th month

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  • Jubilee aligned with the Atonement = freedom
  • The land is returned to its original owner
  • Slaves are restored to their freedom

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Th Law of The Land

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with me.

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And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.

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 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold. 

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God is The Source of All Gifts

  • God teaches His people that He is the source of all the richness and prosperities
  • The Land
  • The Produce of The Land
  • Freedom

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  1. St James : “Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:16)

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The Bible, Part 8 – Jewish Feasts

Objectives:

  1. To study the Jewish Festal Calendar
  2. To study The Passover
  3. To study The Unleavened Bread
  4. To Study The Feasts of The First Fruits
  5. To study The 50th day (Harvest/Shavuot)
  6. To study The Feasts of The Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
  7. To study Atonement / Yom Kippur
  8. To study The Feast of The Tabernacles / Sukkot
  9. To introduce punishment and The Law of The Land

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Memorization Verses

  1. “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4)

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  • “and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:10)

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