The fact of the matter is that the Lord's Feasts are no more “Jewish” than Salvation is.
In the King James translation, Leviticus 23:1-2 says: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
There is no question as to whose Feasts they are! An important word in this verse is convocations.
What does that even mean?
According to Webster’s “it is an assembly of persons convoked”… huh?
But, when we checked the New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible and looked up the Hebrew meaning of the word convocations, we found something amazing!
4744 miqra: from 7121; something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal – assembly calling, convocation, reading.
All of God’s Feasts outlined in Leviticus are rehearsals!
Jesus fulfilled the Passover "rehearsal" so much deeper than by symbolic types and shadows. Every aspect of what is commonly called “Passion Week” is a direct fulfillment of Passover... the timing of His entrance in Jerusalem, His breaking of bread, His pouring of wine, Pilate’s declaration of no fault, Jesus’ crucifixion and Resurrection… all of these correspond perfectly to the day and hour of Passover!
Jesus Arrives in Jerusalem
From John 12 we can determine that Jesus entered Jerusalem on the Sunday before Passover, now known as Palm Sunday:
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived… The next day the great crowd that had come for the Festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. John 12:1,12
God’s people kept the tradition of selecting their Passover lamb on the 10th day (the same day Jesus arrived into Jerusalem) for thousands of years:
Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. Exodus 12:3
Frequently missed is the significance of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem when he did.
Jesus was welcome into Jerusalem (or selected, if you will) as God’s Passover lamb on the very day when Passover lambs were being selected!!
I will post more regarding Passover tomorrow...
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