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GIBI Course - Holy Feasts of Israel
Holy Feasts of Israel
By: Rev. Phaedra AltonGateway International Bible Institute4445 W. Olive Ave.Glendale, AZ 85302(602) 993-5353
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GIBI Course - Holy Feasts of Israel
Chapter 1
Understanding the Feasts
 Leviticus 23:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “The feasts of the Lord, which you shall  proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.”
The first feast day that God established was the Sabbath day, which is to be observed everyweek. The Lord established the following seven feasts in Leviticus 23 that were to be celebratedannually:Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles.The Hebrew work for “Feast”, mo’ed, means “A set or appointed time.” Christians often falselyassume these feasts are exclusively for Jewish people, but the Bible makes it clear that these days belong to the Lord.The feast days have several purposes; they are intended to draw the minds and hearts of the people toward God:They are a time of CommunionThey are a time of JoyThey create a picture of God’s plan for the ages.Through these feasts, God is giving us a snapshot of what He has already done, as well as a prophetic portrait of what is to come.God does not want us to live in ignorance, defeat, or misery. He designed His festivals tostrengthen weary hearts, comfort lost souls, and bring truth to a dying world.The importance of the feasts of Jehovah in Israel’s religious life cannot be overestimated. Theseseven feasts, as outlined in Leviticus 23 were the backbone of the Levitical system. Most of them have a defined typical meaning in relation to Christology, which I will be pointing out inupcoming chapters. The festivals are blueprints through which God revealed His overall plan of redemption for both man and the earth.The festivals are divided into two major portions, depending upon whether they occur in thespring or the fall. The spring festivals teach us about the first coming of the Lord. The fallfestivals teach us about the second coming of the Lord.
“His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” Hosea 6:3 
The former and latter rain in this scripture refers to the first and second coming of the Lord.God gave the natural for us to understand the spiritual. During the course of the year, the rainscome in Israel at two primary times;
 
the spring and the fall.
Yeshua
was sent by God to the earth2
 
GIBI Course - Holy Feasts of Israel
to faithfully teach us righteousness, just as God faithfully sends us the rain. The harvest is the product that the rain produces. In Deuteronomy 16:16, God instructed the people to come toJerusalem three times a year to observe the feasts. As they came, they observed ceremoniesgiven by God that were performed in both the temple and the home.There are four important aspects to remember when dealing with each of the seven great festivalsof the Lord:1.All of the festivals are, at the same time, both historical and prophetic.2.All of the festivals teach about Jesus.3.All of the festivals are agricultural in context.4.All of the festivals teach about our personal relationship with God.It is important to remember that the festivals teach and reveal the complete plan of God;however, each festival centers on a particular theme in the plan of God.
Former Rain:
The feasts that have been fulfilled, the first four festivals, take us from the beginning of spring tothe gathering of the wheat harvest. The Jewish calendar doesn’t count years since the birth of Christ. In biblical times, years were identified according to historical happenings. Beforecalendars and clocks, the people of Israel lived by the seasons.
Latter Rain:
Feasts that are yet to be fulfilled, the three fall festivals, remind the Jewish people that winter liesahead. The incalculable period is the time between Christ’s death and His return. It’s the timewhen we wait for the angels to blow God’s great trumpet that will call the bride of Christ to her mansions on high.3
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