God's Calendar, a video series

Theresa Newell • February 13, 2025
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God's visual aids to teach us about himself and his plan of redemption

I'd like to invite us all to think more deeply about what the Feasts of the Lord tell us about the character of God, particularly what they tell us about our own walk as Believers in Yeshua and even why this series is set forth right in the middle of Leviticus.


I've heard CMJ UK director Aaron Eime say that Leviticus is his favorite book. I can begin to see more and more how that could be. Leviticus sits right in the middle of the Torah, the middle book of the five books and Leviticus 18 is near the middle of the book. Think about why these feasts are in the middle of this book about holiness?


Here’s a quote: “Holiness is not an in intrinsic human quality. God is the Holy One of Israel, not because he is attached to Israel but, because he attached Israel to himself.”


The key to Israel's status as a holy nation is her willingness to keep God's laws. Yahweh is her God, thus relationship and faithfulness unite to create Holiness. That's an important statement because we are looking at the Leviticus holiness code and the feasts are right there within it.


We need a lot of visual aids. God is so humble to provide the feasts as visual aids so we can learn more about him. He is so careful to care for us. The feats are only a handful of many kinds of visual aids that God gives his children.


It wasn't until after the horrible heresy of the of the golden calf in Exodus 32 that God gave instructions for a tabernacle to be erected so that the people had something to look at during worship. There were other visual aids, even Aaron's rod, Moses' rod, the lambs that were slain. All of those things are visuals for us supplied by God in his mercy and humility.


We have a list of eight feasts to take us through the year:

  • Shabbat (Sabbath)
  • Passover (Pesach)
  • Feast of Matzah (Unleavened Bread)
  • Feast of Firstfruits
  • Feast of Weeks (Shavuot, Pentecost)
  • Feast of Trumpets (also known as Rosh Hashana)
  • Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement, which ends with breaking the fast)
  • Feast of Booths (Tabernacles, Sukkot)


They’re also prophetic as they point not only to Yeshua himself but to our walk of salvation through the seasons of our lives.

The Jewish Calendar and Sabbath

The Spring Feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot

The Autumn Feasts: Trumpets, Yom Kippur, Sukkot

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