Book Of Levius Research Paper

God's Holy Days

The Book of Leviticus outlines seven annual Holy Days, or “festivals” of the LORD. The word translated as feasts or festivals in most English Bibles is the Hebrew word “moedim”. Moedim are days set apart by God as Divine appointments for us to meet with Him. However, one of the most overlooked and/or unknown of the Divine appointments is the Day of First Fruits, the topic of this article.

Let's begin by looking at what the Bible has to say about the first three Feasts of the LORD, their timing, and how they relate to the death, burial, and resurrection of our Savior. In Leviticus 23, God commands the Israelites to observe the Feasts as lasting ordinances for the generations to come. In other words, they are to observe the Feasts forever. The first Feast is the LORD'S Passover. Then, on the day after Passover, the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread begins. And included within the Feast of Unleavened Bread is the Feast (or Day) of First Fruits, which takes place on the day after the Sabbath following Passover. This is important because the events of Yeshua's death, burial, and resurrection took place at the time of the Passover, the days of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of First Fruits.

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First, we must realize that the apostolic writers did not use our (Gregorian) calendar. It was 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII adopted the calendar we use today. On the Gregorian calendar days begin and end at midnight. But according to the Bible, days begin and end at sunset. For example, in Genesis 1:5 (and in similar verses) we read, “And there was evening [first] and [then] there was morning [second]—the first day.” Consequently, the apostolic writers recognized days as extending from sunset to sunset. Moreover, they understood the Sabbath as beginning at sunset on Friday (on the Gregorian calendar) and ending at sunset on