Emor The Shadows of the Messiah Titles of Messiah First Fruits
of Those Who Are Asleep - 1 Corinthians 15:20
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The Appointed Times Leviticus 23:1-2 1 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, 2 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.
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The Appointed Times Leviticus 23:4 These are the feasts of the
LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their
seasons. Convocations = Miqraw = convocation, a calling together, a
rehearsal Seasons = Mowed = appointed place, appointed time,
meeting; appointed sign or signal
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The Appointed Times 52 Sabbaths +7 Days of Passover (including
its related Feasts) +1 Shavout - Feast of Weeks Pentecost +1 Yom
Teruah - Feast of Trumpets +1 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement +7 Days
of Sukkot Feast of Tabernacles +1 Shimini Atzeret 8 th Day of
Assembly 70
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Shadow Of What Is To Come Colossians 2:16-17 16 Let no man
therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days: 17 Which are a
shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
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The Sabbath Leviticus 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall
do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your
dwellings.
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The Sabbath Hebrews 4:9-10 There remains a Sabbath rest for the
people of God. For the one who has entered His rest [the Sabbath]
has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.
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The Sabbath Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are
but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 2
Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one
day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as
one day.
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The Passover Leviticus 23:4-5 4 These are the feasts of the
LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their
seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the
LORD'S Passover.
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Unleavened Bread Leviticus 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the
same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven
days ye must eat unleavened bread.
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Passover and the Resurrection The festival liturgies for
Passover also hint toward the resurrection of the dead. For
example, in the synagogue, we pray a special petition called The
Prayer for Dew on the first day of Passover, marking the end of the
rainy season in the land of Israel.
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The Omer Leviticus 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you,
and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of
the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
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The Omer Leviticus 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the
LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Sabbath the
priest shall wave it.
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The Omer Leviticus 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye
wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a
burnt offering unto the LORD.
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Counting the Days Leviticus 23:16 Even unto the morrow after
the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer
a new meat offering unto the LORD.
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Shavuot Leviticus 23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame
day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no
servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your
dwellings throughout your generations.
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Shavuot and the Messianic Era On the festival of Shavu' ot we
rejoice both spiritually and physically simultaneously because it
is the time of the giving of our Torah, in that the Holy One,
blessed be He, gave us His Torah of truth which gives rest to the
soul, and He gave us eternal life and length of days, both
physically for this world and spiritually for the world to come.
Through His trustworthy Torah, we have become a kingdom of priests
and a holy nation. Rabbi Uzziel ben Zevi Hirsch Meisels, sheimeno
Lachmo in Yalkut Moshiach: Emor, 158-159 97.
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Keeping the Festivals Leviticus 23:21 And ye shall proclaim on
the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye
shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in
all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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The Fall Festivals "There will be a sukkah to give shade from
the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the
rain" (Isaiah 4:6). This is why it is called the season of
rejoicing.
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Rosh HaShanah Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the
month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets,
an holy convocation.
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Rosh HaShanah 1.Coronation Acclamation of a king 2.Repentance
Begins the 10 days of Awe 3.Sinai Heavenly shofar sounded loud and
long 4.Warning Sound of alarm from watchmen 5.Temple Alarm of war
or disaster 6.The Binding of Isaac The famous rams horn 7.Fear
Sound the alarm for danger 8.Judgment A day of wrath darkness gloom
alarm 9.Ingathering The future ingathering of Israel
10.Resurrection Pertains to resurrection of the dead
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Rosh HaShanah The Coming Kingdom The list of ten remembrances
alludes to the coming of the Messiah The sound of Messiah's shofar
will announce His arrival, the inauguration of His kingdom, and His
coronation. The world will repent and renounce its wickedness. He
will bring a fresh revelation of God to the world, transcending the
revelation at Sinai, and the Torah will go forth from Zion as it
once did from Sinai..
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The Day of Atonement Leviticus 23:28 And ye shall do no work in
that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement
for you before the LORD your God.
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The Feast of Tabernacles Leviticus 23:33-34 33 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel,
saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast
of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
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Sukkot and the Messianic Era Chasidic teaching also connects
the festival of Sukkot with the coming kingdom of Messiah on earth.
Rabbi Meisels taught that each of the festivals celebrates a
historical event and a future element of the final redemption. He
explained that Sukkot celebrates both the past and the future. It
celebrates the historic exodus from Egypt when Israel dwelt in
booths, and it celebrates the future Messianic Era:
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The Eighth Day Leviticus 23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an
holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by
fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no
servile work therein.
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The Signature Leviticus 23:44 And Moses declared unto the
children of Israel the feasts (appointed times) of the LORD. The
appointed times of the LORD are like annual rehearsals for the
appointed times of redemption and blueprints for the work of
Messiah. The spring festivals of Pesach, the Orner, and Shavu' ot
all received a messianic fulfillment in the Master's first coming.
The fall festivals of the Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and
Shemini Atzeret all point toward His second coming. They are a
"shadow of what is to come" (Colossians 2: 17). Even so, come
quickly Master!
