1. TThhee MMeeeettiinngg TTiimmeess ooff GGooddGGoodd''ss SSeevveenn AAppppooiinntteedd TTiimmeessaanndd tthhee AAppoollooggeettiicc IImmppaaccttPresented to Ratio Christi - SUNY Geneseo17 September 2014SterlingOnFoot @ 22001144 SStteerrlliinngg WWeelllleess CCaarrrroollll wwwwww..bbaarreeffoooottggoossppeell..ccoomm

2. Meeting Times in LifeCan you imagine a life withoutmeeting times? 3. @ College 4. @ Work 5. @ Cafs @ Church 6. and of course Dates! 7. SPECIAL MEETING TIMES IN LIFE 8. @ Christmas 9. @ Thanksgiving 10. @ Family Reunions 11. @ Proms 12. @@ GGrraadduuaattiioonnss 13. @@ WWeeddddiinnggss 14. @@ FFuunneerraallss 15. Why are these times important?Why significant?... 16. Common Experience 17. Common Experience...Imagine Life Without Them... 18. Common Experience...Imagine Life Without Them...Enriches Your Lifetime... 19. Common Experience...Imagine Life Without Them...Enriches Your Lifetime...Gluey and Sticky... 20. Common Experience...Imagine Life Without Them...Enriches Your Lifetime...Gluey and Sticky...Makes Life Meaningful... 21. Common Experience...Imagine Life Without Them...Enriches Your Lifetime...Gluey and Sticky...Makes Life Meaningful...Connects Past - We Have Future...Why do you keep photoalbums and have galleries onyour cell phone? 22. Common Experience...Imagine Life Without Them...Enriches Your Lifetime...Gluey and Sticky...Makes Life Meaningful...Connects Past - We Have Future...Life Has Meaning Beyond Us... 23. Can Formality Make a Moment? 24. Formality requires..PLANNING and planning keepsthe meetings in mind. 25. Formality can makeVALUE-ADDEDmoments... it makesa moment stand out. 26. FORMALITY...Can make what's cloudy... 27. Can make what's cloudy... 28. C L E A R.It's a lens by which understanding happens. 29. God... Formal??? 30. God... Formal???Holiness is a formality...Impersonal?Formality does NOT meanimpersonal. 31. God... Formal???Holiness is a formality...Impersonal?The Most Formal, yet PersonalEvent in the History of the Universe? 32. The Cross was a formal event.God prepared for it,set the table for it,put on the proper clothing for it.Nothing more personal than Goddying for those who who hate Himand being resurrected to give allhope for those who believe. 33. Formality is an aid to our... 34. Formality is an aid to our...MEMORYKeeps meeting in mind... 35. Formality is an aid to our...MEMORY&MEANINGKeeps meaning in mind... 36. and meaning givespurpose to the future. 37. So... what's the point of theSEVENFORMALMEETING TIMESOF GOD? 38. TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN ASHARED, COMMON, MEANINGFULEXPERIENCE WITH GOD IN CHRIST... 39. To give people a purposeful...PAST NOW A FUTURE REVEALED 40. SEVEN PICTURESMeaningfulMaturing in HolinessInformative 41. SEVEN PICTURESMeaningfulMaturing in HolinessInformativehowever... observance doesnot make you right with God. 42. How is time thought of? 43. Hebrew vs. Greek 44. Hebrew Concept of TimeCyclic & RepetitiveAlways ProgressiveHistory is MeaningfulHebrew vs. Greek 45. Hebrew CalendarSolar & Lunar based Day begins @ Sundown Events begin @ MoonriseDivided in TwoRedemptive aspectHarvest aspectHebrew vs. Greek 46. Greek Concept of TimeFoundational to Western CultureLinearProgress NOT inherentHebrew vs. Greek 47. Greek CalendarSolar-only basedEarth's Motion Through SpaceNo Intrinsic MeaningHebrew vs. Greek 48. Meeting Times of GodMoed DO NOT merely mark timethrough the universe, but speak.No Cultural Subjectivism InvolvedHebrew vs. Greek 49. 7 Meeting Times of God 50. PROCLAIMED BY GODLeviticus 23:2Feasts of the LORD...even these are my feasts.7 Meeting Times of God 51. PROCLAIMED BY GODLeviticus 23:2Not for National Israel OnlyFor ALL God's People...Even the Grafted in Ones!7 Meeting Times of God 52. IIMMPPOORRTTAANNTT TTOO RREEMMEEMMBBEERR......Let no man therefore judge you in meat,or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or thenew moon, or of the sabbath days,WHICH ARE A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME,BUT THE BODY (SUBSTANCE) IS CHRIST.Colossians 2:16-177 Meeting Times of God 53. MOEDTranslated seasonsBUT...Hebrew word means:divinely appointed timeThe idea of a dress rehearsalis implied in the word.7 Meeting Times of God 54. MOEDDivinely appointed,God initiated,Time to Meet His People.Not Man Oriented7 Meeting Times of God 55. PPAASSSSOOVVEERRUUNNLLEEAAVVEENNEEDD BBRREEAADDFFIIRRSSTT FFRRUUIITTSSPPEENNTTEECCOOSSTTTTRRUUMMPPEETTSSAATTOONNEEMMEENNTTTTAABBEERRNNAACCLLEESSSPRINGFALL7 Meeting Times of God 56. 7 Meeting Times of God 57. HEBREW: PESACH LEVITICUS 23:5PPAASSSSOOVVEERRSPRING 58. Remembrance of Deliverance from EgyptHEBREW: PESACH LEVITICUS 23:5PPAASSSSOOVVEERRSPRINGCelebration of Freedom from BondageLamb's Blood on Doorpost Marked SalvationEGYPT SYMBOLIC OF SIN & REBELLION 59. HEBREW: PESACH LEVITICUS 23:5PPAASSSSOOVVEERRSPRINGPASSOVER REPRESENTS SALVATION FROM SIN'SBONDAGE BY BLOOD.FULFILLED BY CHRIST AS THE PASCHAL LAMBWHO WAS SACRIFICED AT CALVARY FOR THESIN'S OF ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE. 60. HEBREW: PESACH LEVITICUS 23:5PPAASSSSOOVVEERRSPRINGPASSOVER REPRESENTS SALVATION FROM SIN'SBONDAGE BY BLOOD.FULFILLED BY CHRIST AS THE PASCHAL LAMBWHO WAS SACRIFICED AT CALVARY FOR THESIN'S OF ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE.AAtt pprreecciisseellyy 33 pp..mm.. tthhee PPaasscchhaall LLaammbb wwaass bbeeiinngg ssaaccrriiffiicceeddiinn tthhee TTeemmppllee ffoorr tthhee ppeeooppllee,, JJeessuuss ddiieedd oonn tthhee CCrroossss,,ffuullffiilllliinngg iitt eevveenn ttoo tthhee mmoommeenntt!! 61. HEBREW: CHAG HaMATZOT LEVITICUS 23:6UUNNLLEEAAVVEENN EEDD BBRREEAADDSPRING 62. Eating No Leavened Bread for 7 DaysHEBREW: CHAG HaMATZOT LEVITICUS 23:6UUNNLLEEAAVVEENN EEDD BBRREEAADDSPRINGLeaven is Symbolic of SinBedikat Chametz top-to-bottom CleaningCeremony of breaking bread/hiding/and finding 63. HEBREW: CHAG HaMATZOT LEVITICUS 23:6UUNNLLEEAAVVEENN EEDD BBRREEAADDSPRINGUNLEAVENED BREAD REPRESENTS A HOLY WALKWITH THE LORD - LIVING A CONSECRATED LIFE.FULFILLED BY CHRIST AS SINLESS BREAD OF LIFEWHO WAS BURIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THISFEAST DURING PASSOVER WEEK. 64. HEBREW: RESHIT KATZIR LEVITICUS 23:10-11FFIIR RSSTT FFRRUUIITTSSSPRING 65. HEBREW: RESHIT KATZIR LEVITICUS 23:10-11FFIIR RSSTT FFRRUUIITTSSSPRINGRecognizes God as the Giver of the land'sfertility to sustain life.Hebrew name for Feast Reshit Katzirmeans: Beginning of Harvest. 66. HEBREW: RESHIT KATZIR LEVITICUS 23:10-11FFIIR RSSTT FFRRUUIITTSSSPRINGFIRST FRUITS IMPLIES A SECOND, THIRD, etc.CHRIST WAS FIRST FRUIT WITH MORE COMING(I Corinthians 15:32)FULFILLED BY CHRIST BY HIS RESURRECTIONON THIS DAY DURING PASSOVER WEEK. 67. HEBREW: RESHIT KATZIR LEVITICUS 23:10-11FFIIR RSSTT FFRRUUIITTSSSPRINGFIRST FRUITS IMPLIES A SECOND, THIRD, etc.CHRIST WAS FIRST FRUIT WITH MORE COMING(I Corinthians 15:32)FULFILLED BY CHRIST BY HIS RESURRECTIONON THIS DAY DURING PASSOVER WEEK.LLaasstt ooff tthhee FFeeaassttss CChhrriisstt pphhyyssiiccaallllyy sseeeenn ffuullffiilllliinngg.. 68. HEBREW: SHAVU'OT LEVITICUS 23:16PP EENNTTEECCOOSSTTSPRING 69. HEBREW: SHAVU'OT LEVITICUS 23:16PP EENNTTEECCOOSSTTSPRING50 Days after First Fruits : Seven Sabbaths plus a day.Sometimes called Birth Day of JudaismTorah given by Moses at Mt. SinaiMarks the Second Harvest of Year - Summer Harvest.Many crops, but much more in Fall Harvest.Called Feast of Ingatheringor Feast of Weeks [meaning of Shavu'ot] 70. CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCE OF HOLY SPIRIT GIVENTO DISCIPLES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCHFULFILLED BY CHRIST BY HIS PROMISE OF SENDINGTHE HOLY SPIRIT FOR A GREATER HARVEST TO COME.HEBREW: SHAVU'OT LEVITICUS 23:16PP EENNTTEECCOOSSTTSPRINGPunctuated by 3,000 ingathered (Ex. 32:38) 71. CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCE OF HOLY SPIRIT GIVENTO DISCIPLES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCHFULFILLED BY CHRIST BY HIS PROMISE OF SENDINGTHE HOLY SPIRIT FOR A GREATER HARVEST TO COME.HEBREW: SHAVU'OT LEVITICUS 23:16PP EENNTTEECCOOSSTTSPRINGPunctuated by 3,000 ingathered (Ex. 32:38)TTrruuee FFoolllloowweerrss ooff CChhrriisstt aarree ccuurrrreennttllyy wwoorrkkeerrss iinntthhee ssuummmmeerr hhaarrvveesstt aanndd ccuullttiivvaattiinngg tthhee ssuummmmeerr ccrrooppsspprreeppaarriinngg ffoorr aa FFaallll HHaarrvveesstt uunnddeerr tthhee oorrddeerrss ooff PPeenntteeccoosstt((AAccttss 11::88)) 72. HEBREW: YOM TERUAH LEVITICUS 23:24TT RRUUMMPPEETTSSFALL 73. HEBREW: YOM TERUAH LEVITICUS 23:24TT RRUUMMPPEETTSSFALLDay of Awakening Blast Day of Resurrection Day of Judgment Day of Remembrance Day of Coronation of KingCommonly known as Rosh Ha'Shannah(Head of the Year) - Civil New YearSHOFAR used > Ram's Horn TrumpetTekiah - Shevarim - Teruah - Tekiah ha'Gadol 74. NOT YET FULFILLEDPROPHETICALLY IMPLICATED IN CHRIST'S PROMISEDRETURN FOR HIS PEOPLE (John 14:1-4)JOSHUA 6:5 compared with I Thess. 4:16-17I CORINTHIANS 15:51-52HEBREW: YOM TERUAH LEVITICUS 23:24TT RRUUMMPPEETTSSFALL 75. NOT YET FULFILLEDPROPHETICALLY IMPLICATED IN CHRIST'S PROMISEDRETURN FOR HIS PEOPLE (John 14:1-4)JOSHUA 6:5 compared with I Thess. 4:16-17I CORINTHIANS 15:51-52HEBREW: YOM TERUAH LEVITICUS 23:24TT RRUUMMPPEETTSSFALLOOnnllyy AAppppooiinntteedd TTiimmee ooff GGoodd tthhaatt bbeeggiinnss oonn aaNNeeww MMoooonn.. BBeeccaauussee ooff tthhiiss,, iitt iiss aallssoo tthhee oonnllyyTTiimmee tthhaatt iiss ttwwoo ddaayyss lloonngg iinn oorrddeerr ttoo aalllloowwffoorr tthhee ssiigghhttiinngg ooff tthhee NNeeww MMoooonn..FFoorr tthhiiss rreeaassoonn,, iitt iiss kknnoowwnn aass TThhee ddaayy nnoo oonnee kknnoowwss.. 76. HEBREW: YOM TERUAH LEVITICUS 23:24TT RRUUMMPPEETTSSFALL 77. DAYS BETWEENTRUMPETS ANDYOM KIPPURTIME OF REPENTANCEAND PREPARINGONE'S HEART INHUMILITYBEFORE GODHEBREW : YAMIM NORAIMTTEENN DDAA YYSS OOFF AAWWEE 78. HEBREW: YOM KIPPUR LEVITICUS 23:27DDAAYY OOFF AAT TOONNEEMMEENNTTFALL 79. HEBREW: YOM KIPPUR LEVITICUS 23:27DDAAYY OOFF AAT TOONNEEMMEENNTTFALLThe Highest Holy Day on the Jewish CalendarTeshuvah (Repentance) leading to At-One-mentTeshuvah leading to KapparahSeparating clean from unclean Light from Darkness 80. HEBREW: YOM KIPPUR LEVITICUS 23:27DDAAYY OOFF AAT TOONNEEMMEENNTTFALLNOT YET FULFILLEDTO BE FULFILLED AT SECOND COMING OF MESSIAH(see Zechariah 12:10 & 13:6)RESTORATION OF NATIONAL ISRAELFINAL JUDGEMENT OF THE WORLD 81. HEBREW: YOM KIPPUR LEVITICUS 23:27DDAAYY OOFF AAT TOONNEEMMEENNTTFALLNOT YET FULFILLEDTO BE FULFILLED AT SECOND COMING OF MESSIAH(see Zechariah 12:10 & 13:6)RESTORATION OF NATIONAL ISRAELFINAL JUDGEMENT OF THE WORLDTTrruuee CChhuurrcchh nnoott iimmpplliiccaatteedd iinn tthhiiss ffuullffiillllmmeenntt bbeeccaauusseessiinnss aallrreeaaddyy aattoonneedd ffoorr bbyy BBlloooodd ooff CChhrriisstt..MMaatttthheeww 2266::2288 82. HEBREW: SUKKOT LEVITICUS 23:34-36TTAABB EERRNNAACCLLEESSFALL 83. HEBREW: SUKKOT LEVITICUS 23:34-36TTAABB EERRNNAACCLLEESSFALLTents erected and meals eaten inside for 8 daysReminder of 40 years wandering in desertafter God's deliverance from Egypt 84. HEBREW: SUKKOT LEVITICUS 23:34-36TTAABB EERRNNAACCLLEESSFALLNOT YET FULFILLEDTO BE FULFILLED AT THE PROMISED TEMPLERESTORATION AND KINGDOM AGEZechariah 14:16-17 ; Ezekiel 37:26MESSIAH'S PRESENCE IN MILLENNIAL KINGDOM 85. HEBREW: SUKKOT LEVITICUS 23:34-36TTAABB EERRNNAACCLLEESSFALLNOT YET FULFILLEDTO BE FULFILLED AT THE PROMISED TEMPLERESTORATION AND KINGDOM AGEZechariah 14:16-17 ; Ezekiel 37:26MESSIAH'S PRESENCE IN MILLENNIAL KINGDOMFFoorr tthhee CChhrriissttiiaann CChhuurrcchh aa RReemmeemmbbrraannccee tthhaatt JJeessuussTTaabbeerrnnaacclleedd wwiitthh uuss aatt FFiirrsstt CCoommiinnggaanndd wwee wwiillll bbee wwiitthh oouurr LLoorrdd ffoorreevveerr..John 1:14 ; 14:2-4 86. SUMMING UP THE MEANINGS... 87. SUMMING UP THE MEANINGS...Jesus crucified on PASSOVERJesus buried no UNLEAVENED BREADJesus resurrected on FIRST FRUITSJesus sent Holy Spirit on PENTECOSTAnnounces His 2nd Coming on TRUMPETSJesus returns on YOM KIPPURJesus is present with His people onTABERNACLES 88. HOW IS APOLOGETICS IMPACTED? 89. PERSONAL NATURE OFGOD IN CHRIST God meets with His people. Requires us to think aboutmeanings and importance. 90. PERSONAL NATURE OFGOD IN CHRISTINNERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE ASGOD'S WORD Messiah fulfilled first four perfectly. Last three show prophetic andpromised return. 91. PERSONAL NATURE OFGOD IN CHRISTINNERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE ASGOD'S WORDGOD'S WORD IS HISTORICAL Established in time Point to Future FulfillmentTToo ffuullffiillll ssoommeetthhiinngg rreeqquuiirreessaa ggooaall aanndd tthhee aabbiilliittyy ttoo aaccccoommpplliisshh iitt.. 92. PERSONAL NATURE OFGOD IN CHRISTINNERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE ASGOD'S WORDGOD'S WORD IS HISTORICALREVEALS GOD'S MISSION( MISSIO DEI ) Foundational to Apologetics (& Life) To bless the nations with Messiah 93. PERSONAL NATURE OFGOD IN CHRISTINNERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE ASGOD'S WORDGOD'S WORD IS HISTORICALREVEALS GOD'S MISSION( MISSIO DEI )NECESSARY TO EARNESTLYAPPLY APOLOGETICS WITHMISSIONAL INTENT 94. 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PPrraaeeggeerr,, PPuubblliisshheerrss,, 11996677..YYoorrkk,, JJoohhnn VV.. MMiissssiioonnss iinn tthhee AAggee ooff TThhee SSppiirriitt.. SSttaannlleeyy MM.. HHoorrttoonn,, eeddiittoorr.. SSpprriinnggffiieelldd:: LLooggiioonnPPrreessss,, 22000000.. 97. TThhee MMeeeettiinngg TTiimmeess ooff GGooddGGoodd''ss SSeevveenn AAppppooiinntteedd TTiimmeessaanndd tthhee AAppoollooggeettiicc IImmppaaccttPresented to Ratio Christi - SUNY GeneseoSterlingOnFoot @ 22001144 SStteerrlliinngg WWeelllleess CCaarrrroollllwww.barefootgospel.com17 September 2014