The Feasts of Israel Made Simple

God's calendar tells Christ's story.

Long before Jesus was born, God laid out a cycle of appointed feasts in Leviticus 23 — Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Weeks (Pentecost), Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles — with the Sabbath as their foundation. The apostle Paul named what Israel was rehearsing: these things are "a shadow of things to come, but the substance is Christ" (Colossians 2:17).

This Bible-first guide walks through every one of the Lord's appointed feasts and shows how Jesus fulfilled the spring feasts at His first coming — crucified on Passover, buried during Unleavened Bread, risen on Firstfruits, sending the Holy Spirit at Pentecost — and how the autumn feasts point to His promised return: the trumpet's blast, the final atonement, and the day God dwells with His people forever.

You will learn what each feast meant to ancient Israel, how Christ is the substance behind every shadow, and what God's appointed times teach believers today about rest, repentance, redemption, and hope. Perfect for new believers, Bible study groups, and anyone who wants to see the Old and New Testaments as one story of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

~10,000 words. Explicitly Trinitarian. Scripture first, always.

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