The Seven Feasts of the LORD found in Leviticus 23 are not just Israelite, Old Testament Feasts; they are the LORD's Feasts which mark out God's calendar plan of redemption from beginning to end.
The first three feasts of the LORD occur in the first month of the year at Nisan, which is our April. The Feast of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Firstfruits were not only celebrated all within the month of Nisan, but they were prophetically fulfilled in Christ at Christ's first coming.
But how can that be so? The Scriptures, God's Word, tells us so!
*The Feast of Passover--"Christ is our Passover Lamb sacrificed for us" (1 Cor. 5:7).
*The Feast of Unleavened Bread--Christ is our true bread from heaven (John 6:32-58). Christ is our Unleavened Bread, who is without sin/without leaven, and is the only one who can take away and remove all our sins because of His perfect righteousness (1 Cor. 5:6-8 and 2 Cor. 5:21).
*The Feast of Firstfruits--Christ was raised, "on the third day according to the Scriptures," (1 Cor. 15:3-4) on the Feast of Firstfruits. Christ is the Firstfruits of all those who will be raised from the dead (1 Cor. 15:20-23). Because Christ was raised, we too shall be raised to eternal life with God forever!
So what does all this mean? It gives us a certain and sure hope that just as Christ came the first time, just as He said, so Christ will come the second time, just as He said.
Praise the LORD for His plan of redemption and let us take heart resting in that God's calendar of events is right on time!
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