God's Holy Sabbaths
God's Holy Sabbaths include His annual Holy Days. You can read the entire Bible and not find any place where God rescinded any of His Sabbaths (weekly or annual). Read all of Leviticus chapter 23 to see how God defines His Holy Sabbaths. Also you should read the book "Occult Holidays or God's Holy Days--Which?". To receive a free copy, click here > "cbcg.org"
Weekly Sabbath:
God commanded us to rest the Seventh Day--Saturday as the world now calls it. Jesus, who created everything knew that mankind needed the Sabbath to be both Physically and Spiritually refreshed. Jesus said He created the Sabbath for all mankind and He was the LORD of the Sabbath, the True Lord's Day. The Sabbath is a weekly memorial of the Creation of God.
Genesis 2:2 And by the beginning of the seventh day God finished His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
Mark 2:27. And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
Leviticus 23:1. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2. "Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, 'Concerning the appointed feast of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed feasts. 3. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings. 4. These are the appointed feast of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim in their appointed seasons.' " The rest of Lev. 23 list all of God's Holy Days and when to keep them.
Passover:
OT: God's promises and covenant with Abraham. God spared the firstborn of Israel and judged the gods of Egypt.
NT: God's love revealed. Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God the Father, died for the sins of the world. Remission of sins through His blood--His death for yours. The New Covenant through Jesus' body and blood--eternal life.
Unleavened Bread:
OT: God ratified His covenant with Abraham. God led the children of Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land.
NT: Christians are unleavened in Christ, overcome sin by the power of the Holy Spirit and walk in newness of life--keeping the commandments of God. They are the spiritual seed of Abraham.
Pentecost:
OT: Israel received the Law at Mt. Sinai. The first-fruit harvest of the barley and wheat.
NT: The church receiving the Holy Spirit. Christians are the first-fruit unto God--in the first resurrection.
Trumpets:
OT: Memorial of Trumpets; God putting His presence in the temple.
NT: God's triumph over Satan and all evil. Christ and Saints return to earth from Sea of Glass.
Atonement:
OT: With special animal sacrifices the High Priest atoned for the sins of Israel.
NT: Satan removed and bound; the sacrifice of Jesus Christ applied to all people of the world. Saints as spirit beings at one with God the Father and Jesus Christ.
Feast of Tabernacles:
OT: Memorial of Israel's wondering in wilderness. Israel's rest in Solomon's time.
NT: Jesus Christ--God in the flesh--tabernacling with mankind. Christ by God's Spirit dwelling in saints. Saints waiting for spiritual bodies--physical bodies temporary. 1,000 year reign of Christ and the saints.
Last Great Day:
OT: The bounty of God's blessings to Israel.
NT: 1) 2nd resurrection: Phase One--opportunity for salvation:
Phase Two--final judgment of wicked cast into lake of fire.
2) New heaven and new earth.
3) New Jerusalem comes to earth.
4) God's plan for rest of eternity begins.
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