Read Numbers 29 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
29:1-6 {s} Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets
29:7-11 {s} Offerings for the Day of Atonement
29:12-16 {s} Offerings for the 1st day of Tabernacles (13)
29:17-19 {s} Offerings for the 2nd day of Tabernacles (12)
29:20-22 {s} Offerings for the 3rd day of Tabernacles (11)
29:23-25 {s} Offerings for the 4th day of Tabernacles (10)
29:26-28 {s} Offerings for the 5th day of Tabernacles (9)
29:29-31 {s} Offerings for the 6th day of Tabernacles (8)
29:32-34 {s} Offerings for the 7th day of Tabernacles (7) = 70
29:35-40 {p} Offerings for the 8th day following Tabernacles (1)
The paragraphs from Num 28 and 29 resolve into these Strong Themes:
28:1-10 {p+p} Strong theme: Daily and Sabbath offerings
28:11-31 {s+s+p} Strong theme: Offerings for the new moon and spring feast days
29:1-40 {sx9+p} Strong theme: Offerings for the fall feast days
The Strong Themes divide the instructions for the offerings into daily, weekly (Sabbath), monthly (new moon), and annual offerings (spring and fall feast days). All of the annual feast days are based in History that actually happened, but which Prophesies of Messiah Yeshua.
The annual feasts are clustered into spring and fall feasts. The spring feasts are Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits (of the Barley Harvest), and Firstfruits (of the Wheat Harvest), also known as Weeks. The fall feasts are Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles, and the 8th Day.
Passover proclaims Yeshua the Passover Lamb, who was crucified on this day, and shed His blood for our sins, that the angel of death might pass over us (Joh 1:29, 1 Cor 5:7-8).
Unleavened Bread proclaims that we have been forgiven of our sin by the blood of Messiah Yeshua. Therefore we cleanse our lives of sin, which yeast represents as a Natural Picture, and keep our lives free of sin (1 Cor 5:7-8).
Firstfruits (of the Barley Harvest) proclaims Yeshua’s triumph over death, who was raised from the dead with new life on this day. For Israel had entered the Promised Land on the 40th anniversary of their deliverance from Egypt, and offered up the first and best portion of the barley harvest in thanksgiving to God for their new life.
Weeks (the Firstfruits of the Wheat Harvest) or Pentecost proclaims that God’s Word (the Law of Moses) and God’s Spirit are one. YHVH spoke the Ten Words from Mt. Sinai on the exact day of the Feast of Weeks (Exo 19:1-2, Exo 20:1-17), and the Spirit came upon the Church on the exact day of the Feast of Weeks (Act 2:1-4). We need the Spirit in order to walk in the way that the Word teaches, and we need the way that the Word teaches in order to walk in the Spirit as we await the coming of King Yeshua.
Yeshua fulfilled the prophecy of the spring feasts at His first coming.
Trumpets proclaims that Yeshua is returning, and that we will likewise be raised from the dead as He was, at His second coming (1 The 4:13-17). The angel will blow the trumpet blast, the announcement to the world that the King of kings is coming to reign.
Atonement proclaims that Yeshua has brought/ will bring His own blood into the Holy of Holies in heaven (Heb 9:11-12), to make atonement for all our uncleanness, which Aaron the High Priest foreshadowed on the Day of Atonement. The act of atonement brings two separated parties into unity.
Tabernacles proclaims that when Yeshua returns, it will be as a Bridegroom for His Bride (Rev 19:7-8). Wedding feasts in Hebrew culture were seven-day affairs. At His return, Yeshua will dwell, or tabernacle, with us, and we with Him. These two events, Yeshua’s return, and His wedding, usher in His millennial kingdom.
Following Yeshua’s 1000-year reign (Rev 20:4-6), this heaven and earth will pass away, and a new heaven and earth will come (Rev 21:1), where death and every evil thing is banished forever (Rev 21:3-4). We will spend eternity with God in a new Eden; this eternity beyond the millennial kingdom is proclaimed in the Eighth Day feast.
Yeshua will fulfill the prophecy of the fall feasts at His second coming. And we are on the very threshold!
If there are questions, these are good resources:
Feasts of YHVH Index of studies – Christine Miller
Revelation of Jesus Christ Revealed – Christine Miller
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