Teaching Library of Mike Bickle - Fall feast of Israel Part 2

Remember we learnt:
"Type" is some "person," or "event," or "ceremony" that is recorded to "foreshadow" some future "person," or "event," or "ceremony."
For illustration
• TYPICAL PERSONS, like Melchizedek, Joshua etc
• TYPICAL EVENTS, like the "Passover" etc
• TYPICAL CEREMONIES, like "Ceremonial Cleansing," "Feasts of Trumpets," "Year of Jubilee," etc

In studying the ‘Types’ the two comparative words ‘AS’ and ‘SO’ are often seen.

As it was in the days of Noah… Matt 24:37a
So it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. – Matt 24:37b

When the "Type" and the "Antitype" (or fulfillment) have both appeared, as the "Brazen Serpent" and the "Uplifted Christ," then the Type has been fulfilled.

If the Antitype has not yet appeared then the fulfillment is future.

The "Plagues of Egypt" are a type of the Plagues of the Great Tribulation.

The Lord has used much of the historic events of the Old Testament to provide a preview of future events.

The Passover of Exodus foreshadowing…
The crucifixion of Christ
on the cross and His shed blood which provides the remission of sins.

Remember Yeshua is woven through the entire fabric of the Bible. The feast days of Israel is God’s prophetic calendar of Redemption. The first four feast are fulfilled at the first coming of Jesus the lamb of God. While the last three feast are fulfilled at the Second Coming.

Just as the Spring Feasts includes three distinct feast, so the festive season of the seventh month (in late September or October) includes three fall feast:

These are:
• The Feast of Trumpets
• The Day of Atonement
• The Feast of Tabernacles

The Lamb returns as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, to rule and reign over the earth. Between these two periods, the Fourth Feast Day (Weeks/Pentecost) and the Feast of Trumpets is the four months of the harvest.
(The Church Age)

The Feast of Trumpets
This feast is known in Judaism as Rosh Hashanah - Lev 23:24
The shofar was used for many purposes:

1. To assemble Israel before Yahweh - Ex 19:13b

2. To call the community together - Num 10:2a

3. To summon Moses to the top of the mountain to receive the Commandments - Exodus19:19

4. To give a signal during time of war - Judges 3:27a

5. To commemorate the year of Jubilee - Lev. 25:8-10a

6. To anoint a new king during coronation service - 1 Kings 1:34

7. To re-gather the outcasts of Israel - Isa. 27:13

8.To warn the people of danger - Joel 2:1

9. During battle - Judges 7:18

10. To pull down walls and strongholds - Joshua 6:4-5

11. To herald end time judgements - Revelations 8: 2

12. To declare the arrival of the Messiah - Zech. 9:14 – 15a

Unlike other Jewish feasts, the Feast of Trumpets takes place on a New Moon, when just a sliver of the Moon appears in the night sky. Since this has to be confirmed by eye witness sightings the weather has to be very clear to observe the rising of the New Moon, and it’s not always that way. For this reason the Feast of Trumpets has come to be known as the feast where no one knows the day or the hour.

Watchfulness was a critical ingredient of this feast. The rabbis later added a second day to this feast to make sure they didn't miss it. This need for watchfulness and preparedness in connection with the Feast of Trumpets is echoed and re-echoed throughout the New Testament in connection with the Lord's coming. - Mark 13:32

I. OUR BLESSED HOPE: JESUS’ RETURN TO THE EARTH

A. Jesus is coming back to the earth to establish His kingdom. His coming is the ultimate event in prophecy and is referred to as our blessed hope.
(Titus 2:13; Mt. 24:30-31; Rev. 11:15)

B. Jesus’ coming is in context to a military conflict around the city of Jerusalem. He will come to win the Battle of Jerusalem, which ends the Armageddon Campaign (it lasts for 3½ years the latter end of the Tribulation).

Just as we saw Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a donkey as the 'Suffering Servant'.
So too when Messiah returns this next time He will come as the ’Conquering King’.
(Rev. 19:11-15)

C. Jesus will march through Bozrah in Edom (Jordan) killing His enemies on His way to Jerusalem (Isa. 63:1-4)

D. Jesus will come to defeat the Antichrist at Jerusalem and then to establish His throne there. (Mt. 25:31-32)

E. The second coming describes what Jesus does when He permanently “comes” back to earth. His second coming is by definition a coming to earth to accomplish a long-term mission.

The rapture describes what happens to the Church when Jesus first appears in the sky. Some think of Jesus’ second coming as only consisting of the rapture of the Church.

They think only of Jesus appearing in the sky to catch up His people that they may all return to heaven. Jesus is coming back to live permanently on the earth and to rule all the nations from Jerusalem.

II. JESUS RAPTURES THE SAINTS AT THE SOUND OF THE LAST TRUMPET

A. The rapture describes what happens to all the saints at the time of Jesus’ second coming. He will catch up or rapture the saints in the air. Rapture comes from the Latin raptus, to “catch away.” (1 Thes. 4:16-17)

B. Jesus will rapture the Church when He brings all the saints with Him from heaven.
(Thes. 3:13)

C. Jesus will come with all the angels.
(Mt. 13:41; Mark 13:26 – 27; Mt. 25:31; Rev. 10:7; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; Rev. 11:15)

D. “In a moment” qualifies how fast each individual will be changed, not how much time it takes for the whole Church to see Him and be changed, thus completing the worldwide rapture. (1 Cor. 15:51-52)

III. THE CENTERPIECE OF GOD’S ETERNAL PURPOSE TO JOIN HEAVEN AND EARTH

(Eph. 1:9-10)

A. Jesus will establish God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven by joining the heavenly and earthly realms together at His second coming. This is an interpretive key to understanding the end times.

Heaven: Supernatural realm where God’s power and presence are openly manifest.

Earth: Physical realm where human process, emotions, and physical sensation are experienced.

B. In the Millennium, the natural realm will not be suspended but enhanced by the supernatural realm of the Spirit.

Jesus will rule the millennial earth with both natural human processes and God’s power. We see an example of this when Jesus appeared in His resurrected body to teach, relate to, and eat with His disciples and even to walk through walls (Jn. 20-21; Acts 1)

1V. THE SECOND COMING PROCESSION: 3 STAGES (30 DAYS)
A. Jesus’ coming is a procession because He will come with all the saints (1 Thes. 3:13) and all the angels

(Mt. 25:31) as He travels on clouds across the whole earth for all to see (Mt. 24:30).

He will come with the Father’s glory - Mt. 16:27

He will come with great power - Mk. 13:26

As He travels across the sky with the brightness and energy of lightning - Mt. 24:27

The Feast of Trumpets is Israel's dark day. It occurred at the new moon when the primary night light of the heavens is darkened Israel's prophets repeatedly warned of a coming day of judgment for the nation. It was called "the day of the Lord." It was to occur at the end of the Jewish age. The day of the Lord was a time when the Lord poured out His wrath upon Israel.

The sun and moon will be darkened as the stars fall and the very heavens are shaken -
Mt. 24:29

Jesus’ royal procession in the sky on clouds will be seen by all (Rev. 1:7a)

God's last trump and the resurrection of the righteous are recorded in the New Testament: (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

Jesus’ royal procession in the sky on clouds will be seen by all - (Rev. 1:7a)

B. The second coming procession involves a 3-stage process including many events occurring over a 30-day period

This 30-day period can be seen by comparing the 1,260-day (3½ year) time frame - (Rev. 11:2-3a; Rev.12:6; Dan. 7:25; Dan. 9:27)

1,260-day compared with the 1,290 days in Daniel - (Dan. 12:11)

1. Stage #1 FEAST OF TRUMPETS: Jesus’ procession across the sky to rapture the church (Mt. 24:30-31; Rev. 1:7).

2. Stage #2 DAY OF ATONEMENT: The Day of Atonement speaks of the return of Christ, and the consummation of redemption. The destruction of Jerusalem, the second coming of Christ, and the fullness of redemption were synonymous events. At Christ’s second coming, He will instruct a powerful angel to bind Satan and cast him into a place of restraint for 1,000 years, exiling him from mankind just as the live goat was exiled from the Israelite camp on the Day of Atonement - (Revelation 20:1-2)

So Christ plays a dual role in the symbolism of the Day of Atonement. He is sacrificed as the first goat for the sins of the people, the atonement of which is yet to be applied to all Israel upon the nation’s repentance at His return.

And He will also be involved, as King of Kings, in banishing Satan at that time to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. (Luke 21:24b)

Jesus’ procession on the land traveling through Jordan to Jerusalem -
(Isa. 34:6b; Hab. 3:12-13; Ps. 45:3-5; Ps. 110:5-6)

3. Stage #3 FEAST OF TABERNACLES:

The Feast of Tabernacles was to celebrate and commemorate:
(1) The end of the wanderings in the desert of the children of Israel.
(2) A celebration of their inheritance of and entry into Canaan¬ the Promised Land.
(3) The light celebration was reminiscent of the descent of the Shekinah glory in Solomon's day and looked forward to the return of the glory of the Lord.
(4) Many believe that Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, was born into this world during the Feast of Tabernacles.

So how ironic that Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem and then to the Mount of Olives, to save and redeem Israel should take place on the day He was born! At Christ’s second coming, He will again “tabernacle” with those who are saved. He will dwell with His people for a thousand years, and this 1,000-year rule of Jesus Christ over the earth is the ultimate fulfillment of this feast - (Revelation 20:6)

C. Summary:
Jesus’ procession begins in the sky at the 7th trumpet as He raptures the Church on the Feast of Trumpets and ends on the earth after the 7th bowl, with victory over the Antichrist.

Inflicting judgement over the Antichrist and the enemies on the Day of Atonement.

Then Jesus makes His triumphal entry into Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles.
(Read Rev. 19:11-21)
(Read Zech. 12:1-13:6)
(Read Zech. 14:1-9)

D. Jesus’ ministry was prophetically pictured by the Law of Moses (first 5 books of the OT), the Prophets and the Psalms, which teach us about His first and second comings -
(Lk. 24:27, 44)

10 days after the Feast of Trumpets is the Day of Atonement, when Christ will judge His Church and His enemies.

The Day of Atonement is the period when Christ reconciles us to God by removing the sins in our personality. It is the judgment of his spiritual enemies in mankind, beginning with his spiritual enemies in his Church.

15 days after the Feast of Trumpets is the Feast of Tabernacles, when we will celebrate the wedding feast - (Revelation 21:3; Acts 15:16-17)

Promises on the second coming of the Lord Jesus are very important to Christians as they represent the core of our future expectation. We should recognise the fact that the prophetic promises contained in these three feasts will be fulfilled in the Messiah just as literally as the promises of the first four feasts were fulfilled by His first coming and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

These remarkable patterns that The Lord has put in the Bible help inform us when we are trying to interpret prophetic Scripture. Any future event should have a prior type in Scripture and we should study the Word diligently to find out to confirm what we may think to be true

And all of this will help us to keep our eyes open to world events as the Word of God becomes more and more of a reality.

Proverbs 25:2
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

References
https://www.blueletterbible.org/study/larkin/dt/28.cfm
http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/1998/06/bridging-the-gap-between-the-old-and-new-testament/
http://feedingonchrist.com/old-testament-personal-types-and-shadows-of-christ/
http://beginningandend.com
https://oncedelivered.net/2008/05/29/jesus-in-the-feasts-of-israel-the-feast-of-firstfruits/
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/64632/third-temple-closer-than-ever-search-begins-eligible-jewish-priests-jewish-world/#44i7gUTqXIMx1rZu.99https://principlesforlifeministries.com/2013/08/14/secrets-of-the-feasts-firstfruits/
http://www.triumphpro.com/atonement-yom-kippur.htm
https://www.compellingtruth.org/abomination-of-desolation.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/Melchizedek.html
http://focusonjerusalem.com/sagaofjerusalem.html
https://principlesforlifeministries.com/2013/08/14/secrets-of-the-feasts-firstfruits/
http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/the-pre-tribulation-rapture-myth/
https://www.ucg.org/the-good-news/the-biblical-festivals-that-teach-us-about-jesus-christ
http://endtimepilgrim.org/yomteruah.htm

Much of this teaching will be used by the English speaking Pastors in the Africa Training Bible School.

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Fiests of Israel

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