Statement of Fundamental Beliefs -
ANNUAL FESTIVALS PICTURE GOD'S MASTER PLAN OF SALVATION
The Annual Festivals of God
God's annual Festivals picture the seven vital steps in His plan of salvation:
1. The Passover
pictures the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the "Lamb of God" (John 1:29, 36;
Revelation 5:6) sacrificed for us, (1 Corinthians 5:7). Jesus established
the New Testament Passover with the symbols of bread and wine (1
Corinthians 11:23-26).
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2. The Seven Days of Unleavened Bread
purging the leaven of malice and wickedness out of the believer's life,
and partaking of God's nature, the "unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth" (1 Corinthians 5:6–13; Luke 12:1).
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3. The Feast of Firstfruits (Pentecost)
pictures the small harvest of "begotten" followers of Christ who will be
harvested at the "first resurrection" (Revelation 20:4–5), as "a kind of
firstfruits" (James 1:18).
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4. The Feast of Trumpets
points prophetically to the second coming of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:31;
1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–17; Revelation 11:15–18; 19:15;
Zechariah 14:9).
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5. The Day of Atonement
pictures the banishment of Satan, and man's becoming "at one" with God
(Leviticus 16:8, 10, 15–27; Revelation 20:1–3).
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6. The Feast of Tabernacles
pictures the soon-coming wonderful world under the government of Jesus
Christ and His saints (Zechariah 14; Matthew 9:37–38; 13:1–30; Luke 12:32;
John 7:6–14; Acts 17:31; Revelation 12:9; 20:4–6).
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7. The Last Great Day
features the great judgement that will occur at the end of the millennial
reign of Jesus Christ on earth (John 7:37; Leviticus 23:36, 39, 33–34;
Revelation 20:11–12).
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