Firstly, the 7 Annual Feast Days are God's Holy Day Plan for mankind. If you know and understand these events, you will know and understand God's plan to save mankind.
The PASSOVER is a memorial of Christ's sacrifice for our sins. He was scourged and crucified on that day in 31 AD. However, on the night before his capture, He gave the Apostles and all in His Church the NEW PASSOVER for us to keep annually in remembrance of Him which can be read in the Gospels.
The FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD pictures our putting sin away and our constant need to obey God.
The PENTECOST pictures the spiritual 'begettal' and the maturing of the 1st fruits of God's plan of Salvation. It was the start of the Church of God in 31 AD.
The FEAST OF TRUMPETS pictures the return of Jesus Christ to raise the 1st fruits to immortality and to setup God's government on Earth.
The DAY OF ATONEMENT pictures deposing, removing, and binding of Satan for 1,000 years.
The FEAST OF TABERNACLES pictures a millennial rest with Satan bound and Christ and His 1st fruits ruling the Earth with God's Law written on their hearts and peace and happiness in God's way of life.
The LAST GREAT DAY pictures the judgement when the vast majority of humanity will be resurrected to mortal life again and GIVEN their opportunity for Salvation like those who are called in their lifetimes (John 6:44;65) and those living in the Millennium.
These are God's Feasts and were kept by Jesus and the Apostles and are to be kept forever (Leviticus 23).
They based it on the eyewitness accounts of the resurrection of Christ. Later, this was also based on the prophecies of the Old Testament, which were fulfilled in Christ. After the eyewitnesses, the rest of us base our faith on their testimony, which is recorded in the New Testament, all of which was written based on eyewitness testimony.
The Old Testament laid the foundation for the coming of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The New Testament fulfills the prophecies and promises made in the Old Testament, showing how they are interconnected and part of the overarching narrative of God's plan for humanity. Jesus himself often referenced the Old Testament scriptures to demonstrate how they foretold his arrival and mission.
No Book in the Old Testament ever mentions Christ or prophesies his coming. However, pious Christians, from the author of Matthew's Gospel onwards, have found Old Testament passages that they could interpret as referring to Jesus Christ. One of the favourites is Isaiah 7:14, because the Septuagint version of this passage appears to refer to someone born of a virgin.
The Bible is called testaments because there is 2 different testaments the new testament and the old testament the new testament is after Jesus was born and the old testament was before Jesus was born.
There are two "Testaments" in the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament. Testament is another word for "covenant". The books of the Old Testament cover the time period under God's Covenant with Abraham and the children of Israel. The books of the New Testament were written during the time period under God's New Covenant, which was given to mankind after the Lord Jesus Christ walked this earth, became man's substitutionary sacrifice when He was crucified, was buried and rose again.
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ANSWER: Yes, Christ is the Messiah who was prophesied of in the Old Testament. Scores of prophecies in the Old Testament books of prophecy were fulfilled with the arrival of Christ. Scores of other prophecies about Christ are about to be fulfilled in a few years from now when he returns. The days of Unleavened Bread commemorate the fact that Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed for us (1 Corinthians 5:7).
Christians are under the New Covenant established by Christ. Christians consider the Old Covenant to have been fulfilled by Christ and therefore that it is not necessary to observe ceremonial (which is very different from moral) laws that distinguished Israel from all other nations. Those laws, in the Christian view, have served their purpose and are no longer necessary. (This is not the same thing as changing the law - there was no change. Christ fulfilled the requirements of the law once and for all - it is no longer necessary to keep the observances just as it is not necessary to keep plowing after your garden is already planted and growing.) Feasts were often required by the Law. The observance of the Feast of Tabernacle falls within this category as do most of the other Feasts/holidays mentioned in the Old Testament. Hence, the Feasts are treated as ceremonial laws by Christians and not usually observed. It should be noted, however, that some Christians and many Messianic Jews do maintain some of the Old Testament observances (none relating to Atonement are observed by either group). They are the minority but they do exist.
The Christian equivalent of Passover is Easter where Jesus is the sacrificial lamb and the Lord's Supper is the Seder. Christians believe the Old Testament feasts were all pointing to an ultimate fulfillment in Christ. The Old Testament feast days were broken up into 2 cycles-- the spring season are 4 feasts grouped together taking place within 50 days--a summer break to prepare for the fall harvest season and the 3 fall feasts. The 4 spring feasts found in Lev.23 were fulfilled in Jesus' first coming and He fulfills the three autumn holidays in his 2nd coming. This why they are grouped in this order. The fall feasts are, feast of trumpets, Day of atonement, feasts of Booths or gatherings, all to be fulfilled in his 2nd coming (taking place in a 2 week period). Jesus fulfilled these feasts by his life and ministry. The unleaven bread- was Christ' life with no sin. The Passover - Christ sacrificed as the lamb. The first-fruits- His resurrection 3 days after the Passover. Pentecost-Jesus sending the Holy Spirit within 50 days of the Passover. All of these were fulfilled in Jesus' first coming. Jesus fulfilled the 4 spring holidays in his first coming and fulfills the three autumn feasts in his 2nd coming. The fall feasts are, feast of trumpets, Day of atonement, feasts of Booths or ingatherings, which takes place in a 2 week period
AnswerThe Old Testament Prophets are important because they tell us of the geneology of Jesus Christ, and they reveal His identity as the Messiah. The prophecies of the Old Testament Scriptures were fulfilled with the Coming of Jesus Christ as the Annointed One of God. Some examples of these prophecies are: Daniel 9:25 was fulfilled in Luke 2:1-3. Isaiah 7:14 was fulfilled in Matthew 1:18. Psalms 2:7 was fulfilled in Matthew 17:5. Zechariah 9:9 was fulfilled in Matthew 21:7-11. Psalms 22:18 was fulfilled in Matthew 27:35. And many others.
AnswerSome see prophecies in the Old Testament and believe they were fulfilled in New Testament times. Whether those Old Testament passages were really prophecies is a matter of selective interpretation, and whether they were fulfilled in the New Testament is a matter of faith.
Jesus fulfilled all of the prophecies in the old testament. In his book "The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict", Josh McDowell says:- The Old Testament contains over three hundred references to the Messiah that were fulfilled in Jesus. (from Section 8, Support of Deity: Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ)
The bible is divided into two parts the old and the new testament. The old testament is before the birth of Christ and the New Testament is after Christ was born.
The Old Testament never actually mentions Jesus Christ.
The word Testament means covenant. The Old Testament describes the old covenant God made. The New Testament describes the new covenant Gad made with humans through Christ Jesus. The Old Testament looks forward to Christ where as the New Testament looks back at the promises of Christ.
There are two testaments in the Bible. The Old Testament is before Christ was born, the New Testament is after Christ was born. And, yes, the Old Testament and the New Testament, together, are the Bible.