Feast of First Fruits, Pentecost, and Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of First Fruits and Pentecost both find their fulfillment in Christ’s work, but the Feast of Trumpets looks ahead to Christ’s second coming.
The Feast of First Fruits and Pentecost both find their fulfillment in Christ’s work, but the Feast of Trumpets looks ahead to Christ’s second coming.
Both the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread represented the Israelites’ deliverance from bondage in Egypt. With the coming of Jesus Christ, however, they were fulfilled and their meaning was explained.
Exodus 13 focuses in on what redemption means for the people of Israel. But we can glean insights into our own redemption because Scripture is ultimately about God, not us.
How does the Passover show the need for a Messiah? The blood of lambs could never take away our sins; only the Lamb of God brings us salvation.
Our God is Who He claims to be. The final plague demonstrates His power over Pharaoh and gives Him all of the glory.
Despite knowing the physical and spiritual anguish He would soon endure, Jesus was concerned only with the will of the Father. Unlike the first Adam who through his actions said to God “Not Your will but my will be done,” Jesus prayed humbly to the Father “Not my will but Yours be done.”
Jesus knew that His hour had come. He would now enjoy the passover meal with His disciples, but would soon suffer as the passover lamb for the world.
We all have broken stories and Peter wants us to understand that we can rewrite our story. We can imbed our story in a greater narrative that begins and ends well. When we are a part of God’s story our life matters. When we keep an eternal perspective we understand that the adversity and afflictions of this life will only be brief and the glory will endure.
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