The Biblical Holy Days

10 Tishrei 5779 / 18-19 September 2018

When I began writing this article on 1 Tishrei 5779 / 9 September 2018, it was a very important Sabbath (Rosh Hashanah), that is observed by religious Jews, and by those few Christians who value the Biblical holy days. This is not your typical view, but as you read the evidence I am presenting, I hope you will have “eyes to see” the truth of what God has revealed to me.

I will show why I believe the Biblical Holy Days ordained by God in the Holy Scriptures are of even greater significance for those who love “Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews,” than for “observant Jews” who do not yet know Him as their Redeemer.

Leviticus 23:23-25 says, “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying in the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of Trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.”

According to Jewish tradition the blowing of the Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), commemorations the creation of the world, and marks the beginning of the Ten Days of Awe, which is a period of introspection and repentance that culminates on the holiest day of the year in Judaism, known as Yom Kippur (18-19 September 2018 / 10 Tishrei 5779).

When the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was still standing, this special Holy day, known as the “Day of Atonement,” was the only day of the year that God allowed the “anointed” priest to go into the “holy place” to make reconciliation for his sins and the sins of the people.

The “blowing of trumpets” signifies a momentous event is about to take place, and I contend that some two thousand years ago, the major event that would turn “the world upside down,” most certainly occurred on this High Holy “Day of Atonement,” when Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, was miraculously conceived, when “the power of the Highest” overshadowed a young virgin named Mary, “within the veil,” where no eyes could see, except the Holy Father!

God ensured that the very day of Jesus’ conception would be highly exalted by the Jewish people throughout the ages, even though most would reject Him as their Messiah! Sadly, many of the Jews praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (Live Cameras), do not even know the LORD Jesus Christ, the only One who can save their souls from Hell and death!

The next holy day on the Hebrew calendar is The Feast of Tabernacles, a.k.a. Sukkot. It takes place on 15-21 Tishrei (September-October), and I am certain it would have been especially joyous in Heaven, and among the select few on earth who knew that the long-awaited Messiah was now in the world, albeit a tiny seed.

It is quite fitting for “the Light of the world” to make His entrance into the Darkness during this very special season! To highlight the importance that God placed on this Biblical Holy Day, He mandated that the remnant of all the nations that come against Jerusalem, are to honor these “Feast Days,” or suffer the consequences.

Zechariah 14:16-19 “And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”

For Jesus’ conception to occur as God had planned, it needed to be a leap year when Adar II, the 13th Jewish month, is added to the Hebrew calendar. The Festival of Purim takes place in Adar, and during leap years some celebrate this holy day during Adar I (February-March), a.k.a. Purim Katan or “Little Purim,” and others celebrate it at Adar II (March-April).

Purim came about after God used a faithful young Jewish girl named Esther, along with Mordecai her cousin, who became her guardian after the loss of her parents. These two devout Jewish people were instrumental in helping to save their people from total annihilation. And considering that the LORD God sent the Saviour of the world when this holy season is remembered twice in a year, makes it even more memorable!

God said that Purim should be “days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor,” and that “all such as joined themselves unto them,” would also keep these two days (14 & 15 Adar), “according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.”

If my calculations are correct, the waiting period for the coming of the Messiah would have been during the Jewish observance of the Counting of the Omer, which “count down” begins the day after the Feast of Passover, (when Jesus was crucified). The counting ends fifty days later on 6 Sivan, during the Feast of Pentecost a.k.a. Shavuot. Not only is this “holy day” special for the Jewish people, but it should be very special for all Christians, since Pentecost is when God sent the Holy Spirit just as He had promised!

Acts 2:1-4 “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

Acts 2:16-21 “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

And on My servants and on My handmaidens I will pour out in those days of My Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

I have never heard of the birth of Jesus presented in such a way as this, but I truly believe it was during the Feast of Pentecost (May-June), that the Holy One of Israel was born into this dark and dying world that desperately needed a Saviour! And considering that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai during the third Jewish month of Sivan, makes the coming of the LORD Jesus even more profound!

This is a vivid portrayal of the awesome sovereignty of God, and His “plan of salvation” for mankind! The Word of God, the Son of God, and the Spirit of God were revealed by God at the appointed time! And only until God opens the eyes of His people, will they see the truth!

Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”

John the Baptist’s mission was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah of Israel, and the message is still the same today when he said, “I Am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the LORD… Repent ye: for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

John gave his life in service to God, until he was brutally murdered. Based on my timeline, he would have been born in the winter during the Feast of Dedication / Festival of Lights, a.k.a. the Jewish holiday of Hanukah, during the 9th Jewish month of Kislev (December time-frame).

Satan has so twisted the truth in respect to the Holy Days, but irrespective of the Day that the LORD God Almighty sent the True Light into this world, all who name the name of Jesus Christ, and have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, should proclaim every day of the year: “Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth Peace, good will toward men!”

Without controversy, had Emmanuel, the Messiah of Israel, never been born, mankind would be without hope, and “without God,” in this world!

Ephesians 2:11-13 “Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”

The word of God clearly reveals that Jesus was crucified by the Romans and nailed to the cross during the Feast of Passover. Jesus even asked His disciples to remember Him and His great sacrifice when they shared their last Passover meal with Him, but most Christians do not commemorate this Biblical Holy Day either.

I Corinthians 11:23-27 “For I have received of the LORD that which also I delivered unto you, That the LORD Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread: and when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is My body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me.

After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, [of Passover] ye do shew the LORD’S death till He come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the LORD unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the LORD.”

The glorious resurrection of Jesus is linked to His death at Passover—and it should be commemorated as such. The Biblical Holy Days that God has directed His people to remember have great eternal significance, and they all revolve around the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel. Satan knows this, which is why the Wicked One has tried so hard to devalue, defile, or diminish God’s Holy Word altogether.

The Church world does not commemorate the Holy Days, as outlined in God’s word, but that has been a part of the plan of the false Church. I once believed that Catholicism was just another denomination of Christianity, like most people, but I was so wrong. One thing that really bothered me as a child growing up as a Roman Catholic, is when the kids would accuse me of worshiping Mary. I would always deny it and tell them that I don’t worship Mary, but I have since discovered that the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church does indeed advocate the idolatrous practice of worshiping Mary!

When my family and I quit going to the Catholic Church years ago, I did not understand the truth about this religious organization—it’s just that it was getting too hard, with three little girls under the age of four, to go to Mass and the Baptist Church—the church my husband grew up in. When I told the priest about our decision to leave the Catholic Church he was shocked, but I believe he sensed my sincerity so he did not try to talk me out of it.

It was not until several years later, and after much study, that I understood the truth about the Roman Catholic Church. This religious body actually believes they are the only “true church,” and advocate that the Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Confession, and other “sacraments” administered by Roman Catholic priests are “necessary for salvation.”

Please think about the following statement posted at the Vatican website which exposes the anti-Christian nature of their teachings. (It was only recently that I became aware of this blasphemous doctrine espoused by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church! And I AM sure that most Catholic’s don’t’ know about it either!)

“For the Son of God became man so that we might become God. The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods.”

What absolute blasphemy! God kicked Satan out of heaven for that very reason! The Devil wanted to be God, and any religion, church, or man that teaches that we will become “God” or “a god,” or even a “little Christ,” is not of the true and living God, and must be rejected!

If you are seeing the truth for the first time, I know it can be very disheartening, and overwhelming to take in, especially if you are a Catholic, or have family in this denomination. But for the sake of your own soul, and the souls of your loved ones, seriously consider what I AM presenting. I pray that you will “come out from among them, and be ye separate; and touch not the unclean thing;” And God will receive you into HIS true Church!

There was a time when God spared His people from total destruction due to the courageous acts of a young woman, who under threat of death willingly appealed to the King, who by the providence of God happened to be her husband. And if God chose to use a faithful woman such as Esther, to help bring down the Enemy then, He may choose to use a man or woman who is faithfully committed to Him, “for such a Time as this!” Amen!

Biblical References: Leviticus 23:-23-32; Leviticus 16; Luke 1: 1-55; Hebrews 4:14-16; Revelation 1:18, 7:14, 12:11; John 1:9; 2 John 2:8; Hebrews 9; Romans 5:8-11; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Ephesians 1:7; 1 John 4:14; Esther 9:27-28; Joel 2:28; 1 Chronicles 16:8-36; Exodus 30:1-10; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Acts 17:2-7; Revelation 19:10.

Latest Update: 17 May 2021 / 6 Sivan 5781 / The Feast of Pentecost