Memory verse: “behold the lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 the feast days were given Israel, to keep before their mind, Jesus the lamb of God that was to come and die in their place

1.     What month was Israel brought out of Egypt? Exodus 13:4 “This day came ye out in the _________ _________.” Here is the list of the Hebrew months back in Moses time. Remember each month had 30 days. Each month began with a new moon.

     The first day of Abib always came in our march or April (middle of march to middle of April).

Ziff – (middle of may – the middle of June) it was this way all through the months. Ten of the months are mentioned in the bible

The lord told Moses this month shall be what unto you? Exodus 12:2 “This month shall be unto you the ___________ of ____________: it shall be the _________ _________ of the year to you.” When god brought Israel out Egypt, he called them to prepare the first feast. This would be their first year of freedom, after 400 years in slavery.

2.     What did god ask them to do? Exodus 12:5, 6. “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall _________ it out from the ___________, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the __________ ___________ of the ___________ month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.” THIS WAS THE FIRST FEAST DAY. IT WAS CALLED WHAT? EXODUS 12:11 “And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the ___________ _______________.” The Passover occurred on the 14^th day of Abid (or Nissan). The first month in the Hebrew year. Christ death came years later, but he died on the day of the lord’s Passover which was Friday.

3.     A lamb without blemish was slain, the lamb that was sit aside on what day and what month? Exodus 12:2, 3. “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the _________ ________________ of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the _______ ____________ of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:” The lamb was to be what Exodus 12:5 “Your lamb shall be ____________ ___________, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:” why without blemish? The lamb was to represent Christ, the lamb slain for the sins of the whole world.

4.     What day and month did the Passover come? Leviticus 23:5 “In the ___________ ____________ of the __________ __________ at even is the LORD’S Passover.” This was the first Passover ever kept. It took place the evening before they were to flee egypt. They left Egypt the next morning. Exodus 12:10 – 13.(read)

5.     What was the next feast and when? Leviticus 23:6 “And on the ___________ __________ of the _________ ___________ is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.” So the very next day was the next feast, it was called what? Exodus 12:17. “And ye shall observe the feast of __________ _______________; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.”

6.     How many days was the feast of unleavened bread to be kept? What were they to put away? Exodus 12:15. “___________ ___________ shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall _________ _________ __________ out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.” Seven days were they to eat bread without anything to make it rise. Is started on the fifteenth day (Leviticus 23:6) and went unto when? Exodus 12:18. “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the ___________ and ____________ ___________ of the month at even.” Went until the twenty first day of Abib. Why, no leaven in the bread? Leaven was to show how sin works in the life. A little leaven in the bread or a little sin in the life just grows and grows. We want to be like Jesus, and he was without sin. This feast was to help them see their need to leave sin out of their life. Like Jesus did when he was on earth. Luke 12:1 Jesus warned about the sin of leaven which he called hypocrisy. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. “Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even ___________ our ______________ is ______________ for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

     “Among the Jews leaven was sometimes used as an emblem of sin. At the time of the Passover the people were directed to remove all the leaven from their houses as they were to put away sin from their hearts. Christ warned His disciples, "Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy." Luke 12:1. And the apostle Paul speaks of the "leaven of malice and wickedness." 1 Corinthians 5:8. But in the Saviour's parable, leaven is used to represent the kingdom of heaven. It illustrates the quickening, assimilating power of the grace of God. 

     None are so vile, none have fallen so low, as to be beyond the working of this power. In all who will submit themselves to the Holy Spirit a new principle of life is to be implanted; the lost image of God is to be restored in humanity. 

     But man cannot transform himself by the exercise of his will. He possesses no power by which this change can be effected. The leaven – something wholly from without – must be put into the meal before the desired change can be wrought in it. So the grace of God must be received by the sinner before he can be fitted for the kingdom of glory. All the culture and education which the world can give will fail of making a degraded child of sin a child of heaven. The renewing energy must come from God. The change can be made only by the Holy Spirit. All who would be saved, high or low, rich or poor, must submit to the working of this power. 

     As the leaven, when mingled with the meal, works from within outward, so it is by the renewing of the heart that the grace of God works to transform the life. No mere external change is sufficient to bring us into harmony with God. There are many who try to reform by correcting this or that bad habit, and they hope in this way to become Christians, but they are beginning in the wrong place. Our first work is with the heart.” Christ Object Lessons 94, 95, 96

7.    The next feast came on the day after the Sabbath during the time of the unleavened bread. (read Leviticus 23:7 – 12.) Leviticus 23:11 “And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the __________ after the _____________ the priest shall wave it.”

     “The Passover was followed by the seven days' feast of unleavened bread. On the second day of the feast, the first fruits of the year's harvest, a sheaf of barley, was presented before the Lord. All the ceremonies of the feast were types of the work of Christ. The deliverance of Israel from Egypt was an object lesson of redemption, which the Passover was intended to keep in memory. The slain lamb, the unleavened bread, the sheaf of first fruits, represented the Saviour.  Desire Of Ages 77

8.    This feast was called what? Leviticus 23:12. “And ye shall offer that day when ye __________ the __________ an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.”

     “Christ arose from the dead as the first fruits of those that slept. He was the antitype of the wave sheaf, and His resurrection took place on the very day when the wave sheaf was to be presented before the Lord. For more than a thousand years this symbolic ceremony had been performed. From the harvest fields the first heads of ripened grain were gathered, and when the people went up to Jerusalem to the Passover, the sheaf of first fruits was waved as a thank offering before the Lord. Not until this was presented could the sickle be put to the grain, and it be gathered into sheaves. The sheaf dedicated to God represented the harvest. So Christ the first fruits represented the great spiritual harvest to be gathered for the kingdom of God. His resurrection is the type and pledge of the resurrection of all the righteous dead. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him." 1 Thessalonians 4:14. 

     As Christ arose, He brought from the grave a multitude of captives. The earthquake at His death had rent open their graves, and when He arose, they came forth with Him. They were those who had been co-laborers with God, and who at the cost of their lives had borne testimony to the truth. Now they were to be witnesses for Him who had raised them from the dead. 

     During His ministry, Jesus had raised the dead to life. He had raised the son of the widow of Nain, and the ruler's daughter and Lazarus. But these were not clothed with immortality. After they were raised, they were still subject to death. But those who came forth from the grave at Christ's resurrection were raised to everlasting life. They ascended with Him as trophies of His victory over death and the grave. These, said Christ, are no longer the captives of Satan; I have redeemed them. I have brought them from the grave as the first fruits of My power, to be with Me where I am, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow.”  Desire Of Ages 785, 786

9.    This next feast was the second major feast in the yearly cycle for Israel. It started by counting from the next day after the Sabbath in the feast of unleaven bread or from the wave sheaf. Leviticus 23:15. “And ye shall count unto you from the ___________ after the _____________, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; _________ ___________ (7 X 7 = 49 days) shall be complete:” verse 16 “Even unto the __________ __________ the _________ ___________ (+1) shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.” You have 49 days + 1 day or 50 days. It was called “the feast of weeks”. In the new testament it became known as Pentecost. (acts 2:1) pente in Greek means fifty. This is where the word Pentecost comes from. This was at the time the harvest was ripe – the grain harvest. Christ arose from the dead on the day of the “wave sheaf”. His resurrection took place on that very day. It was 50 days from Christ resurrection until Pentecost in acts 2, in the month of Tishri. We, like the apostles need to be praying for the holy spirit.

10.  The next feast is found here in Leviticus 23:24. What is this feast and what day and month does it happen? Leviticus 23:24 “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the _________ _____________, in the _________ ___________ of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of __________ of ____________, an holy convocation.”

11.  This feast was to last how long? Leviticus 23:27 the feast of trumpets was ten days, it was the blowing of trumpets, the tenth day was the day of atonement. Leviticus 23:27 “Also on the _______ ________ of this ___________ ___________ there shall be a __________ of __________: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.” This feast of blowing of trumpets begin the first day of the seventh month, and (Leviticus 23:24) went to the tenth day of the seventh month. (Leviticus 23:27).

12.  The feast of trumpets was ten days. It was the blowing of the trumpets; the tenth day was the day of atonement. Leviticus 23:27 “Also on the _______ _________ of this _____________ ____________ there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.”

     We have studied about the day of atonement in daniel. It was the day that the sins were removed from the sanctuary and placed on the goat which was sent out into the wilderness. The people had this time (feast of trumpets) to get their life ready for the day of atonement. All sins must be put away and sins confessed. Those who were right with god had no fear of the judgment, but those who did not were put out of the camp.

     form our study on the 2300 days in Daniel “the day of atonement” began in 1844. We are now living in the day of atonement we have this time to get our lives ready to stand before the judgment. Those who are ready will go home with Jesus when he comes. Their sin will be placed on Satan. Those who are not ready will have their names taken out of the lamb’s book of life. And will find their punishment with Satan in the lake of fire. Let’s make everything right with god each day. The trumpets of god will sound when Jesus comes. 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17. “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the ____________ of ____________: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: them we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” The feast of the blowing of trumpets and atonement experience, leads to the judgment.

13.  The last feast of the year was called what? It came on what day and what month? Leviticus 23:34 “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The _________ ____________ of this seventh month shall be the __________ of _____________  for seven days unto the LORD.”

How many days was it to last? Leviticus 23:34, 36 “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for ___________ _________ unto the LORD. ^{verse 36} ___________ days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.” It was the third great annual feast. The other two being the Passover and Pentecost.

14.How did the people live during these seven days and the next Sabbath. Leviticus 23:39, 40. “Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD ________ _________: on the __________ day shall be a _________, and on the _________ ____________ shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the _______ of _________ trees, branches of ________ trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and ___________ of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.”

Verse 42 “Ye shall dwell in __________ seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:” the feast was also called the feast of ingathering, it was held after the ingathering of the harvest and the fruits were all gathered in. Exodus 23:16

This feast was to celebrate their deliverance form Egypt.

“As the children of Israel celebrated the deliverance that God had wrought for their fathers, and His miraculous preservation of them during their journeyings from Egypt, so should we gratefully call to mind the various ways He has devised for bringing us out from the world, and from the darkness of error, into the precious light of His grace and truth.” Patriarchs And Prophets 540, 541

“This feast was to be pre-eminently an occasion of rejoicing. It occurred just after the great Day of Atonement, when the assurance had been given that their iniquity should be remembered no more. At peace with God, they now came before Him to acknowledge His goodness and to praise Him for His mercy. The labors of the harvest being ended, and the toils of the new year not yet begun, the people were free from care, and could give themselves up to the sacred, joyous influences of the hour.” Patriarchs And Prophets 540

    “This feast was not only the harvest thanksgiving, but the memorial of God's protecting care over Israel in the wilderness. In commemoration of their tent life, the Israelites during the feast dwelt in booths or tabernacles of green boughs. These were erected in the streets, in the courts of the temple, or on the housetops. The hills and valleys surrounding Jerusalem were also dotted with these leafy dwellings, and seemed to be alive with people. 

     With sacred song and thanksgiving the worshipers celebrated this occasion. A little before the feast was the Day of Atonement, when, after confession of their sins, the people were declared to be at peace with Heaven. Thus the way was prepared for the rejoicing of the feast. "O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever" (Ps. 106:1) rose triumphantly, while all kinds of music, mingled with shouts of hosanna, accompanied the united singing. The temple was the center of the universal joy. Here was the pomp of the sacrificial ceremonies. Here, ranged on either side of the white marble steps of the sacred building, the choir of Levites led the service of song. The multitude of worshipers, waving their branches of palm and myrtle, took up the strain, and echoed the chorus; and again the melody was caught up by voices near and afar off, till the encircling hills were vocal with praise. 

     At night the temple and its court blazed with artificial light. The music, the waving of palm branches, the glad hosannas, the great concourse of people, over whom the light streamed from the hanging lamps, the array of the priests, and the majesty of the ceremonies, combined to make a scene that deeply impressed the beholders. But the most impressive ceremony of the feast, one that called forth greatest rejoicing, was one commemorating an event in the wilderness sojourn. 

     At the first dawn of day, the priests sounded a long, shrill blast upon their silver trumpets, and the answering trumpets, and the glad shouts of the people from their booths, echoing over hill and valley, welcomed the festal day.” Desire Of Ages 448

The palms were a symbol of victory.

“The palm branch in their hands is a symbol of their triumph, the white robe an emblem of the spotless righteousness of Christ….”  Great Controversy 665