2. Shadows of The Messiah Introduction to God’s Feasts

3. Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. Shadow: σκιά a shadow, shade, thick darkness, an outline.

4. Marcion of Sinope

5. Leviticus 23:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The L ORD ’ S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these: מוֹעֵד Moed: appointed time, signal, or meeting Chaos/nail/to see/door

6. מוֹעֵד Judges 20:38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.

7. Miqra: a convocation, reading, rehearsal, summoning. מִקְרָא Root word-Qara: something called out Leviticus 23:2 b …you shall proclaim as holy convocations

8. Seven Feasts 7 days in a week. Seven colors in the spectrum. Seven of the 10 commandments begin with the word "not." There are 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 parables in Matthew, and 7 promises to the churches. Jesus said 7 things on the cross (Gen 2:2): And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

11. 1. Nile turned to Blood 1. Hapi, god of the Nile, fertility 2. Frogs 2. Heket, frog goddess of fruitfulness 3. Gnats 3. Kepher, beetle god; symbol of sun 4. Flies 4. Beelzebub 5. Cattle 5. Amon, Hathor, etc.(male and female cow-gods) 6. Boils 6. Sekhmet, goddess of healing 7. Hail (kills remainder of crops) 7. Nut, sky-goddess fails 8. Locusts 8. Serapia, protector from locusts 9. Darkness 9. Ra the Sun god

12. God’s Divine Sarcasm “And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.” —I Kings 18:21 EthbaalJezebel

13. “Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.” sig: pursuing שִׂיג a withdrawal (into a private place)

14. Hebrews 11:6 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

15. The Feast of Unleavened Bread Bedikat Chametz

16. Proverbs 11:30 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise [a] wins souls.a

17. you can lead the minority, or follow the majority

19. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. a word of command, a call, an arousing outcry. κέλευσμα

20. 1 Corinthians 15:52 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

22. Isaiah 1:18 18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the L ORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.

23. Talmud Yoma 39b 4 Our Rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple the lot [‘For the Lord’] did not come up in the right hand; nor did the crimson-coloured strap become white; nor did the westernmost light shine; and the doors of the Hekal would open by themselves…

24. John 1:14 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

25. Isaiah 12:1-3 12 Then you will say on that day, “I will give thanks to You, O L ORD ; For although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me. 2 “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the L ORD G OD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.” 3 Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation. יְשׁוּעָה

26. Isaiah 9:1-2 9 But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 2 The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.