God’s appointed feasts tell the story of redemption—past premises with future promises.

1. The Feast of Passover
Commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and the sparing of the Israelites during the final plague.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. ⁸ Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

2. The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Celebrated immediately after Passover, representing the removal of leaven (sin) from homes.

John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

3. The Feast of First Fruits
Marks the beginning of the harvest and the offering of the first fruits to God.

1 Corinthians 15:20-21
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

4. The Feast of Pentecost
Celebrated 50 days after First Fruits, commemorating the giving of the Torah at Mount. Sinai.

Exodus 32:28
And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

Acts 2:40-41
And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” ⁴¹ Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

5. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah)
A time of reflection and sounding the shofar, signaling the new year.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

Revelation 4:1
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

6. Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
A day of fasting and repentance, the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies to atone for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

Romans 11:26-27
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: ‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; for this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.’

Revelation 19:11-16
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war… And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

He already came to pay for sins (the cross), but He comes again to punish sinners (the crown).

7. The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)
Celebrates the harvest and commemorates the Israelites’ wandering in the wilderness, living in temporary shelters.

Zechariah 14:16
And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

Revelation 21:3-4
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.