Where in scripture are instructions to cancel the feasts?
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well, tbh, Israel having an earthly king is all about them rejecting God as their king. when they hassled Samuel about a king, God said this to Samuel:
And the LORD said to Samuel,
“Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you;
for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them."
(1 Samuel 8:7)
so the abomination of desolation and the tribulation aren't entirely unrelated. @garee often makes indirect connections
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Fish? I'll give you fish! Another keeper.I admit I didn't think you got it when you imparted I was talking about John Calvin being taught wrong by that other guy.
guilty
guilty I say
off with her Bible...doesn't read it anyway
what? you were expecting a reasonable answer?
this IS the BDF
I'm reading more about Calvin and he was leaning on Catholicism quite heavily it would seem and borrowed from the authority he saw others seeming to have
but he is answerable for everything he did
hiding in the background sentencing people to death. now if he had really be emerged in the NT and filled with the Holy Spirit, there is no way he would or could have done what he did
and that is not an IMO. that is a fact
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i'm not ignorant of what God says through Jeremiah.
it really only takes one word.
you had said you thought you agree with the idea that the temple being destroyed and the people exiled is a tacit command to stop keeping the law. ((because that's what an order to 'stop keeping the feasts' would be - the feasts are written in the law))
a simple question naturally arises because the temple was destroyed, and the people captured, before 70AD.
are you saying that the Babylonian captivity was a tacit command to stop keeping the law?
were Zerubbabel, Ezra & Nehemiah thereby in disobedience for rebuilding and returning to the keeping of the feasts and the statutes and laws and commands and ordinances and sacrifices?
either yes or no will do if you prefer to let your words be few.
it really only takes one word.
you had said you thought you agree with the idea that the temple being destroyed and the people exiled is a tacit command to stop keeping the law. ((because that's what an order to 'stop keeping the feasts' would be - the feasts are written in the law))
a simple question naturally arises because the temple was destroyed, and the people captured, before 70AD.
are you saying that the Babylonian captivity was a tacit command to stop keeping the law?
were Zerubbabel, Ezra & Nehemiah thereby in disobedience for rebuilding and returning to the keeping of the feasts and the statutes and laws and commands and ordinances and sacrifices?
either yes or no will do if you prefer to let your words be few.
My reasoning may be flawed, but you have not shown me how or where. Demonstrating that my understanding of Scripture is incorrect would not show that my reasoning is flawed though. Reasoning (thought processes) is distinct from understanding (integrating knowledge).
I have criticized your reasoning because you have employed logical fallacies (discrete patterns of faulty reasoning). If you think I am guilty of the same, please show me, as I would be happy to excise them. As for my alleged misunderstandings of Scripture, you'll have to show first where they are before you can correct them. Merely stating your opinion that they exist is no more valuable than venting.
I challenge you to back up your slander with exact quotations where I have "bragged on how infallibly right" I am. Bring it on.
I have criticized your reasoning because you have employed logical fallacies (discrete patterns of faulty reasoning). If you think I am guilty of the same, please show me, as I would be happy to excise them. As for my alleged misunderstandings of Scripture, you'll have to show first where they are before you can correct them. Merely stating your opinion that they exist is no more valuable than venting.
I challenge you to back up your slander with exact quotations where I have "bragged on how infallibly right" I am. Bring it on.
Hello Blik,
"Colossians 2:13-17
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. (Food law, Feasts and holy days)
You can observe the Sabbath and the feasts if you like, just don't observe them as a requirement for salvation.
There have been and always will be those who attempt to divide up the law, putting the church back under some part of it. The fact is that we are not under the old covenant, for scripture states that when we received Christ we died to the law. Scripture also says that "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law." Jesus fulfilled the law on behalf of every believer, satisfying it completely. There were some Pharisee believers who without the authority of the church saying that "the Gentiles must be circumcised and made to obey the Law of Moses. Below is the following outcome:
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"But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.” So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days, God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear? On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
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The mention of being circumcised and the law of Moses, would cover the entire law given to Israel. The written code with is regulations were nailed to the cross. For scripture also states "For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes."
"Colossians 2:13-17
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. (Food law, Feasts and holy days)
You can observe the Sabbath and the feasts if you like, just don't observe them as a requirement for salvation.
There have been and always will be those who attempt to divide up the law, putting the church back under some part of it. The fact is that we are not under the old covenant, for scripture states that when we received Christ we died to the law. Scripture also says that "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law." Jesus fulfilled the law on behalf of every believer, satisfying it completely. There were some Pharisee believers who without the authority of the church saying that "the Gentiles must be circumcised and made to obey the Law of Moses. Below is the following outcome:
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"But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.” So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days, God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear? On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
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The mention of being circumcised and the law of Moses, would cover the entire law given to Israel. The written code with is regulations were nailed to the cross. For scripture also states "For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes."
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uh? no...Jeremiah is actually pretty wordy
nope
I do not accept your twisting of what I said so I am just going to avoid the pain of trying to get it right with you
you are good in math though apparently
well I did get an 85 in my last class, but then I quit...while I was ahead...and goofed off in art class instead
pretty good, eh?
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Of course you can. Christ fulfilled the first three feast days.
Animal sacrifice for sins is no longer in practice by the Jews anywhere. That practice ended in 70A.D with the destruction of the temple. So don't worry when you read a feast day requires a sacrifice, like Yom Kipur, because as a Christian honoring God on the days He installed into the Calendar of worship, Christ is that eternal sacrifice. While honoring the spirit of the feast is not something I would say God would hold against you. After all, God gave us His law, and He told us, as long as Heaven and Earth exist, not one jot nor tittle shall be removed from the law. Since Earth is still here.....
And God also gave us the feast days and they are to be forever, as He said.
God's word tells us, Salvation is of the Jews. And yet sadly, you are likely to encounter hostility toward anything pertaining to the Jews. Even the Old Testament.
But God said the feast days are to be forever, and when God says it we're to replace His edict with our own, because He was talking to Jews.
No, that doesn't sound right does it? But that's what you encounter from time to time when you encounter people that tell you God's laws, God's feast days, no longer apply.
Salvation is of the Jews, the Messiah was Jewish, we're all one in Christ, and that means the identity of Jew is irrelevant. And that leaves God's eternal directed toward His elect. That means everyone who accepts Messiah. Jesus kept the feast days.And He is our role model as we exist in Him and cherish His word.
Animal sacrifice for sins is no longer in practice by the Jews anywhere. That practice ended in 70A.D with the destruction of the temple. So don't worry when you read a feast day requires a sacrifice, like Yom Kipur, because as a Christian honoring God on the days He installed into the Calendar of worship, Christ is that eternal sacrifice. While honoring the spirit of the feast is not something I would say God would hold against you. After all, God gave us His law, and He told us, as long as Heaven and Earth exist, not one jot nor tittle shall be removed from the law. Since Earth is still here.....
And God also gave us the feast days and they are to be forever, as He said.
God's word tells us, Salvation is of the Jews. And yet sadly, you are likely to encounter hostility toward anything pertaining to the Jews. Even the Old Testament.
But God said the feast days are to be forever, and when God says it we're to replace His edict with our own, because He was talking to Jews.
No, that doesn't sound right does it? But that's what you encounter from time to time when you encounter people that tell you God's laws, God's feast days, no longer apply.
Salvation is of the Jews, the Messiah was Jewish, we're all one in Christ, and that means the identity of Jew is irrelevant. And that leaves God's eternal directed toward His elect. That means everyone who accepts Messiah. Jesus kept the feast days.And He is our role model as we exist in Him and cherish His word.
Yeshua in the Biblical Feasts!
Many Christians insist that God is no longer holding us to keep His seventh-day Sabbath and the Biblical feasts. That's because they don't realize that He set specific times for everything, including the fact that we are to celebrate Him through these various feasts. The Seventh Day Sabbath and the Feasts are our regular "dates" with God, yet, many feel they have to do nothing more than to "believe in Jesus"....
Our Creator's eternal plan is perfectly revealed through His Seven Feasts/Appointed Times. This is evident throughout the Tanach ("Old Testament"), and specifically outlined in Leviticus 23 which describes the whole annual cycle of special convocations; each of which was created for a reason, and each of which foreshadows Messiah Yeshua - who has so far fulfilled the first four of the seven! YHWH (Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey, or "Yahweh" - most likely pronounced, "Yahway") designed these appointed times, the mo'edim, for His people to come together to worship Him. ("His people" includes anyone who believes in YHWH and His Divine Messiah, Yeshua (whom Christians call Jesus).
Let's examine these special convocations: There are seven feasts commanded by YHWH to be celebrated each year (and these pertain to ALL believers in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob):
Quick Overview
Feast Date Meaning Status 1. Passover/Pesach March/April Redemption/Sacrifice/Death of Messiah Fulfilled 2. Unleavened Bread March/April Santification/Burial of Messiah/No decay Fulfilled 3. Firstfruits/Grain Harvest March/April Represents the Savior as first of the harvest Fulfilled 4. Weeks/Shavuot May/June Pentecost/Holy Spirit sent by YHWH Fulfilled 5. Yom Teruah (Trumpets)/Rosh Hashana September/October Believers' New Year/Messiah returns to Israel ("Rapture") Future 6. Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur September/October Day of Atonement/Messiah saves Israel Future 7. Tabernacles/Sukkot September/October Wedding Feast/Golden Age/Messiah starts Millennium Future
Indepth Explanation
Many Christians insist that God is no longer holding us to keep His seventh-day Sabbath and the Biblical feasts. That's because they don't realize that He set specific times for everything, including the fact that we are to celebrate Him through these various feasts. The Seventh Day Sabbath and the Feasts are our regular "dates" with God, yet, many feel they have to do nothing more than to "believe in Jesus"....
Our Creator's eternal plan is perfectly revealed through His Seven Feasts/Appointed Times. This is evident throughout the Tanach ("Old Testament"), and specifically outlined in Leviticus 23 which describes the whole annual cycle of special convocations; each of which was created for a reason, and each of which foreshadows Messiah Yeshua - who has so far fulfilled the first four of the seven! YHWH (Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey, or "Yahweh" - most likely pronounced, "Yahway") designed these appointed times, the mo'edim, for His people to come together to worship Him. ("His people" includes anyone who believes in YHWH and His Divine Messiah, Yeshua (whom Christians call Jesus).
Let's examine these special convocations: There are seven feasts commanded by YHWH to be celebrated each year (and these pertain to ALL believers in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob):
Quick Overview
Feast Date Meaning Status 1. Passover/Pesach March/April Redemption/Sacrifice/Death of Messiah Fulfilled 2. Unleavened Bread March/April Santification/Burial of Messiah/No decay Fulfilled 3. Firstfruits/Grain Harvest March/April Represents the Savior as first of the harvest Fulfilled 4. Weeks/Shavuot May/June Pentecost/Holy Spirit sent by YHWH Fulfilled 5. Yom Teruah (Trumpets)/Rosh Hashana September/October Believers' New Year/Messiah returns to Israel ("Rapture") Future 6. Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur September/October Day of Atonement/Messiah saves Israel Future 7. Tabernacles/Sukkot September/October Wedding Feast/Golden Age/Messiah starts Millennium Future
Indepth Explanation
- Passover (Pesach): Passover (Nisan 14) falls in the March/April time frame on the Gregorian calendar. Leviticus 23:5 tells us: "'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between sundown and complete darkness, comes Pesach for ADONAI." This feast celebrates the deliverance of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt; a tale of redemption through the killing of the Passover Lamb whose blood was to be applied to the doorposts of their houses - an act which would spare their firstborn from the Tenth Curse against Pharoah. YHWH promised that the Angel of Death would "pass over" those houses with the blood on the doorposts, and spare the first born (Exodus 12:1-13). Foreshadowed Yeshua, who fulfilled Passover when he was crucified and willingly allowed His own blood to be shed on our behalf in order to become our redemption.
- Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzot): Celebrated on Nisan 15, it marks the beginning of a seven day period during which the eating of leavened Bread is forbidden as leaven is a symbol of sin (I Cor. 5:6-8). Messiah Yeshua fulfilled this Feast when he was buried and became our righteousness. (Exodus 12, Deuteronomy 16:1-8, Leviticus 23:4-8, Numbers 28:16-25, Romans 6:4, II Cor. 5:21)
- Firstfruits (Yom HaBikkurim): Fulfilled when Yeshua, the Firstruits of Creation, rose from the dead to be presented to YHWH as the first of the harvest (I Corinthians 15:20-23). FirstFruits is celebrated on Nisan 16 (Leviticus 23:11), and falls during the March/April timeframe. This Feast celebrates the bringing of the firstfruits of the winter harvest to the Temple - indicating there would be more to come. Please note, the first three Feasts were fulfilled through the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Yeshua haMashiyach! Though Yeshua did not rise on Firstfruits, He is still our firstfruits, because Firstfruits don't "rise" - they are "presented" - and Yeshua was presented after 3 days/3 nights. (See Leviticus 23:9-14, Numbers 28:26-31, and 1 Corinthians 15:20.)
- Feast of Weeks (Shavuot): Known by Christians as "Pentecost" the Feast of Weeks/Shavuot is celebrated during the May/June timeframe. Exodus 34:22 tells us: "Observe the festival of Shavuot with the first-gathered produce of the wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year...." Torah directs the seven-week Counting of the Omer (which begins on the second day of Passover and culminates after seven weeks, the next day being Shavuot). The counting of the days and weeks conveys anticipation of and desire for the Giving of the Torah. In other words, at Passover, the Israelites were freed from their lives of slavery in Egypt; and 50 days later on Shavuot they accepted YHWH's Torah which made them a nation committed to serving God. This Feast was fulfilled by the coming of the promised Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on the disciples of Yeshua in the Temple. It represents the beginning of the body of Messiah on Earth, in which ALL believers, redeemed through the blood of Messiah, are lifted up before ADONAI and set apart as holy (Acts 2, John 14:15-18, Ephesians 2:11-22).
- Yom Teruah (Trumpets)/Rosh Hashana: New Year; it is the Jewish Civil New Year; the creation of the world, according to tradition; the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve and their first actions toward the realization of man's role in the world; of the first sin that was committed and resulting repentance; a day when YHWH takes stock of all of His Creation, which includes all of humanity. It's a rehearsal for the day when the bridegroom will come to claim us, his bride, who are betrothed to Him. This Feast on Tishri 1 falls in the September/October timeframe. Leviticus 23:23-25 says: ADONAI said to Moshe, "Tell the people of Isra'el, 'In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI.'"
According to tradition, during this time YHWH's people are to concentrate all their efforts into making amends with their brethren and apologizing for past offenses. Judging by the fact that Y'shua has so far fulfilled the first four feasts in sequence, Yom Teruah/Trumpets will be the next one to be fulfilled, because when the trumpets sound, those who have accepted YHWH as their God and His Divine Messiah, will be gathered/resurrected (I Thess. 4:13-18, I Cor. 15:50-54).
- Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur): "Yom Kippur" is the "Day of Atonement." It is a Shabbat/High Holy Day on which we fast, repent and bare our souls to YHWH, asking Him to forgive us anything we may have done throughout the year that was not pleasing to Him: This solemn day represents the need for the sacrifice/sin offering that must be made for the sins of the nation.
Yeshua, of course, WAS that "Sacrifice" (actually, "Offering" is a better word, because no one "sacrificed" him; he martyred himself), and he will be recognized for it at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb which may (judging by how close together the Fall Festivals are) take place immediately after Rosh Hashana/Trumpets/the "catching-up of YHWH's people" just BEFORE we all return with him, to fulfill the next Feast (Tabernacles), wherein Yeshua will "tabernacle" among us for the next thousand years!
Celebrated on Tishri 10, this mo'ed falls in the September/October time frame. Leviticus 16:29 tells us: "It is to be a permanent regulation for you that on the tenth day of the seventh month you are to deny yourselves and not to do any kind of work, both the citizen and the foreigner living with you. For on this day, atonement will be made for you to purify you; you will be clean before ADONAI from all your sins. It is a Shabbat of complete rest for you, and you are to deny yourselves. This is a permanent regulation."
- Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot): As seen in Leviticus 23: 33-37, Sukkot is celebrated five days after Yom Kippur. This Appointed Time not only reminds us of the hardships of Israel's 40 years in the wilderness but also with insight into the correct birth date of our awesome Messiah, Yeshua, who was born on the first day of Sukkot (not on the 25th of December, which is a Christian myth!), and circumcised on the eighth day. Both the first and last days are High Holy Days, where no ordinary work is to be done.
Because there was no room at the inn due to the census (Luke 2:7), Miriam and Yosef (Mary and Josef) ended up in a "sukkah" - a temporary dwelling in Bethlehem - approximately 5 miles from Jerusalem. The name Bethlehem means "House Of Bread". And as we all know, Y'shua is the Bread of Life" (see John 6:43-51).
YHWH commanded this yearly festival to be kept by His people. (Remember, "His people" refers not only to the Jews, but to ALL who accept Him as their God.) For further info on "how to celebrate" this awesome Appointed Time, check out our website's article.
Leviticus 23: 33 ADONAI said to Moshe, 34 "Tell the people of Isra'el, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of Sukkot for seven days to ADONAI. 35 On the first day there is to be a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work. 36 For seven days you are to bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI; on the eighth day you are to have a holy convocation and bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI ; it is a day of public assembly; do not do any kind of ordinary work. 37 "'These are the designated times of ADONAI that you are to proclaim as holy convocations and bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI -a burnt offering, a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, each on its own day - 38 besides the Shabbats of ADONAI, your gifts, all your vows and all your voluntary offerings that you give to ADONAI.
In Deuteronomy 16:13 - 15, YHWH tells the Israelites: "You are to keep the festival of Sukkot for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing-floor and winepress. Rejoice at your festival - you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, the L'vi'im (Levites), and the foreigners, orphans and widows living among you. Seven days you are to keep the festival for ADONAI your God in the place ADONAI your God will choose, because ADONAI your God will bless you in all your crops and in all your work, so you are to be full of joy!
PLEASE NOTE that the first three major events for believers in Yeshua - His death, burial and resurrection - exactly represent the first three feasts, and the symbolism of the feasts appears to be beyond coincidence:
- While Passover was being celebrated - which included the slaying of an unblemished Lamb - Yeshua was being slain on the cross (1 Cor 5:7).
- The feast that followed, Unleavened Bread, is a picture of sanctification, as Yeshua was buried. Leaven is representative of sin, of which Yeshua had none.
- And then the feast of Firstfruits, which is a presentation of the "firstfruits of the crop" following the feast of Unleavened Bread (Lev 23:10-11). Yeshua, "presented" on our behalf, is our Firstfruits. See 1 Cor 15:20-23 "But now the Mashiyach has risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. And as by a man came death, so also by a man came the resurrection of the dead. For as it was by Adam that all men die, so also by the Mashiyach they all live: Everyone in his order; the Mashiyach was the first-fruits; afterwards, they that are the Mashiyach???s, at his coming."
- Even more interesting, the next big event for believers was the coming of the Holy Spirit. And it fell EXACTLY on the next feast 50 days later, upon completion of the counting of the Omer (Leviticus 23:15-16), on Shavuot (what Christians call Pentecost). On that day the Ruach haKodesh decended on the believers, see Acts 2:1. The symbolism is again obvious as two loaves of bread are offered - another "firstfruits" (Leviticus 23:17) - which become "holy" (Leviticus 23:20) and we become eligible to receive the Ruach haKodesh when we repent, see Acts 2:38.
Since Yeshua has fulfilled the first four Biblical feasts, we can probably assume that the next big event - the so-called "Rapture" - could fall on the next scheduled feast day, Rosh Hashanah ("Jewish Civil New Year"/Feast of Trumpets), when YHWH calls his people together. Rosh Hashanah is the first day of the month of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew religious calendar as ordained in the Torah, in Leviticus 23:24. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Noraim ("Days of Awe"), or Asseret Yemei Teshuva (The Ten Days of Repentance) which are days specifically set aside to focus on repentance that conclude with the holiday of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement - when we become "at-one" with YHWH).
Rosh Hashanah is the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar which was instituted by YHWH Himself in Exodus 12:2. Rosh Hashanah is observed as a day of rest (Leviticus 23:24) and is characterized by the blowing of the shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn, intended to awaken the listener from his or her "slumber" and alert them to the coming judgment.
The Final Feast to be fulfilled is Sukkot/Tabernacles, when Yeshua will once again come to "tabernacle" among His people!
There is, of course, much more to YHWH's feasts, but the bottom line is: Judging from the importance that HE placed on His Biblical feasts, why would anyone think "Jesus abolished them"?
Does God want us to keep the Feast days?
Just as we approached the question to keep the Sabbath or not, we will approach the feast days the same way. So, to answer, “Does God want us to keep the feast days?” We need to know a few things about the feast days:
I. How long did God say we should observe these commandments?
II. Does the New Testament support us keeping these commandments?
III. Why did God want us to keep them in the past?
IV. Does the reason of why God wanted us to keep them in the past still apply?
V. Is there any evidence that we will be keeping the Feast days when Christ returns?
I. How long did God say we should observe these commandments?
Exodus 12:14-24
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven 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. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; 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. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Leviticus 23:9-43
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God
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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month 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. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven 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. These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. 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 seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
II. Does the New Testament support us keeping these commandments?
a. Jesus kept the feasts [John 2:23; 7:2-10] and he led his life as an example to us. [1 Peter 2:21-23]
b. Jesus’ disciples kept the feasts even after the death and resurrection of Christ.
Acts 18:20-21
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem:
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 20:16
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
c. We are instructed from Christ, concerning the Passover, to “do in remembrance of me” [Luke 22:1-19]
Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Just as we approached the question to keep the Sabbath or not, we will approach the feast days the same way. So, to answer, “Does God want us to keep the feast days?” We need to know a few things about the feast days:
I. How long did God say we should observe these commandments?
II. Does the New Testament support us keeping these commandments?
III. Why did God want us to keep them in the past?
IV. Does the reason of why God wanted us to keep them in the past still apply?
V. Is there any evidence that we will be keeping the Feast days when Christ returns?
I. How long did God say we should observe these commandments?
Exodus 12:14-24
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven 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. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; 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. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Leviticus 23:9-43
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God
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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month 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. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven 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. These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. 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 seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
II. Does the New Testament support us keeping these commandments?
a. Jesus kept the feasts [John 2:23; 7:2-10] and he led his life as an example to us. [1 Peter 2:21-23]
b. Jesus’ disciples kept the feasts even after the death and resurrection of Christ.
Acts 18:20-21
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem:
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 20:16
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
c. We are instructed from Christ, concerning the Passover, to “do in remembrance of me” [Luke 22:1-19]
Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Luke 22:7-19
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
What was Christ doing? He was eating a Passover supper. The Passover was set up to foreshadow Christ’s sacrifice at the cross. It makes since that we would now do this “in remembrance” of him.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
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, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Many have used the phrase, "as often as ye drink it..." for evidence that Jesus was not talking about the Passover, but he was talking about communion. They incorrectly assume that Jesus is giving us freedom to drink this cup "often". When Jesus said, "as often as you do this..." he was NOT saying we could do this often as we like! Remember, what where they doing? They were doing a Passover meal. How often do you do a passover meal? Once a year! He was saying, "Every time you do this....(Every time you do a Passover meal...)". That is, every time you take the PASSOVER cup and the PASSOVER bread, we do it in remembrance. Before, we were commanded by God to do Passover in remembrance of God freeing the Israelites from bondage of slavery. Now we are commanded by Jesus to do the Passover (or at least part of the Passover) in remembrance of Him freeing His people from bondage of sin and death.
Christians actually get the tradition of communion from the Catholic church. And just like the Catholic church incorporated the pagan holidays, such as Easter and Christmas, with their religion, so they did with other pagan rituals such as their Mass/Communion.
d. We are instructed by the by God, through Paul to keep the feast of unleavened bread.
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 Christ our passover is sacrificed 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.
(Go here for the Passover Warning)
God set up the seven festival days to foreshadow Christ’s death, resurrection, his pouring of the Holy Spirit, his second coming, judgment, and His millennium reign. I will not go in much detail about those here. There are many good books on this subject for much detailed study that will really awe you.
Go here to see how Christ fulfilled the Passover
Go here to read more details about God’s feasts and what they foreshadow
IV. Does the reason of why God wanted us to keep them in the past still apply?
Yes and no. For the fall feasts, have not been fulfilled yet, so the original reason still applies. The spring feasts have been fulfilled, so now we are suppose to do them “in remembrance” or their original purpose and fulfillment.
V. Is there any evidence that we will be keeping the Feast days when Christ returns?
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.
Isaiah 66:22-23
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Also read this short page to answer one common reason given for not keeping the feasts.
Good Books on the Feasts of Yahweh / Holy Days
(That short page)
Jesus Cleansed EVERYONE who has Repented from their Sins
One common argument people use against keeping the feasts is, "The Messiah cleansed us from our sins so we no longer have to do the rituals that were set up to do this (like the Days of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Atonement)".
For those who use an argument similar to this one, let me ask you, "Do you REALLY think that these rituals ever cleaned anyone from any sin?" (because that is what the above statement implies)
The fact is these feasts never cleansed ANYONE from sin! If it were possible, we would not need a savior. The people that were alive before the Messiah died on the cross are STILL saved by Yeshua's blood on the cross! Let me rephrase...Before the Messiah's death, the feasts (or Day of Atonement) did not cleanse ANYONE from ANY sin, but just pointed to the Messiah. Other than Yeshua adding to the Passover Supper when he told us to "do this in remembrance...", not much else has changed! They STILL do not cleanse anyone of their sins and they STILL point to the Messiah!
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
What was Christ doing? He was eating a Passover supper. The Passover was set up to foreshadow Christ’s sacrifice at the cross. It makes since that we would now do this “in remembrance” of him.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
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, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Many have used the phrase, "as often as ye drink it..." for evidence that Jesus was not talking about the Passover, but he was talking about communion. They incorrectly assume that Jesus is giving us freedom to drink this cup "often". When Jesus said, "as often as you do this..." he was NOT saying we could do this often as we like! Remember, what where they doing? They were doing a Passover meal. How often do you do a passover meal? Once a year! He was saying, "Every time you do this....(Every time you do a Passover meal...)". That is, every time you take the PASSOVER cup and the PASSOVER bread, we do it in remembrance. Before, we were commanded by God to do Passover in remembrance of God freeing the Israelites from bondage of slavery. Now we are commanded by Jesus to do the Passover (or at least part of the Passover) in remembrance of Him freeing His people from bondage of sin and death.
Christians actually get the tradition of communion from the Catholic church. And just like the Catholic church incorporated the pagan holidays, such as Easter and Christmas, with their religion, so they did with other pagan rituals such as their Mass/Communion.
d. We are instructed by the by God, through Paul to keep the feast of unleavened bread.
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 Christ our passover is sacrificed 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.
(Go here for the Passover Warning)
God set up the seven festival days to foreshadow Christ’s death, resurrection, his pouring of the Holy Spirit, his second coming, judgment, and His millennium reign. I will not go in much detail about those here. There are many good books on this subject for much detailed study that will really awe you.
Go here to see how Christ fulfilled the Passover
Go here to read more details about God’s feasts and what they foreshadow
IV. Does the reason of why God wanted us to keep them in the past still apply?
Yes and no. For the fall feasts, have not been fulfilled yet, so the original reason still applies. The spring feasts have been fulfilled, so now we are suppose to do them “in remembrance” or their original purpose and fulfillment.
V. Is there any evidence that we will be keeping the Feast days when Christ returns?
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.
Isaiah 66:22-23
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Also read this short page to answer one common reason given for not keeping the feasts.
Good Books on the Feasts of Yahweh / Holy Days
(That short page)
Jesus Cleansed EVERYONE who has Repented from their Sins
One common argument people use against keeping the feasts is, "The Messiah cleansed us from our sins so we no longer have to do the rituals that were set up to do this (like the Days of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Atonement)".
For those who use an argument similar to this one, let me ask you, "Do you REALLY think that these rituals ever cleaned anyone from any sin?" (because that is what the above statement implies)
The fact is these feasts never cleansed ANYONE from sin! If it were possible, we would not need a savior. The people that were alive before the Messiah died on the cross are STILL saved by Yeshua's blood on the cross! Let me rephrase...Before the Messiah's death, the feasts (or Day of Atonement) did not cleanse ANYONE from ANY sin, but just pointed to the Messiah. Other than Yeshua adding to the Passover Supper when he told us to "do this in remembrance...", not much else has changed! They STILL do not cleanse anyone of their sins and they STILL point to the Messiah!