This study series is about Paul’s eschatology found in his two epistles to the Thessalonians, with particular attention to what he claims in 1Thessalonians 4:13-18. There, he tells us that the dead shall rise at the coming of the Lord, who comes at the sound of the trumpet. At that time “we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord” (i.e. believers in the 1st century AD; verse-15) will be taken or gathered with the raised dead to meet the Lord (1Thessalonians 4:16-17). We need to keep in mind, as we read Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians that he preached nothing but what is written in the Old Covenant text (Acts 26:22-23). So, if this is true, what would the coming of Christ, the raising of the dead, and the gathering of the elect, “who are alive and remain,” mean in terms of Jewish thought as found in the Old Covenant text?
Briefly, there were seven annual Holy Days or Feast Days in the Jewish calendar, according to Leviticus 23. They were: the Passover, the Days of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah – the coming of the King), Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur – judgment), and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth; i.e. harvest – gathering – resurrection). Jesus alluded to this calendar in the Gospel of John: “Do you not say, ‘It is yet four months, and the harvest comes?’ Behold, I say to you, ‘Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white to harvest already!’” (John 4:35). In other words, Pentecost had already past and they were in the midst of the four-month period between the spring festivals and the fall festivals.
The point in bringing the festivals up is that Jesus claimed all things under the Old Covenant concerning him must be fulfilled (Luke 24:44). The festivals were shadows of things to come (Colossians 2:16-17). The first four Feast days: Passover (crucifixion), Unleavened Bread (cleansing of sin), Feast of Weeks (Jesus’ resurrection) and Pentecost (coming of the Holy Spirit), had been fulfilled. The four-month period between the spring festivals and the fall festivals symbolized the waiting for judgment. When Paul wrote his epistle to the Colossians he was in the midst of that period—waiting for the coming of Christ, judgment and resurrection, and he said of the Holy Day Feasts that they: “are a shadow of things about to come” (G3195 – mello; literally “about to”), about to be (ECB), soon to come (WNT), coming things (YLT). In other words, Paul was alluding to the fact that the last four festivals were about to be fulfilled (Colossians 2:16-17). In other words, about to (G3195 – mello) be fulfilled does not mean about to be delayed for 2000 years or more.
James tells us that the Judge was already standing at the door (James 5:9), and Peter wrote that the time of the judgment had already come (1Peter 4:17), and Paul wrote to the Thessalonians that in their expected lifetime, the Lord would come, and the dead would be rise, and they who were alive would be gathered with the raised dead to be with the Lord (1Thessalonians 4:13-17), and judgment would fall upon the evildoers (1Thessalonians 5:1-3).
Remember, Jesus had told his disciples that, until all was fulfilled, not even the slightest component of the Law would lose its authority (Matthew 5:17-18). Therefore, the whole Law stood or fell together. In other words, then, the Law was still in force at the time of Paul’s writing to the Colossians, because there still remained parts of the Law to be fulfilled (Colossians 2:17). If the Law is still unfulfilled today, then the Old Covenant is still in force, and the New Covenant has yet to be established. However, Paul wrote to the Hebrews that the Old Covenant was soon to pass away and give way for the New Covenant to be established (Hebrews 8:13). So, if, indeed, the New Covenant is the covenant, through which the Lord deals with mankind, then the Old Covenant has been abolished. If the Old Covenant is abolished, then all things have been fulfilled, including the Feast of Trumpets (the coming of the King), the Day of Atonement (judgment) and the Feast of Tabernacles (resurrection / gathering to the King).
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Feast of Weeks is not the resurrection. The resurrection is day 17 of the first month. There are 2 other 17th that have to do with the flood.
Shavuot, as called by the jews.
Day 1 of the first month, the month of Abib when things get green. The start of Spring on March 20th, the Spring Equinox as mentioned on Genesis 1:14. The day the Lord created “His Calendar” and not a lot of others that are not correct.
Day 14 of the first month: Passover. The blood saved the nation of Israel. Not a High Holy Day. No need to rest, not a shabbat.
Day 15 of the first month: first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread. A High Holy Day. Need to rest and to have a Holy Convocation. First day of seven.
Day 16 of the first month: the day of Firstfruits. The harvest of “barley”. Like 5 months after the 7th month when Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles are celebrated. The day the High Priest waves the barley in front of the Lord. Not a day of rest and no need to convocate.
Day 50 from day 16 of first month. Should fall on the 3rd day of the 3rd month as instructed on Exodus 19. The jews (pharisees and rabbies) say is the 6th of Nissan in error. And are using a pagan name to call this month as followed from Achadian language learned while they were in Babylonia for 70 years. Why? They are using a lunar calendar. This 50th day is a day of rest, a High Holy Day. This type of day is a moving holiday through the week, similar to our 4th of July.
And then we have 4 holidays to be celebrated in the 7th month starting on the Fall Equinox on September 22. After a leap year falls on September 23. The jews call this month Tishrei in honor of the god Shamash and not the only one: Havâ. (I AM THAT I AM something like the “One that exists or be”) That month should be called: the 7th month. Day 1, 10, 15 and 21 are High Holy Days, rest and Holy Convocation. Also out of Numbers 29:35, Day 22 is a High Holy Day. It is called “The Great Day.” Assume ideas of what it might mean at your own risk.
1st day of 7th month: Feast of Trumpets. Trumpets are sounded when some special event is about to come. It anounces the coming of our Saviour. The jews call it: Rosh Hashona, the start of months acording to their ideas and not the Lords. He said it on Exodus 12.
10th day of 7th month: YOM KIPPUR, the Day of Atonement (expiation of sins). Goats are killed to expiate the sins of the congregation.
There is another big event that happens this day. (Discover it at your own pace)
Day 15th of 7th month: first day of Tabernacles and to be celebrated for 7 days. A feast to commemorate the 40 years spent living in tents while sojourn in through the desert.
People say that the Word does not write about the day that he Savior comes to Earth. It really does: it mentions the year, the day and the hour, but you have to DREDGE the Word to find the clues (little details) that will give you the “proper” answer.
Also almost the entire world is celebrating the Savior’s death on the wrong date. There were exactly 72 hours between His death and resurrection and not 39 hours. Also He was resurrected on a day of rest, a regular day of rest and not a Sunday or first day of the week.
The majority of His celebrations are on rest days. Why was Isho (Jesus) going to resurrect himself on a Sunday, the day of the sun and not the Son?
The TRUTH will set you free, NOT THE LIES.
SO BE IT.
This is the **only** part of your comment that had anything to do with my post: “Feast of Trumpets.” So, I’ll respond only to it.
What proof do you have in the word of God that the resurrection did not occur on the Feast of Weeks?
Eddie:
You are asking the wrong question. I don’t need to give you any proof. You need to find it yourself in the WORD. I already found it . You are always telling me that I’m wrong, so be it.
The proof is on the Word as to the day that it happened. Look it up.
Thank you for your kind words.
Edie:
You yourself wrote that the crucifixion occurred on the middle of the week and that our Savior was in the tomb for 3 days and 3 nights. (It was a Wednesday) Thus He was resurrected on a sabbath, 72 hours later at exactly the 9th hour on day 17 of the first month. You mentioned the name of that month to be Nisan as called by the jews and it comes from Nisannu of Babylonian origen through Akkadian etymology paying respect to the god Bel, “Lord master.”
The Lord on Exodus 12:2 says: “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month the year for you” and its name appears in Exodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18 and Deuteronomy 16:1 as “Abib”, not Nisan, meaning that this month is of greening crops such us young barley ears occurring during springtime in the Northern hemisphere where the promised land is located.
Day 17 is the second day of Counting the Omer 9As called by jewish tradition), the counting starts on day 16 called the Day of Firstfruits (Lev 23:9-14). Day 17 is the second day of counting the 50 days of the Feast of Weeks ending at Shavuot the 50th day that should fall on the third day of the third month as written in Exodus 19 and not always on a Sunday. The jews say it is the 6th of Sivan because they use the lunar calendar and not the Lord’s calendar (That is another discussion).
Just clarifying.
Greetings Chameleon, and thank you for responding.
We agree that Jesus was crucified on the 14th of Nisan / Abib. We also agree that he died at or about the ninth hour of the day (as the ancients counted time). What we disagree upon is when Jesus was resurrected. You believe he was resurrected on the ninth hour of the 17th, but this isn’t correct. How I know this isn’t correct is that Jesus, himself, claimed he would be in the heart of the earth (i.e. dead and **buried**) for three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40). The harvest season was used by Jesus to symbolize resurrection. The Wave Sheaf or the Firstfruits offering was made about 6 AM (as we count time) or about the time of sunrise on the first day one counted toward Pentecost (the whole spring harvest season). Nothing could be harvested (resurrected) until the Wave Sheaf / Firstfruits offering was presented before God. All this is recorded in Leviticus 23.
According to Unger’s Bible Dictionary, the Wave Sheaf / Firstfruits offering was harvested just after sunset at the beginning of the nighttime portion of the first day counting toward Pentecost. We disagree on which day of the first month that was. You claim it was the 16th, and this was the tradition held by the Pharisees. However, if it were the 16th, why was it necessary to count 50 days to arrive at Pentecost? The 16th of the first month to the 15th of the second month (counting the 16th as the first day) would be 30 days, add to this the remaining 14 days (29 days in the second month) and you have 44 days. Finally add the first 6 days of the third month and you would have the 6th of the third month and this would **always** be Pentecost. So, why count at all, if the 6th of the third month would always be Pentecost? How you arrive at the 3rd day is a mystery.
Leviticus 23:15-16 properly read would indicate that the counting must begin on the day after the **weekly** Sabbath, which fell between the two annual Sabbaths of the Passover week (Days of Unleavened Bread). Seven Sabbaths would be complete and the 50th day would be the next day after the seventh Sabbath, and that would always be a Sunday, and it would always be necessary to count the days to find the proper date in the third month to celebrate Pentecost, because it would be on a different **date** but the same day of the week each year.
Christ is our Firstfruits (Wave Sheaf offering) as indicated by Paul in 1Corinthians 15:20, 23. If the Wave Sheaf / Firstfruits offering were on the 16th of the month as you claim, it would have no meaning whatsoever, but according to the word of God, **all** things done under the Old Covenant pointed to Christ.