RAPTURE! HEAVEN HELL AND THE WORK OF GRACE-PART 1

THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN CHURCH-TEACHING SEMINAR 2013 SERIES

UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS ARTS THEATREOPPOSITE SENATE BUILDING

3RD &4TH MAY 2013

OUTLINE

• INTRODUCTION• THE 7 FEASTS AND THE HARVEST CYCLES– THE 7 FEASTS– THE HARVEST CYCLES

• OVERCOMERS OR WHAT?• CONCLUSION

OVERVIEW OF THE 7 FEASTS BASED ON LEVITICUS 23

NISAN

FIRST MONTH SECOND MONTH

THIRD MONTH

FOURTH MONTH

FIFTH MONTH

SIXTH MONTH

SEVENTH MONTH

PASSOVER

UNLEAVENED BREAD

FIRST FRUIT

PENTECOST

PENTECOST IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE

TRUMPHETS

DAY OF ATONEMENT

TABERNACLE

FEASTS DEALING WITH HIS WORK AT HIS SECOND ADVENT

FEASTS DEALING WITH HIS WORK AT HIS FIRST COMING

PENTECOST IS 50 DAYS FROM FIRST FRUITS

50

DAYS

UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATION IN LEVITICUS 23

• FEASTS (moed) IS INACCURATELY CONSIDERED TO BE FOOD. HOWEVER FROM THE HEBREW ROOT IT MEANS A FIXED TIME OR SEASON; TO FIX UPON (BY AGREEMENT OR APPOINTMENT); BY IMPLICATION TO MEET AT A STATED TIME; TO ENGAGE (FOR MARRIAGE). THIS IS THE SAME WORD USED IN GEN 1:14 THAT IS TRANSLATED ‘SEASONS’

• HOLY CONVOCATION (mikrah) SPEAK TO DRESS REHEARSAL AS IN DRAMATISING FOR THE REAL THING THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE MASTER PERFORMANCE THUS TO PROCLAIM (karah) MEANS TO PUBLISH, MENTION. READ OUT AS IN CALLING OUT NAMES, OPENLY DECLARE

UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATION IN LEVITICUS 23 contd

• PUT LEV 23:2 IN PERSPECTIVE, IT SHOULD READ THUS “SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY UNTO THEM CONCERNING THE DIVINELY APPOINTED TIMES OF THE LORD. WHICH YE SHALL PROCLAIM TO BE HOLY DRESS REHEARSALS, EVEN THESE ARE MY DIVINELY SET APPOINTMENTS”

UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATION IN LEVITICUS 23 contd

FROM GEN 1:14 THE WORDS SIGNS COMES FROM THE HEBREW WORD (ouath) MEANS SIGNALS, MAKING US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUN, MOON AND STARS ARE SIGNALS TO TELL THE APPOINTED TIMES.

THE SPRING FEASTSFIRST SET OF FEASTS TIED TO THE BARLEY HARVEST INSPRING DRAMATISED IN THE FOLLOWING VERSES THE:• LEV 23:5-14TH NISSAN ; EXODUS 12:3-14 THE LORD’S

PASSOVER (THE PARALLEL FULFILLED IN THE LORD IN -JOHN 12:1-2,23-24,27-28 CRUCIFICTION AND LAST SUPPER/NEW COVENANT-LUKE 22:19-20 LUKE 23:4)

• LEV 23:6; EXODUS 12:15-15TH NISSAN- FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (MATZAH-STRIPPED AND PEARCED)-

THE SPRING FEASTS contd

LEV 23:10-11; EXODUS 23:19;• JOSHUA 5:10-12. NOTE THE ORDER HERE PASSOVER

14TH NISSAN; OLD CORN 15TH NISSAN, MANNA CEASED 16TH NISSAN 17TH NISSAN THEY ATE THE FRUITS OF THE LAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE FIRST FRUITS, THE SHEAFS FROM THE BARLEY HARVEST WERE BROUGHT TO THE TEMPLE REPRESENTING THE RESSURECTION OF THE LORD-1 COR 15:20 AND MATH 27: 52-53

The 7 Feasts of God

PENTECOST, FEAST OF WEEKS

LEV 23:15-17-THE PENTECOST ALSO CALLEDFEAST OF HARVESTS OR FEAST OF WEEKSWHICH SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO THE WHEATHARVEST –ACTS 2:1-4.

THE HARVESTS IN RELATION TO THE FEASTS

DEUT 16:16 (EXODUS 23:15-17) INTRODUCES AUNIQUENESS TO • THE FEAST UNLEAVENED BREAD OR

HARVESTS-• THE FEAST OF WEEKS; AND• THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES OR IN-

GATHERINGWHY AND HOW?

THE HARVESTS IN RELATION TO THE FEASTS

BARLEY HARVEST

FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD-THE SACRIFICIAL OFFERING OF THE LORD ON THE CROSS FOR ALL MANKIND AND HIS RESSUTECTION WAS PERFECTLY TYPED IN THE BARLEY HARVEST WHEN SHEAFS WERE BROUGHT TO THE TEMPLE REPRESENTING THE RESSURECTION OF THE LORD AS THE FIRSTFRUIT FROM THE DEAD- COR 15:20 AND MATH 27: 52-53

WHEAT HARVEST

• FEAST OF THE WEEKS OR PENTECOST-THE GIVING OF THE TORAH-EXODUS 19:10-23. SEE THE SEQUENCE OF SANCTIFICATION, THE LORD DESCENDING IN FIRE AND SMOKE UPON THE MOUNTAIN, THE LONG AND LOUD SOUND OF THE TRUMPHET AND THE CALLING UP OF MOSES/AARON AND ELDERS OF ISRAEL:– PERFECTLY TYPING THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN

ACTS 2:2-7 INVOLVING BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES. THIS FEAST HAD LEAVENED BREAD IN OFFERING

WHEAT HARVEST contd

• THE GATHERING ON TOP OF THE MOUNT IN THE CLOUD OUT OF THE PHYSICAL SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE-TYPING THE GATHERING IN THE CLOUD GENERALLY REFERED TO AS THE RAPTURE! THIS OCCURS AFTER EXODUS 19:19 AND COMPARE WITH 1 THESS 4:16-17- THIS HAS LED TO SUGGESTIONS THAT THE RAPTURE MAY HAPPEN OF A FEAST OF PENTECOST

NOTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO HARVESTS

• THE BARLEY HARVEST (WINNOWING FORK AND WIND BECAUSE OF THE SOFTNESS OF BARLEY)

• THE WHEAT HARVEST REQUIRES THE USE OF THE TRIBULUM (TRIBULATION). THE NEED TO THRESH THE WHEAT DURING THE WHEAT HARVEST WITH HARD MATERIAL

NOTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO HARVESTS (TIMING) AND THE THIRD AND LAST

HARVEST

THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING REPRESENTED BY REV 8:1 &10:1-3; AND REV10:7&11:15 WHICH EFFECTIVELY TIES TO THE TIMING OF THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE LORD LEADING AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MILLENIAL REIGN OR THE SEASONS OF OUR JOY-THE END OF THE FALL FEASTS

UNDERSTANDING THE FALL FEASTS• THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS– DAY OF THE AWAKENING BLAST;– TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE;– YOM HAKEDESH-THE HIDDEN DAY;– YOM HADIN-THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND GATES;– HA KIDUSHIN-THE WEDDING; AND– HA MELLEV –THE CROWNING

• THE FEAST OF ATONEMENT• THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

• SHOW THE CLIP IN PART

CONCLUSION

• WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO BE OVERCOMER OR THE OVERCOME?

• HEAVEN OR HELL IS THE IMPLICATION• YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK OF

GRACE IN THIS TIME-TITUS 2:11-14.