StoneBridge Community Church
Pastor Jeff Cheadle
Colossians 2:16-17 NIV
Exodus 12:12-14 NIV
Leviticus 23:5 NIV
1 Corinthians 5:7 NIV
1. Jesus sacrificed…
For Reflection/Discussion: Have you ever attended a Passover Seder? What happened and what did you learn? What does the word "Passover" refer to? Make plans to attend worship on Good Friday when Jews for Jesus will present "Christ in the Passover."
FIRSTFRUITS
Leviticus 23:10 NIV
1 Corinthians 15:20 NIV
2. Jesus rose…
For Reflection/Discussion: What is the festival of firstfruits? What role did it play in the life of ancient Israel? What is the significance of Jesus rising from the grave on firstfruits?
THE FEAST OF WEEKS (PENTECOST)
Leviticus 23:16 NIV
Jeremiah 31:33 NIV
Acts 2:1-4 NIV
Acts 2:38-41 NIVUK
3. Jesus sent…
For Reflection/Discussion: What is the Feast of Weeks and what did it celebrate? What is the name this feast is given in the New Testament? How do the events recorded in Acts 2 take on deeper meaning when read in light of the Old Testament teaching about the Feast of Weeks?
THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS (ROSH HASHANAH)
Leviticus 23:24 NIV
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 NIV
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 NIV
Revelation 11:15 NIV
4. Jesus promised…
For Reflection/Discussion: What is a shofar? What was the significance of the Feast of Trumpets? What role do trumpets play in 1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 15, and Revelation 8-11?
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (YOM KIPPUR)
Leviticus 23:27-28 NIV
Hebrews 10:3-10 NIV
1 John 2:2 NIV
5. Jesus atoned…
For Reflection/Discussion: What is Yom Kippur? Why is Yom Kippur counted as a High Holy Day? How would you define atonement? What role, if any, did the Old Testament sacrificial system play in atoning for sin? How does the author of Hebrews understand the sacrificial system? Why were two goats used in the Temple ceremony on the Day of Atonement? How do Christians atone for their sin?
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES (SUCCOTH)
Leviticus 23:34 NIV
John 1:14 NIV
6. Jesus makes…
Revelation 21:1-3 NIV
John 7:37-38 NIV
Jeremiah 17:13 NIV
For Reflection/Discussion: How does John use the image of God "tabernacling" with us to describe the importance of the Incarnation in John 1? How does he use this same image of tabernacling to describe what believers will enjoy forever in the New Heaven and New Earth which God has promised? How does an understanding of how Tabernacles was celebrated in the first century inform our understanding of the story of Jesus and the adulterous woman?
