The Israelites did not just have Three Feasts.  They had a specific time, order and place of the Feasts.  Everything in Israel centered around the Lord and the Tabernacle or Temple.  The fulfillment is the same as the shadow.  The time, place and order centers around the Lord and His House. "You are the Temple of God, as God has said," II Corinthians 6:16. II Corithians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" The fulfillment of all Three Feasts are in Christ.  He is the fulfillment of all things.  We must look unto Jesus to find the completion to the Word of God.  Nothing else will complete it but Him.  Glory Be to God in the Highest!

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The Feasts III - The Time and Place of the Gathering

In Exodus 3, Jehovah said to Moses that He had come down to deliver the people out of  the bondage of Egypt. In His deliverance He told the children of Israel that they would be taking a 3 Day Journey.  This 3 day journey is of utmost significance, as it is speaking of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.     Exodus 3:7"And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.: Exodus 8:27 "We will go three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us."    It may have taken the Israelites many years to come to Canaan, which it did, but the entire time they were on a 3 day journey.  That is same with us as believers.  We are in a 3 day journey the entirety of our walk in the Lord Jesus Christ.  We are observing a 3 Day Feast of the Lord as we observe Him, in His death, burial, and resurrection.    However, nothing could be observed unless He came down.  Jesus said I AM COME that they might have life.  His coming is the only way we have to Life.  We receive, observe and know this Life in Him.  Glory to God.  

The Feasts of The Lord - Introduction II - I AM COME

Over the next few months, I will be posting an in depth study of the Feasts of the Lord.  In our Bible class we went through the Feasts in depth.  Our aim and goal was to see how these are gathered up and fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ, and how we as believers partake of His fulfillment.     In this study, I came to more in depth understanding of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles.  There were areas in these Feasts that became evident which I never knew.  I pray this study serves as an edification to your heart, a building up in Christ, and that He is seen and glorified.  Blessings to you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Feasts of the Lord - Introduction

In the sculpture I did not see the correlation of what Jesus said, "I AM The True Vine to the Feast of Tabernacles until I was in the study of both.  Part or much of  the significance of the Feast of Tabernacles has to do with Ingathering's of the Fruit of the Field.  So as to mention it, it also deals with the King, who we know is fulfilled in our Lord Jesus Christ. However, if we look at the Feast as pertaining to the Harvest Time, we have to find that fulfillment in Christ, and no where else.  ALL The Scripture testifies of Him.    John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. New King James Version."   Jesus stated here that their fruit may remain.  This is of heavy significance.  Our fruit is that of Him, or defined in the scripture as the fruit of the Spirit.  We could say that one aspect of the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Ingathering, is the gathering up of the Fruit of THE TRUE VINE, into the House. HALLELUJAH.  Yes, and not just a gathering up of it, but that it may remain.  That the effect of Christ is He would remain or His substance would be formed in us.  Glory to God!   Leviticus 23:39 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

I AM The True Vine IV - That Your Fruit May Remain

Not only is Jesus the True Vine in relationship to the Israel of God, He is the True Vine in relationship to mankind Himself.  From the beginning Christ was the Vine that God purposed in the earth.  God’s plan toward mankind has always been Christ.  His intent has been to bring forth the fruit of Christ in man.  So, when God made man, His vision was Christ in the man, bringing forth the fruit of God.   When we look at mankind, the natural man to try and find purpose it becomes futile or as Solomon said, vanity of vanities.  Man in himself could never complete the purpose of God.  God Himself was always the only one who could get His purpose.  He gets it in His person, Jesus Christ our Lord.  When Christ came in the earth, speaking of Him coming both on planet earth and in man, purpose was finally seen.  Christ was always God’s purpose in the earth.  Christ was God’s purpose for planet earth, and for mankind.  In Christ is where the true fruit of God is found.  God was always after fruit.   In looking at mankind, God is like a farmer.  A farmer looks at the land and doesn’t just see a nice piece of ground, but He sees the land filled with fruit.  If he is a corn farmer, he sees corn.  If the land does not bear corn, or cannot bear corn it is worthless.  God looks at mankind, His earth, and sees Christ.  The potential for the ground is Christ. The purpose for the ground is Christ.  This is the purpose for man existing that Christ would be formed in them.    This only comes through the fulfillment of the Seed being planted in the earth to bring forth its own kind.  Christ was planted in death, burial, and resurrection in the earth.  God puts that seed in our hearts to bring forth its very own substance that was brought forth in the person of Jesus Christ when He came as man in our hearts.  This is the work of the Spirit, to plant, cultivate and bring forth the Living Christ in you and I that are His husbandry or garden.  Glory to God!      

I AM The True Vine III - The True Vine of the Earth

Unless a Seed of Wheat falls into the ground and dies it abides alone.  The Seed of God, the planting of the Lord fell into the ground to bring forth in the ground (man made of the ground), His own substance.  Jesus came forth to bring an increase of Himself in a New Creation.  We who are His are that creation and are filled with the substance of Him.  Glory to God.

I AM The True Vine II

Jesus declared of Himself that He is the True Vine.  Consider that statement.  In the Old Covenant, Israel was known as the planting of the Lord.  Jesus was planted of God, the Seed of wheat that fell in the ground and died.  We are planted in Him.  All true planting of God is in Christ Jesus.  

I AM The True Vine

Paul states Christ, who is our life, shall appear and we shall appear with Him in Glory.  Many doctrines have taught us this is a event that will happen someday.  However, I want us to consider that Christ our Life is in us.  Paul tells us that much in Colossians Chapter, "Christ in you the hope of Glory."  Now if I consider He is in me, I could also consider that this appearing is from within.  Christ appearing in me makes me aware of His Glory.  Makes me aware of that which He is.     Therefore, I become like Him when He appears.  He is my life.  As He is so am I.  This is taught in Paul's, Peter's and John's epistles.  We are like Him.  If we simply consider we have been born of Him when we were born again, and the substance that He is is NOW our Life it would make this simpler to understand.  You and I are not separate from Jesus.  He is now our very Life.  He now lives within us, and He is changing our hearts, souls and minds into the same image that He is.  Glory to God.

I AM The Life IV - When Christ Our Life Appears

Paul states Christ who is our life shall appear and we shall appear with Him in Glory.  Many doctrines have taught us this is a event that will happen someday.  However, I want us to consider that Christ our Life is in us.  Paul tells us that much in Colossians Chapter, "Christ in you the hope of Glory."  Now if I consider He is in me, I could also consider that this appearing is from within.  Christ appearing in me makes me aware of His Glory.  Makes me aware of that which He is.     Therefore, I become like Him when He appears.  He is my life.  As He is so am I.  This is taught in Paul's, Peter's and John's epistles.  We are like Him.  If we simply consider we have been born of Him when we were born again, and the substance that He is is NOW our Life it would make this simpler to understand.  You and I are not separate from Jesus.  He is now our very Life.  He now lives within us, and He is changing our hearts, souls and minds into the same image that He is.  Glory to God.

I AM The Life IV- When Christ Who is our Life Appears

Christ is our Life!  If you have been born again you have Christ living in you.  He is your Life!  Glory to God!

I AM The Life III - Christ Who is Our Life

Jesus said in John's Gospel that He had come that we may have life.   Unless He came, mankind would abide in death.  Unless Christ is in you, you are abiding in death.  Christ who is our life dwells within our hearts to be made known.  As we know Him we know Life!  Glory to God!

I AM The Life II

When Jesus came and said, "I AM come that you might have life, and have it abundantly," did He simply mean we would have extraordinary natural lives?  Did He mean we would have eternal life when we died?  Was that His Mind toward life?  In the Gospels Jesus declares Life to be Himself.  We did not have Him.  He is Life.   So, when He declared that His coming was unto Life, it meant that He the LIFE would come to be within us.  It meant that we would come to know the only True God in an inward way through Jesus Christ our Lord.  We would come out of death, and into His Life.  He is THE LIFE.  Glory to God!

I AM The Life

I AM The Resurrection John 11:25 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world."  Listen to this scripture!  He, Jesus Christ our Lord, is THE RESURRECTION.  We as believers are raised from the dead to the living.  He is the Living One.  When we receive Him, we come to the Resurrection?  In fact, we are born into the resurrection.  We are born in Christ.  This is the resurrection of the dead. Now the life we have is Christ.  He is our life.  In the Resurrection we come to Him.  We come to that which pertains to Him, and begin to know His Life, not our own.  This is what Paul says, Not I, but Christ, in Galatians 2.  Think of this in connection with the Resurrection, “Not I But Christ.”  What we are learning and knowing by His Spirit is Him, not a better me, but the Lord from Heaven.  Our salvation is being built up in Him.  He is our Life in the Resurrection from the dead.   We come in Him to the High Place.  Jesus said, I am from above.   In Isaiah, God declared my ways are higher than men.  Connect with me that we are raised.  We are raised to the HIGH WAYS of God, and the HIGH WAYS of God is a Person, Jesus Christ our Lord!  Amen! Glory to God!

I AM The Resurrection IV - Christ The Resurrection

Who are the dead?  What is God's definition of the dead?  Is it simply dead bodies in a cemetery?  In Apostle Paul's Revelation of Jesus Christ he came to a conclusion that Christ is Life.  Anything outside of Him has not life.   So in his epistles he declared all in Adam are dead.  The natural man is in death.  "To be carnally minded is death."  Putting off the old man, the carnal mind and its nature is the clothing of death.  Putting on the New Man, who is Christ, is the clothing of Life.  We are clothed upon with Christ.  He is our Life.  Glory to God.

The Resurrection of the Dead III - Putting off the Grave Clothes

Who are the dead?  What is God's definition of the dead?  Is it simply dead bodies in a cemetery?  In Apostle Paul's Revelation of Jesus Christ he came to a conclusion that Christ is Life.  Anything outside of Him has not life.   So in his epistles he declared all in Adam are dead.  The natural man is in death.  "To be carnally minded is death."  Putting off the old man, the carnal mind and its nature is the clothing of death.  Putting on the New Man, who is Christ, is the clothing of Life.  We are clothed upon with Christ.  He is our Life.  Glory to God.

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