The Feasts of God: Difference between revisions

===Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)===

*'''Date:''' The 50th day from the Day of Firstfruits (Resurrection Day)

*'''Origin:''' On the fortieth day after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, Moses went up on Mount Sinai at the call of God.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+19%3A1-7&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 19:1–7|publisher=}}</ref> Three days later, God descended on Mount Sinai, declared the covenant,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+19%3A16-23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 19:16–23:33|publisher=}}</ref> and told Moses to come up again to receive the tablets of stone with the law and commands written on them. On the fiftieth day after crossing the Red Sea, Moses went up to Mount Sinai and received the tablets of stone of the [[Ten Commandments]] from God while staying there for 40 days.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+24%3A12-18&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 24:12–18|publisher=}}</ref> God appointed the day Moses went up Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments as the Feast of Weeks and had the Israelites commemorate it.

===Feast of Tabernacles===

*'''Date:''' From the 15th day to the 22nd day of the seventh month by the sacred calendar

*'''Origin:''' After Moses received the second of the Ten Commandments and came down the mountain, he explained in detail how to build the Tabernacle for storing the Ten Commandments and the materials for the Tabernacle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+34%3A4-35&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 34:4–35|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+35%3A4-19&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 35:4–19|publisher=}}</ref> The people willingly offered the materials for the Tabernacle, and for seven days from the fifteenth day of the month, gold, silver, cloth, and wood were gathered in abundance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+35%3A29-36%3A7&OLWordSearchRange=beg&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 35:29–36:7|publisher=}}</ref> God appointed the Feast of Tabernacles to commemorate the Israelites’ gathering of the materials for the Tabernacle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Numbers+29%3A11-38&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Numbers 29:11–38|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Deuteronomy+16%3A13-15&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Deuteronomy 16:13–15|publisher=}}</ref> It is also called the “Feast of Ingathering,” meaning a feast celebrated in the season to harvest and store crops.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+23%3A16&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 23:16|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+34%3A22&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 34:22|publisher=}}</ref>