Biblical Feasts
Biblical Feasts are sacred celebrations established by God to remind His people of His covenant, deliverance, and provision—each feast pointing to deeper spiritual truths and the redemptive work of Christ.
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Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication)
Hanukkah is a festival of victory and light that celebrates the miraculous preservation of the Jewish faith and the rededication of God’s Temple against the forces of assimilation.
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Purim
Purim is a jubilant celebration of Jewish survival and Divine Providence, commemorating how God used Queen Esther’s courage to reverse a decree of genocide and save His people.
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Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles is a joyous celebration of God’s past provision in the wilderness and a prophetic rehearsal of His future permanent dwelling with humanity in the Messianic Kingdom.
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Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is a holy day of alarm and awakening that calls believers to repentance and anticipates the trumpet sound of God’s final judgment and the return of the King.
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Sabbath
The Sabbath is a divinely instituted day of holy rest and covenant sign that celebrates God as Creator and Redeemer, pointing ultimately to the spiritual rest found in Jesus Christ.
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Counting the Omer
Counting the Omer is the 49-day bridge between Passover and Pentecost, representing the necessary journey of spiritual refinement between receiving salvation and receiving the fullness of God’s Word and Spirit.
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Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) celebrates the wheat harvest and the giving of the Law at Sinai, fulfilled in the New Testament by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit which empowered the Church and wrote God’s Law on the hearts of believers.
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The Feast of Firstfruits
Firstfruits is the feast of the early harvest that required Israelites to trust God with their first crops, typifying the Resurrection of Jesus Christ who rose on this day as the guarantee of the future resurrection of all believers.
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Feast of Unleavened Bread
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is the seven-day festival immediately following Passover that calls God’s people to symbolically and practically purge the “leaven” of sin from their lives to walk in holiness.
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Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
The Day of Atonement is the holiest day of repentance and forgiveness, fulfilled in Jesus Christ’s ultimate sacrifice for sin.
Bible Characters
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Mark (John Mark)
John Mark was a young disciple who overcame early failure to become a trusted companion of Paul and Peter, ultimately authoring the dynamic Gospel that bears his name.
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Matthew
Matthew was a despised tax collector transformed by grace into a devoted apostle, whose Gospel bridges the Old and New Testaments by proclaiming Jesus as the promised Messiah and King.
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Nabal
Nabal was a wealthy but foolish landowner whose arrogance and refusal to show hospitality to David led to divine judgment and his sudden death.
Biblical Events
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Mark (John Mark)
John Mark was a young disciple who overcame early failure to become a trusted companion of Paul and Peter, ultimately authoring the dynamic Gospel that bears his name.
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Matthew
Matthew was a despised tax collector transformed by grace into a devoted apostle, whose Gospel bridges the Old and New Testaments by proclaiming Jesus as the promised Messiah and King.
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Nabal
Nabal was a wealthy but foolish landowner whose arrogance and refusal to show hospitality to David led to divine judgment and his sudden death.
Bible Locations
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Jezreel
Jezreel was the fertile royal seat of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, famous for the murder of Naboth and the site where divine judgment eventually wiped out their entire dynasty.
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Aphek
Aphek was a strategic military stronghold and staging ground on the Sharon Plain where the Philistines gathered to capture the Ark and where David was providentially released from the Philistine army.
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Lachish
Lachish was the second most powerful city in ancient Judah, a mighty fortress whose dramatic fall to Assyria and Babylon serves as a pivotal moment in biblical history and archaeology.
