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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 460

"You shall observe the Passover"

Text: Ezekiel 45:21

OBSERVING THE FEASTS OF THE LORD

The Feasts of the Old Testament were of great symbolic significance, both historically and theologically. Three Feasts were highlighted and they were to be celebrated as Memorials.

“Thus says the Lord God: ‘In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary. The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the gate of the inner court. And so you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who has sinned unintentionally or in ignorance. Thus you shall make atonement for the temple. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. And on that day the
prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering. On the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord,
seven bulls and seven rams without blemish, daily for seven days, and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. And he shall prepare a grain offering of one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, together with a hin of oil for each ephah. In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil.'”
Ezekiel 45:18-25

1. Atonement for Unintentional sins

a) This Law was recorded in Numbers 15:22-29.

b) Unintentional sins are distinguished from Presumptuous sins (Numbers 15:30-31).

c) Unintentional sins will affect the purity of the Sanctuary.

d) Atonement may be made for the Sanctuary that has been defiled by the sin of ignorance or the unintentional sin.

2. The Feast of the Passover.

a) This is always celebrated on the 14th day of the first month (Jewish religious calendar).

b) The leading prince would lead in the celebration of the Passover.

3. The Feast of Unleavened Bread.

a) This was celebrated immediately after the Passover.

b) This will be a weeklong celebration.

4. The Feast of Tabernacles.

a) This is held on the 15th day of the seventh month.

b) This is also a weeklong celebration.

5. The offerings to be made.

a) A list of offerings would be given to the leading prince.

b) He would see that all that is required would be fulfilled.