Lesson 23 Part 2
Bible Correspondence Course Lesson 23Part 2 Why Christians Should Keep God’s Holy Days Feast of Trumpets But the firstfruits cannot be reaped into God’s Family unless they are "born again" (John 3:3-8)--resurrected and changed into spirit. That will not occur until Jesus Christ comes again, which brings us to the fourth step in God’s Master Plan. The Feast of Trumpets portrays a pivotal event in God’s plan. This festival not only pictures the coming of Christ to resurrect and change the firstfruits, it also pictures the terrible time of world war just ahead and the intervention of Jesus Christ to save humanity from total annihilation, as well as to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
Let’s understand exactly how this festival fits into God’s great Master Plan.
1. When is the fourth annual festival to be observed? Leviticus 23:23-25.Is this another annual Sabbath of rest from one’s regular work? Leviticus 23:24-25. Are God’s people commanded to meet together before Him on this Holy Day? Leviticus 23:24.
COMMENT: The number seven in God’s plan signifies completion and perfection. The seventh month of God’s calendar contains the final four festivals, picturing the completion of God’s Master Plan for mankind. The festival that occurs on the first day of this month marks the beginning of the final events in God’s plan.
2. Was this festival to be a memorial of blowing of trumpets? Leviticus 23:24.
COMMENT: It is from this ceremony that the Feast of Trumpets draws its name. There is a great deal of symbolic meaning tied in with the blowing of these trumpets—especially with regard to the end time in which we’re living.
Trumpets were blown to announce God’s festivals, as well as to call God’s people to assembly. Trumpets were also used as an alarm of invading armies and impending warfare. This terrifying sound filled the people of ancient Israel with fear, because they knew the horror of war was imminent! It is this warning of war that sets apart the Feast of Trumpets from God’s other festivals.
3. When did Jesus say that God’s coming Kingdom would be established— wouldn’t it be in a time of world war? Matthew 24:3,Matthew 24:6-8; Luke 21:31.Would man then have the power to destroy all human life from the face of the earth? Matthew 24:21-22.
4. What does the book of Revelation say regarding the blowing of supernatural trumpets shortly before the return of Jesus Christ? Revelation 8:1-2,Revelation 8:6.
COMMENT: The seventh seal that covered the scroll (Revelation 5:1), when opened, disclosed seven angels with seven trumpets representing seven consecutive colossal world events. These are to be physical punishments from God to warn the nations not to go further into national and personal sins. The last three trumpet plagues (also called "woes") specifically picture three phases of catastrophic world war. At the third, mankind will be saved from extinction by the Second Coming of Jesus Christ!
5. Will those who turn to God be protected from these trumpet plagues? Revelation 3:10;Revelation 7:2-3;Revelation 12:14.Is it for the sake of the "elect" that Christ will intervene in world affairs to cut short the time of great trouble and rescue mankind from nuclear annihilation? Matthew 24:22.
COMMENT: The elect of God are the firstfruits of His great Master Plan. They are the ones God has called out of this world to be the "firstfruits harvest" of the divine Family He is creating.
6. Did Jesus promise to send His angels to gather together His elect at the blast of a great trumpet? Matthew 24:30-31. Is the sounding of this trumpet the time of the resurrection of the dead in Christ? 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17;1 Corinthians 15:51-52;Revelation 11:15-18.Is this trumpet the seventh and final one of the seven introduced in Revelation 8:1-13? 1 Corinthians 15:52.
COMMENT: At the sound of the seventh trumpet, announcing the return of Jesus Christ, the firstfruits of God’s plan will be resurrected and changed—born as immortal spirit beings into the Family of God! God will then have reaped the smaller spiritual harvest of individuals into His Family. They will then begin to help Christ rule the earth (Revelation 20:6)and reap the much greater spiritual harvest during and after the Millennium. The last three festivals picture the details of how this will be accomplished.
Day at Atonement What about Satan? What happens to him after Christ returns? The fifth step in God’s Master Plan, the Day of Atonement, reveals the answer. It pictures Christ deposing Satan the devil from his present position as world ruler (2 Corinthians 4:4)and Satan’s removal to a place completely away from mankind. He will be bound for 1,000 years, no longer able to deceive the nations and influence man to sin. After Satan’s imprisonment, the rest of humanity will be reconciled— made at one—with God. Let’s understand the meaning in the symbolism of this unique fifth festival of God.
1. What annual Sabbath follows only nine days after the Feast of Trumpets? Leviticus 23:27;Leviticus 16:29-31.Are God’s people commanded to assemble before Him on this day? Leviticus 23:27.
2. How are we to observe the Day of Atonement? Leviticus 23:32. How does one "afflict" his body on this day? Isaiah 58:3;Ezra 8:21.
COMMENT: The Day of Atonement is perhaps the most unusual Holy Day, as far as what God expects us to do. It is the one day of the year on which God commands us to fast—to abstain from food and water (Exodus 34:28;Esther 4:16)--for 24 hours, from sunset on the ninth day of the month to sunset on the tenth day ("from even [in"] unto even [ing]"—Leviticus 23:32).
Fasting for spiritual reasons at any time of the year should be for the purpose of humbling ourselves—to draw closer to God and His righteous way (Isaiah 58:6-11). Thus fasting on the Day of Atonement is a vivid reminder of the state of mind necessary for salvation—of humility, godly sorrow, earnestly seeking after God and His way—a condition to which this world will have been brought by the catastrophic events culminating in Jesus Christ’s return!
3. Does the Day of Atonement also differ from all other annual Holy Days in that no work of any kind is to be done on it? Numbers 29:7;Leviticus 16:29.Why is this day to be kept so solemnly? Leviticus 23:28.
COMMENT: What does the word atonement mean? Webster says to atone means to "set at one." To join in one—to form by uniting. This day actually symbolizes God and man being set at one: literally the Day of At-one-ment! But God and mankind cannot be fully at one—in full agreement—until Satan is restrained.
Leviticus 16:1-34 details what God told the Levitical priesthood to do on the Day of Atonement. These rituals, although no longer performed, reveal another step in God’s plan to restore His government on earth and to bring saving knowledge to everyone.
4. Was the Aaronic high priest to make a special sin offering once a year to atone for all the sins of Israel? Leviticus 16:32-34.Was this done on the Day of Atonement? Leviticus 16:29-30.
5. But before the high priest made this atonement, did he take two goats and then cast lots to determine who each would represent? Leviticus 16:7-8.Was one to represent Christ, the LORD? Leviticus 16:8. Who was the other goat to represent? Same verse. Was he to be banished? Leviticus 16:10.
COMMENT: The English word "scapegoat" is not), a correct translation of the Hebrew word God inspired. Most Bibles with marginal renderings show that the original word was azazel. Azazel among the early desert dwellers in the Sinai referred to Satan the devil!
6. Was the goat representing Christ offered as a sin offering for all the people? Leviticus 16:15-16. Were the sins of the people symbolically placed on the head of the other goat, representing Satan, which was then taken into the wilderness? Leviticus 16:21-22.
COMMENT: Jesus Christ atoned for our sins when He took the penalty of our sins (death—Romans 6:23)upon Himself by sacrificing His sinless life for us. But the real cause of those sins is Satan the devil (John 8:42-44). In this Levitical ritual, all of man’s Satan-inspired sins were symbolically put right back on Satan’s head where they belong! When Jesus Christ returns, the blame for mankind’s sins will be placed squarely on Satan, who will then be removed from the presence of man. Notice the fulfillment of this part of God’s Master Plan as revealed by Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation:
7. What will be done to Satan after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? Revelation 20:1-2.Where will he be cast? Revelation 20:3. Also notice Revelation 18:1-2.COMMENT: The "bottomless pit" or abyss was pictured by the desert wilderness where the azazel goat was banished. Satan and his demons will be completely restrained by Christ from further leading mankind into sin. No longer will Satan be able to broadcast (Ephesians 2:2)his evil attitudes. At the devil’s chaining by an angel of God (symbolically the "fit man" of Leviticus 16:21), the minds of men, formerly kept spiritually closed by Satan, will be opened by the Spirit of God! For the first time, humanity will be able to understand God’s Master Plan of salvation. People will then begin to realize their wrong ways and desire to repent and receive forgiveness of their sins. Only then will man become at one with Christ and the Father, as pictured by the Day of At-one-ment!
Feast of Tabernacles 1. What God-ordained festival occurs only five days after the Day of Atonement? Leviticus 23:34;Deuteronomy 16:13-15.
2. Does this seven-day feast begin with a Holy Day on which all ordinary work is forbidden, and on which people are to gather before God? Leviticus 23:35.Did God command that this annual festival be kept forever? Leviticus 23:41.
COMMENT: The Feast of Tabernacles was also called the Feast of Ingathering (Exodus 23:16;Exodus 34:22)because it celebrated the summer and early autumn harvest (Leviticus 23:39).
3. What is the divinely set theme for the annual observance of the Feast of Tabernacles? Deuteronomy 16:14-15.Does God say that good food should be eaten to increase one’s joy and happiness during this feast? Deuteronomy 14:26.
COMMENT: The Feast of Tabernacles, picturing the sixth step in God’s Master Plan, is a time of great rejoicing! For ancient Israel, it was a time of rejoicing because the abundant winter’s store was taken in just before the Feast. But in the Millennium, which this feast pictures, the happiness, joy and prosperity portrayed by the Feast of Tabernacles will exist worldwide under the righteous rule of Jesus Christ. Universal adherence to God’s way of life will make the World Tomorrow a literal utopia!
4. Are God’s people to live in booths—temporary dwellings—during the Feast? Leviticus 23:42.
COMMENT: A "tabernacle" or "booth" is a temporary dwelling. God commanded the ancient Israelites to live in temporary shelters made of tree branches (Leviticus 23:40) while observing the Feast of Tabernacles. For God’s people who attend the Feast of Tabernacles today, a tent, camper, motel or hotel room would certainly qualify as a temporary dwelling.
God intends the Feast of Tabernacles to separate and free His people from the world. Living in temporary dwellings for an entire week—away from their everyday surroundings, jobs and most negative influences—God’s people enjoy a tiny foretaste of the universal freedom, joy and peace that will exist in the Millennium when Satan is gone and the Spirit of God is leading all of humanity (Joel 2:28,Joel 2:32).
These are days of continuous, genuine Christian fellowship and just plain good fun! Tens of thousands of God’s people and their families gather at dozens of festival sites around the world. Christians at the Feast demonstrate now, by the way they live together in harmony, what today’s sin-filled, unhappy world will become like after Christ returns. But just as the Feast of Tabernacles is a physical feast filled with rejoicing, it is also a spiritual feast of education and preparation. Members of God’s Church receive instruction from God’s ministers through inspiring sermons to help them further prepare to rule and teach with Christ during the Millennium.
5. After Jesus Christ subdues the warring nations at His return and establishes God’s government over the earth, will the nations begin to come to Him for instruction in God’s way of life? Micah 4:1-2.Will the whole world finally come to understand God’s way to peace, happiness, abundant living and salvation? Isaiah 11:9;Jeremiah 31:34.
COMMENT: Once Satan has been bound and the government of God set up, a 1,000-year golden age of world peace and prosperity will begin. Christ’s reeducation program for the entire world will bring about a new civilization based on God’s way of life—His Law of love—resulting in great physical and spiritual blessings.
6. But what will happen to those nations that at first refuse to keep the Feast of Tabernacles and thus refuse to be reeducated to God’s way? Zechariah 14:16-17.And if they still won’t obey? Zechariah 14:18-19.
COMMENT: Christ will reeducate the people of the world through His annual festivals. The world will come to know that God’s Master Plan pictures the way to physical blessings and spiritual salvation. Those who stubbornly refuse to keep the Feast of Tabernacles will suffer from drought and plagues until they submit to God.
7. Is there to be any end to the increase of God’s government? Isaiah 9:7.
COMMENT: World population will increase rapidly in the Millennium. Eventually thousands of millions will be spiritually converted! The great "autumn harvest" of humans will be gathered into the Kingdom of God—born again as divine members of the ruling Family of God during the Millennium. By the end of the thousand years, the great Family of God will be ready for the final step in God’s Master Plan. Even greater joy and accomplishments lie ahead after the Millennium! The Last Great Day
What about all those who have lived and died without ever being called of God (including, perhaps, most of your loved ones today)--who never had an opportunity to know and really understand God’s purpose and plan for mankind? Are they lost forever? The answer is revealed in the meaning of the Last Great Day—the seventh and last of God’s annual festivals—the festival that pictures the seventh and final step in God’s great Master Plan.
1. Is it God’s will that all who have ever lived come to the knowledge of His plan of salvation? 2 Peter 3:9;1 Timothy 2:4.
COMMENT: In His loving concern for all mankind, God has planned for everyone who has ever lived to receive an opportunity for salvation and Sonship in His Family, just as the already spiritually called and begotten children of God have been given their opportunity.
Just as the week is not complete without the seventh-day Sabbath, God’s Master Plan is not complete without His seventh and final annual festival. The number seven in the Bible signifies completion and perfection. This seventh festival of God reveals the perfection of God’s great Master Plan— that God’s love and mercy toward mankind will extend beyond the Millennium.
2. Was there an eighth day of worship immediately following the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles? Leviticus 23:36,Leviticus 23:39.
COMMENT: The last annual Sabbath or Holy Day is observed immediately after the Feast of Tabernacles. But because of its close proximity to this seven-day Feast, it was associated with the Feast of Tabernacles and was called the "eighth day." It came to be known among Christians as "the last day, that great day of the feast" (John 7:37). The Last Great Day is clearly a separate festival and Holy Day. The Last Great Day pictures the completion of God’s Master Plan. That, as we learned in Lesson 21, is the Great White Throne Judgment period after the Millennium. Revelation 20:5 shows that a second resurrection will occur after the Millennium, and Revelation 20:11-12 reveal that those in this resurrection to mortal life, who died never having been called to participate in God’s plan of salvation, will then be given their opportunity to become members of God’s divine ruling Family.
These individuals will be given enough time to learn to obey God, just as Spirit-begotten Christians have opportunity to do today. Those who continue to live God’s way of life, developing the character of God, will be changed from mortality to immortality at the end of this period of judgment, which apparently will last 100 years (Isaiah 65:20).
3. How did Jesus refer to this special "day" or period of judgment for these people who have yet to hear and understand the wonderful message of salvation? Matthew 11:20-24;Matthew 12:41-42.
COMMENT: Christ mentioned the people of Tyre and Sidon, Sodom, Nineveh in Jonah’s time and finally the Queen of the south. All of these examples of people who lived in different generations are compared to those of Jesus’ day, the vast majority of whom did not understand or believe Christ’s message. Jesus tells us that they all will be resurrected with the generation that lived during His time!
Jesus gave enough examples of people living at widespread times to prove that most of humanity will be alive at the same time on this earth. There will be pre-Flood men and women, all 12 tribes of Israel, those who lived during the Middle Ages and the vast majority living now. Even babies and children who died untimely deaths will be resurrected then. They will all rise in the second resurrection because they had not been called by God during their first life. The ancient peoples Jesus mentioned in Matthew 11:1-30; Matthew 12:1-50 would have repented if He had personally come to them in their day. And they will repent when resurrected and given access to the Holy Spirit after the Millennium. Your Bible shows that the vast majority of those who ever lived will finally be born into God’s Family at the end of this coming period of judgment, pictured by the Last Great Day.
God’s Master Plan of salvation for mankind will then be complete.
Then the spirit-composed members of God’s great ruling Family can look forward to new heavens and a new earth—and to new and wonderful opportunities in ruling the universe under God our Father and Jesus Christ our elder brother!
Christ the Focus of God’s Holy Days
Through the years, God’s Church has grown in the understanding of the spiritual meaning of God’s Holy Days. Unlike the days commonly observed by traditional Christianity today, God’s days reveal His great purpose for mankind and how He is accomplishing it. In this overview lesson, we learned that Christ, our Creator, is fashioning us into God’s spiritual character image to become members of His divine Kingdom, as pictured by the weekly Sabbath. We also learned that God’s annual festivals not only teach us His Master Plan of salvation, they point us directly to our Savior, Jesus Christ. He is "our Passover" (1 Corinthians 5:7). It is by "putting on" Christ that we put sin out of our lives (Romans 13:13-14), as pictured by the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Christ is the first of the "firstfruits," and it was 50 days after His resurrection that He sent the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit was sent to spiritually beget those whom the Father would call, thus enabling them to obey His Law, successfully overcome sin in their lives and grow spiritually.
Christ will return to earth to intervene in world affairs (pictured by the Feast of Trumpets), resurrect His firstfruits, and rule as King of kings and Lord of lords, putting down the despotic rule of Satan, the archdeceiver, as portrayed by the Day of Atonement. With the influence of the devil and his demons gone, all mankind will have the opportunity to become "at one" with Christ through repentance, baptism and the receipt of God’s Spirit.
Christ is coming to set up the government of God on earth, making it a veritable utopia—pictured by the Feast of Tabernacles. Thousands of millions will be Spirit-begotten and born into the Family of God during the Millennium.
Finally, Christ will make salvation available to everyone who ever lived, but never heard or understood the truth, in the last great step in God’s plan—the Last Great Day, picturing the last judgment period.
God’s Church understands and teaches the precious truth concerning His purpose and plan for mankind. Around the world, Spirit-begotten children of God faithfully observe His weekly Sabbath and annual Holy Days every year!
Remember that with the next lesson we will begin our expanded study of each of God’s Holy Days. Lesson 24 will cover the seventh-day Sabbath in-depth. Not only will the points brought out in this lesson’s brief study of the weekly Sabbath be covered in greater detail, we will also answer questions such as: How is the Sabbath a special "test" commandment? Has time been "lost"? Did God change the seventh-day Sabbath to another day? How can we make God’s weekly Sabbath a spiritual blessing and delight?
TEST This multiple choice test is designed to help you review the preceding lesson. It’s an enjoyable way of putting to use some of the vital knowledge and understanding you have gained through this lesson.
Select one of the four choices given under each question or incomplete statement. The other three are incorrect—unless stated or indicated otherwise.
Take sufficient time to understand each question or statement, as well as the choices. Try to do as many as you can without referring to the lesson. If you have difficulty deciding on the correct answer, then review the part of the lesson in question.
1. God gave His people weekly and annual Sabbaths that A. no longer have meaning or purpose. B. were patterned after pagan festivals. C. are reminders of His purpose and plan for bringing mortal humans into His divine Family. D. are not to be observed by true Christians today.
2. Which statement is FALSE? A. The land called Canaan in ancient times produces abundant harvests throughout the year. B. The spring grain harvest in the modern state of Israel is the smaller of the two annual harvest seasons. C. God’s festivals during the spring harvest season picture the relatively small beginning of God’s spiritual harvest of humans into His Family. D. The festivals that occur near the conclusion of the late summer-early autumn harvest season picture God calling the vast majority of mankind to salvation.
3. The "oracles"—the Old Testament Scriptures, which include knowledge of God’s Sahbaths and festivals and God’s calendar—were given to ancient Israel and preserved by the tribe of Judah A. until the coming of Christ, who did away with the Law. B. because they were only for the Jews. C. to help the Jews earn salvation. D. for God’s New Testament Spirit-begotten Church.
4. After renewing the face of the earth in six days, God (the Word, who became Jesus Christ) rested on the seventh day A. because He was tired from all His work. B. to set an example for humans to follow. C.—known today as Sunday. D.—known today as Friday.
5. If we keep the Sabbath as God intends, it A. gives us extra time to learn more about God and His awesome purpose for our lives. B. is a sign reminding us that He is the Creator and we are His chosen people. C. is a type of our future spiritual "rest" as Spirit-born members of God’s divine Kingdom or Family. D. All of the above.
6. Since God’s Spirit-begotten children—true Christians—have become Abraham’s spiritual descendants, they A. keep God’s weekly Sabbath— Saturday, the seventh day of the week. B. keep every day of the week "holy." C. no longer need to keep any day. D. keep Sunday, the first day of the week.
7. The New Testament references to God’s annual festivals indicate that the Church Jesus Christ founded A. knew it was no longer necessary to observe these festivals. B. observed God’s festivals, just as Christ had done and commanded His chosen people to do. C. observed these festivals only in Judea. D. celebrated Easter and Christmas.
8. Which statement about the first of God’s seven annual festivals is FALSE? The Passover A. was originally a yearly reminder of God’s deliverance of Israel’s firstborn from death. B. pictured, in advance, the sacrifice of Christ for the sins of mankind. C. was to be kept forever and is now an annual memorial of Christ’s suffering and death. D. commemorates Christ’s resurrection.
9. Shortly before His crucitixion, Jesus A. instituted the sacrament of communion, and told His disciples to observe it every Sunday morning. B. changed the Passover symbols to unleavened bread and wine. C. told His disciples to commemorate His birth and resurrection. D. explained to His disciples that His death would do away with the annual festivals.
10. Which statement about the New Testament Passover is FALSE? A. The new symbols Jesus gave on the eve of His death were for the apostles only. B. Foot washing, which Jesus instituted before taking the bread and wine, depicts the attitude of humility and service every true Christian should have. C. Eating the unleavened bread symbolizes our faith in the body or Christ, which was broken open for our physical healing. D. Drinking the wine symbolizes our faith in the fact that Christ’s blood was shed for the forgiveness of our sins.
11. The Feast of Unleavened Bread, the second of God’s annual festivals, A. was replaced by Lent through the authority of the apostles. B. shows that accepting Christ’s sacrifice to pay for our sins is all that God requires of us. C. reminds us that God wants Christians to be striving to put sin completely out of their lives. D. lasts for eight days.
12. Leaven is a symbol for sin. Therefore A. leaven should never be eaten.B. unleavened bread typifies the presence of sin. C. the Feast of Unleavened Bread shows that God does not want us to "unleaven" our lives spiritually. D. the act of eating unleavened bread during the Feast of Unleavened Bread symbolizes the opposite of sin—righteousness, which is active obedience to God.
13. Pentecost, the third annual festival and Holy Day, A. reminds us that we need the power of God’s Spirit to overcome sin. B. reminds us that human willpower alone is enough to overcome sin. C. should be observed as a special day for baptisms and confirmations. D. is observed correctly by those churches named after this day.
14. "Pentecost," the New Testament name for the Old Testament "Feast of Firstfruits," A. was observed 50 days after the spring grain harvest began. B. is a memorial of the coming of God’s Spirit to beget and strengthen the "frstfruits" of God’s Master Plan. C. commemorates the beginning of the New Testament Church of God in A.D. 3l. D. All of the above.
15. The festival picturing the fourth step in God’s Master Plan A. marks the completion of events involving the Church. 8. has nothing to do with Christ’s return to earth. C. is the Feast of Trumpets. D. is no longer to be observed today.
16. The fourth of God’s annual festivals A. has no meaning for God’s Church today. B. pictures the return of Jesus Christ to save humanity from total annihilation. C. is a musical festival with little spiritual meaning. D. pictures Christ coming to "rapture" away His saints.
17. The Feast of Trumpets also pictures the A. terrible time of world war just before Christ’s return. B. resurrection of the "firstfruits," who will be reaped into God’s Family. C. first resurrection. D. All of the above.
18. After Christ returns, He will A. begin to qualify to replace Satan. B. depose Satan from being world ruler and restrain him from influencing mankind for 1,000 years. C. allow Satan to rule for another l,000 years. D. allow Satan to continue broadcasting his evil attitudes to mankind.
19. Fasting on the Day of Atonement A. means to abstain from meat but not other foods or water for 24 hours. B. has no connection with becoming at one with God. C. is for the purpose of humbling oneself to draw closer to God. D. is not a vivid reminder or the state of mind necessary for salvation.
20. The symbolism surrounding the azazel goat of Leviticus 16:1-34 pictures A. all sin being blamed on Christ. B. the blame for mankind’s sins being placed on Satan, who inspired them. C. mankind’s sins never being forgiven. D. Satan and his demons being released to further lead mankind into sin.
21. After Christ has returned to earth and put Satan away, He will A. begin the 1,000-year reign of the Kingdom of God on earth. B. return to heaven and let men solve their own problems. C. return to heaven with His saints, leaving the earth desolate for 1,000 years. D. abolish God’s annual Holy Days.
22. During the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles, God’s people A. are to live in temporary accommodations such as motel and hotel rooms. B. rejoice greatly, thus picturing the universal happiness and joy that will exist during the Millennium. C. receive instruction from God’s Word to help them further prepare to rule and teach in the Millennium. D. All of the above.
23. The Last Great Day, the festival immediately following the Feast of Tabernacles, A. pictures the Great White Throne Judgment period, when all who were not yet called by God will be given their opportunity for salvation. B. has no connection with the second resurrection. C. shows how unfair God really is. D. shows that today is indeed the only "day" of salvation.
24. God’s Master Plan for the salvation of all mankind will A. never be complete. B. be complete at Christ’s return. C. be complete after the period of judgment pictured by the Last Great Day. D. is now complete.
25. God’s Holy Days A. point us directly to our Savior, Jesus Christ. B. reveal His great purpose for mankind and how He is accomplishing it. C. are faithfully kept by true Christians. D. All of the above.