22. SACRED SEASONS
SACRED SEASONS Of The Hebrew Sacred Seasons In General. THEIR DIVINE APPOINTMENT.
Exodus 34:21-24 Deuteronomy 16:16-17
Zechariah 8:19 TO BE CELEBRATED WITH TRUMPETS.
Numbers 10:10 THE UNSPIRITUAL OBSERVANCE OF THEM DENOUNCED.
Isaiah 1:13-14 TAKEN AWAY IN JUDGMENT.
Lamentations 1:4 Lamentations 2:6 CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE ABOUT HOLY DAYS.
Romans 14:5-6 Galatians 4:9-11 Colossians 2:16-17 The Sabbatical Seasons. THE SEVENTH DAY.
(Its Original Institution.)
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Hebrews 4:4 (Traces Of Its Observance In The Patriarchal Period.)
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Genesis 50:10 (After The Exodus, Before The Giving Of The Law.)
Exodus 16:22-30 (Solemnly Enjoined At Sinai.) Deuteronomy 5:12-15 (And In The Mosaic Law.)
Leviticus 26:2 (Its National Significance.)
Ezekiel 20:20 (Its Religious Character.) (A DAY OF REST.)
Exodus 23:12 (AND OF HOLY REST.) Leviticus 23:2-3 (Blessings Promised In The Observance Of It.)
Isaiah 58:13-14 Jeremiah 17:24-26 (Threats For Violating It.)
Ezekiel 20:21 (Death The Penalty.)
Exodus 35:2-3 (A Case Of Its Infliction.) Numbers 15:32-36 (The Sabbath Mocked By The Heathen.) Lamentations 1:7 (Its Neglect By The Hebrews.) Jeremiah 17:21-23
Ezekiel 23:38 (Sabbath Desecration In The Time Of Nehemiah.) Nehemiah 13:15-16 (A Stop Put To It.) Nehemiah 13:17-22
Nehemiah 10:31 (Jewish Traditional Observances.) (THE PREPARATION.)
Luke 23:54 (THE SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY.)
Acts 1:12 (UNLAWFULNESS OF CARRYING A BED.)
John 5:10 CHRIST'S TEACHINGS ABOUT THE SABBATH.
(The Sabbath Made For Man, And Not Man For The Sabbath.)
Luke 6:1-5 (Works Of Necessity And Charity Allowed.) Matthew 12:10-12
John 7:22-23 THE LORD'S DAY.
(Observed From The First By The Christian Church.)
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Acts 20:7-8 1 Corinthians 16:1-2
Revelation 1:12 (Diligence Enjoined.)
Hebrews 10:25 (The Jewish Sabbath Also Observed.)
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Acts 18:4 THE NEW MOON.
(Of Tishri.) Leviticus 23:24-25
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Amos 8:5 (Of Other Months.)
SEE Numbers 28:11-15 THE SABBATICAL YEAR.
(Prescribed.)
Exodus 23:10-11 (Provision For Food.) Leviticus 25:20-22 (Threats For Neglecting.) Leviticus 26:31-32 Leviticus 26:34-35
Leviticus 26:43 (Fulfillment Of Them.) 2 Chronicles 36:18-21 YEAR OF JUBILEE.
Leviticus 25:8 Leviticus 25:11-13
SEE Leviticus 25:14-17 Leviticus 25:23-34 Leviticus 25:39-41 Leviticus 25:47-55 for the operation of the jubilee on debts, lands, and servitude.
Leviticus 27:17-24 Historical Sacred Seasons. THE PASSOVER.
(It Marks The Beginning Of The Year.) The Hebrew Civil Year began with Tishri (October.) At the Exodus the Ecclesiastical Year was made to begin with Abib (April), which, after the Captivity, was called Nisan. -H.
Exodus 12:2 (Choice Of The Paschal Lamb.)
Exodus 12:21 (To Be Killed On The 14th Of The Month.)
Exodus 12:6 (The Blood On The Door Posts.)
Exodus 12:22-23 (Time And Place Of Eating.)
Exodus 12:8-10 Deuteronomy 16:2 Deuteronomy 16:5-7 (Manner Of Eating.)
Exodus 12:46 (Who May And May Not Partake.)
Numbers 9:14 (Penalty For Neglecting.)
Numbers 9:13 (The Little Passover, A Month Later, For Such As Were Unable To Keep The Regular One.)
Numbers 9:10-11 (The Days Of Unleavened Bread.)
Exodus 34:18 Deuteronomy 16:3-4 (The First And Last Days Are "Holy Convocations.") Leviticus 23:4-8
Exodus 12:16 Deuteronomy 16:8 (The Passover To Be Perpetual.)
Exodus 13:5 INSTANCES OF KEEPING THE PASSOVER.
(At Sinai, One Year After The Exodus.)
Numbers 9:2-5 (Under Hezekiah, The Thirteenth King Of Judah.) 2 Chronicles 30:1-5 2 Chronicles 30:13 2 Chronicles 30:15-17 2 Chronicles 30:21-26 (Imperfect Purification Excused.) 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 (Under Josiah, The Sixteenth King Of Judah.) 2 Chronicles 34:29 2 Chronicles 35:1-19
(Under Ezra.)
Ezra 6:19-21 (In The Time Of Christ.)
John 11:55 CHRIST'S LAST PASSOVER.
(The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem.)
Mark 11:2-10 (The Passover Eaten.) Matthew 26:17-20 THE PASSOVER BECOMES A CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL.
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PENTECOST.
(To Be Fifty Days From The Second Day Of The Passover.) Leviticus 23:15-16 Deuteronomy 16:9 (To Be A "Holy Convocation.")
Leviticus 23:21 (Its Chief Ceremony, The Offering Of The Firstfruits Of Harvest.) In the later Jewish History it was kept in commemoration also of the Giving of the Law.-H.
Leviticus 23:17-20 (A Freewill Offering To Be Made.) Deuteronomy 16:10 (To Be Kept With Rejoicing.) Deuteronomy 16:11-12 (The Apostolic Pentecost.)
Acts 2:1 (Indications Of Its Continued Observance By The Apostolic Church.)
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Acts 20:16 1 Corinthians 16:8 THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
(Its Season And Length.)
Leviticus 23:39 Deuteronomy 16:13-15 (Its First And Last Days "Holy Convocations.") Leviticus 23:35-38 (The Booths, And Their Significance.) Leviticus 23:40-44 (The Renewal Of The Feast By Nehemiah.) Nehemiah 8:14-17
PURIM.
Esther 9:26-32 THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION.
SEE In commemoration of the cleansing and re-dedication of the Temple after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes.-H.
John 10:22 The Day Of Atonement. ITS INSTITUTION.
Leviticus 25:9 TO BE A "HOLY CONVOCATION."
Leviticus 23:27 PENALTY OF VIOLATING IT.
Leviticus 23:28-32 . - Occasional Fast And Feast Days.
PUBLIC FASTS.
(Jehoiakim's, At Which Jeremiah's Prophecy Was Read.)
Jeremiah 36:9 (Ezra's, Before The Return From The Captivity.)
Ezra 8:21-23 (Nehemiah's, At Making The Covenant.)
Nehemiah 9:3-4 (Fasts Called For.)
James 4:9 (What Fast Is Acceptable To The Lord.)
Isaiah 58:3-7 (Promises To Those Who Fast In Sincerity.)
PRIVATE FASTS.
(Of Moses For Forty Days.)
Deuteronomy 9:9 Deuteronomy 9:18
(Of Elijah.)
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(Of Hezekiah.)
(Of Daniel.)
Daniel 10:2-3 (Of Esther And The Jews In Persia.)
(Of Christ.)
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Luke 4:1-2 (The Spiritual Efficacy Of Fasting.)
Mark 9:29 (Christ's Instructions With Respect To Fasting.)
THANKSGIVING.