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mfblume
04-30-2003, 02:58 PM
The feasts of Israel numbered 7. Three were two sets of three feasts with the feast of Pentecost (weeks) between them.

1.Feast of Passover.
2.Feast of Unleavened bread
3.Feast of Firstfruits
4.Feast of Pentecost.
5.Feast of Trumpets.
6.Feast of Atonement.
7.Feast of Tabernacles.

The first set is actually called by the overall name that is also the name of the first feast. PASSOVER. Corporately, the first three feasts of Passover, Unleavened bread and Firstfruits are called PASSOVER.

Then comes Pentecost.

And the last set of Three feasts is corporately called by the name of the Last Feast, Tabernacles.

This is significant, because it speaks a message of the work of Christ on the cross and how it applies ot us today.

Passover was when Christ died on the cross.

Unleavened bread occurred during Christ's burial.

The feast of Firstfruits occured when Jesus resurrected. He is the firstfruits of those who will resurrect.

Pentecost causes all of this to become part of our lives. He died as us, and so through Pentecost we can say we were crucified with Him, buried with Him and risen with Him.

The last three feasts actually show a parallel with the first three, with a picture of us included in the first three.

When Jesus died, was buried and arose again, He did that because we had to experience that in order to be saved from sin. We had to change "creations". Get out of Adam and into Christ.

So the first three feasts speak of Jesus’ three experiences, which basically represent the Gospel. And then Pentecost comes next and speaks of a person making His experiences their own experiences. We identify with Him and understand that God made it possible for us to be able to say we died and were buried and resurrected through Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection.

Trumpets speak of revelations.

Isai 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people....

SHOWING somebody a revelation is like a trumpet sounding. After Pentecost we learn about what happened to us in being crucified, buried and risen with Him. If all we are interested in is fuzzy feelings at the altar services when we worship, then we're stuck at the feast of Pentecost and have not matured to learn about our co-experience with Jesus in death, burial and resurrection.

We feast on the REVEALED TRUTHS of the WORD at the feast of trumpets.

ATONEMENT is rooted in the terms at-one-ment. We are made ONE with Christ's death and are thereby freed from sin. Burial is the actual UNION aspect to His death.

TABERNACLES speaks of resurrection. We truly understand about how we are now HIS BODY. We are ingrafted into His body. And that is associated with THE BRIDE. When the Lord showed John the BRIDE in Revelation 21, he saw the "TABERNACLE OF GOD" WITH MEN... the church.

Adoniyah
04-30-2003, 03:15 PM
Brother Blume:

What you have said above is very good. Praise God!

I can certainly see how it is though, with placing certain emphasis, how it is that you see the Cross as the center rather than the entrance door to what lies ahead.

I certainly would not detract or debate what you have said above. I love it and appreciate it.

mfblume
04-30-2003, 03:18 PM
When we come to TABERNACLES in our spiritual experience, we will be the vessels He requires to flow through, like the River of Life flowing through the City, the Tabernacle, out into the world that so desparately needs living water. Ezekiel saw the same thing in his chapter 47. Wherever the waters went (the Holy Ghost) things came to life!

truemessianic
04-30-2003, 05:00 PM
Bro. Blume,
I am gonna use your post, as well as some of my own wording for the message tonight! I have to minister tonight at Bro. Smith's, and I feel an urgency to preach about this tonight.
I hope it is OK with you. I only have a few moments before I leave for El Campo.
Love ya, Brother!

mfblume
04-30-2003, 05:11 PM
Just mention I said "hello", brother! :)

mfblume
05-01-2003, 09:19 AM
The feast of tabernacles represents God's fulfillment of HIM building a place, and not us. God mocked the idea of man building him a temple. God would build it himself.

Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest?
Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Notice God said He'd look to a humble man when speaking about who would build a temple?

GOD INHABITS US!

The ARK was placed in the temple on the FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

2 Chronicles 5:1-9 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month >>>(the Feast of Tabernacles)<<<. And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims; for the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

Its a picture of Christ resting in US as HIS TEMPLE. And he indwells us to work in us.

When God manifests Himself freely through our lives, THAT IS THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

But we're stuck at Pentecost!

Maybe we should call a fellowship "FEAST OF Tabernacles Church". Pentecost is a place in the feasts that is only partway there. The goal is Tabernacles.

Revelation ends with the feast of tabernacles. The city at the end of both Revelation and the very last verse of the entire book of Ezekiel is called "THE LORD IS THERE."

Let's pass through and experience Pentecost, and go on unto Tabernacles! Perfection! Do not stay behind at Pentecost.

Adoniyah
05-01-2003, 09:45 AM
Brother Blume:

Good thoughts.

Sandy
05-01-2003, 12:20 PM
That is a wonderful Word Bro. B.

mfblume
05-02-2003, 03:34 PM
Thanks, all. The book of Revelaiton is laid out in the sequence of the feasts. We read about the blood of the lamb, which is a sure giveaway. And we end up with the feast of Tabernacles, with the city, the church, flowing with a river of life. If this is future, then there is no flow from the church out to our world today. That, I cannot accept.

May we all go through our personal revelations of Jesus and flow forth with the rivers of living water as God is able to do His will through us fully, as we allow His revelation to work in our hearts.

Faithchild
05-02-2003, 04:19 PM
Bro. Blume, did you get my e-mail concerning writing a Prophecy Forum article? It didn't register as "sent" on my computer. Let me know.