{"id":12464,"date":"2018-05-04T06:56:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=12464"},"modified":"2018-05-04T06:56:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:56:22","slug":"yhvhs-plan-of-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/04\/yhvhs-plan-of-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biblical Feasts: The Seven Steps in YHVH’s Plan of Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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YHVH’s seven biblical feasts are the seven steps in the Creator’s plan of salvation to redeem sinful and fallen man to him and by which man can be adopted into the family of Elohim and receive eternal life.<\/p><\/div>\n

Overview of the Biblical Feasts<\/b><\/p>\n

If you had to sum up the entire message of the Bible in one word what would it be? Probably words such as love, hope, salvation, eternal life or heaven are coming to your mind. But I challenge you to find a better word than the following: r-e-c-o-n-c-i-l-i-a-t-i-o-n. The dictionary defines reconciliation<\/i> as \u201cto restore to friendship or harmony, to settle or resolve a quarrel, to make consistent or congruous.\u201d When man chose to rebel against YHVH and to give in to sin at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil at the very beginning he chose the path of separation from his Heavenly Father. Sin causes man to be separated from a totally holy, righteous and sinless Creator. Since that time YHVH has been endeavoring to reconcile man to himself. He has laid out criteria for man to follow for this to occur\u2014for man to once again have a friendly, loving and intimate relationship with his Heavenly Father as did Adam before he sinned.<\/p>\n

The set-apart appointed times (moedim<\/i>) or divine rehearsals\/gatherings (miqra kodesh<\/i>) of YHVH are prophetic shadow-pictures or symbols of the steps man must take to be reconciled to his Heavenly Father. They are the complete plan of salvation or redemption rolled up into seven easy-to-understand steps. Though a child can understand these steps, the truths contained therein can at the same time be expanded and unfolded until one literally has rolled out before oneself the entire message of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation\u2014a message that to the human comprehension is staggering, deep and rich beyond understanding. These feast days are literally the skeletal structure upon which the truths of the entire Bible hang. The message of redemption, sanctification, salvation, the atonement, glorification, eschatology, the history of Israel, the entire Gospel message, the covenants, the marriage of the Lamb, the bride of Messiah and Yeshua the Messiah are all prefigured within the glorious spiritual container of YHVH\u2019s set apart feasts contained in seven steps\u2014seven being the biblical number of divine perfection and completion.<\/p>\n

Quite assuredly, without a deep, walking-it-out comprehension of the feast days of YHVH, no matter how learned one is in biblical understanding, or how academically astute and mentally acute in biblical erudition one may be, one will not have a deep understanding of those scriptural subjects listed above. How can one understand end-time events such as the second coming, the great tribulation and the rapture unless one understands the feast days from a deep Hebraic perspective? One simply cannot have just <\/i>a knowledge of Greek, the Gospels, the Apostolic Scriptures along with a surface understanding (i.e. traditional Christian perspective) of the prophecies of the \u201cOld Testament\u201d and expect to understand eschatology (the study of end-time events) unless one immerses themselves in understanding and keeping the feast days of YHVH. One cannot throw out the foundation or the skeletal structure and expect to have a body of understanding that amounts to anything at all. Simple logic and common sense and the very truth and character of YHVH Elohim demands and dictates this so.<\/p>\n

At Mount Sinai, YHVH gave to his people Israel what is commonly called the \u201cTen Commandments.\u201d These words from the mouth of YHVH himself were and are literally the foundation and cornerstone to the rest of the 613 commandments from YHVH given to man through Moses contained in the Torah or Pentateuch. The Jewish rabbis have understood this for thousands of years. For example, the prohibition against adultery includes not only marital infidelity, but all manner of sexual sin, for the cornerstone of sexual holiness is a righteous and undefiled marital union. The same can be said of all the other commands. From these ten statements or foundational principles are prefigured and spring forth all 613. Similarly, within the confines of the fourth \u00adcommandment, the seventh-day Sabbath, are contained all the high Sabbath set-apart feasts of YHVH as well as the land Sabbaths, sabbatical and jubilee years. This is Hebraic thought. The point is, the feast days are embodied in the very \u201cTen Commandments\u201d themselves. These Sabbaths were so vital in YHVH\u2019s eyes and so fundamental to his relationship with his people that he said that they would be, in essence, the wedding ring that he and Israel would wear around their respective fingers symbolic of their covenantal (marital) agreement, for we read the following in Exodus 31:13,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Speak you also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am YHVH that does sanctify you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please note that the word Sabbaths<\/i> is in the plural. It refers not only to the weekly, seventh-day Sabbath, but to all the Sabbaths of YHVH, including his set-apart feasts. These days are so important that they would actually form the basis for his reconciliatory relationship with his people throughout their generations, which means forever!<\/i><\/p>\n

Now with these preliminary statements made we encourage you to read on to further explore the rich truths of these days. You will be blessed. The words and truths of YHVH Elohim, your Creator and Heavenly Father in whose image you were created and who loves you beyond your wildest comprehension\u2014his words are words of life and truth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Study and Celebrate the Feasts of YHVH?<\/b><\/p>\n