The Seven Feasts of Israel and the Messiah, 3Rd Edition

Ronald Jean PhD

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In its second edition, this spirituality book offers a look at religious feasts such as Christ’s Passion, the Law, Israel’s feasts, and diaspora.
Scene after scene, we are surrounded by the theatrics of the passion. The panorama begins as Israel performs seven solemn, ritualistic feasts pointing to the dismemberment of his physical and spiritual captivity. The messianic application to Israel’s memorial feasts is central to his preparation to enjoy his long-awaited eternal freedom.
In The Seven Feasts of Israel and the Messiah, 3rd Edition, Dr. Jean explores the purpose of the different sabbaths given to Israel and how each point to a unique aspect of either creation or redemption. The gospel to the chosen people is explained in a unique and fresh perspective. Tracing the path of their dispersion, punishment, and re-acceptance is clearly mapped. God’s latter-day program for the chosen people can now be seen from clear messages from the Bible.
Considering the topic of the feasts through the lens of scripture, Jean describes commonalities and differences of feasts religions recognize, providing an important historical and spiritual viewpoint.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Biblical Commentary
• Philosophie et théologie
• Dispersión
• Judá
• Sabbath
• Israel
• Resurrection
• Judah
• Kingdom
• Feast
• Dispersion
• Résurrection (homonymie)
• Juda
• Chabbat

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 26 mars 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781973654704
• Langue: English

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THE SEVEN FEASTS OF ISRAEL AND THE MESSIAH, 3 RD EDITION
 
Discovering Our Judean-Messianic Hebraic Roots
 
 
 
RONALD JEAN, PHD
 
 
 

 
 
Copyright © 2019, 2021 Ronald Jean.
 
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Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
 
ISBN: 978-1-9736-5471-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-9736-5472-8 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-9736-5470-4 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019902799
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 12/06/2022
Dedication

This book is dedicated to my daughter, Diana.
This book is also dedicated to the completion of the
gospel work of Jesus the Messiah in the world.
Acknowledgments

My grateful appreciation to Dr. Sharon Samuels, Dr. K. Stepheon Weech, Jean Velace, and Magdalena Jean for looking over portions of the document and their editorial recommendations. All the graces to clients and friends who did not receive the level of attention I wanted to give them while performing this task. I thank God for their understanding.

“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it” (Hab. 2:2).
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Ancient Feasts of the Lord
1. The Appointed Times
2. Memorials of Redemption
3. Requirements for Ancient Feasts
Chapter 2 Azazel and the Cross
4. Judeo-Christian Feast Celebration
5. Antitypical Fall Festival Applications
Chapter 3 Christians and Legalism
6. Does God Require Rituals?
7. Lessons on Christian Celebration
8. Understanding Types and Shadows
9. New Testament Feast Keeping
10. Let Us Keep the Feast
Chapter 4 Memorial
11. Alterations to the Lord’s Supper
12. The Biblical Lord’s Supper
13. The Time Jesus Celebrated Passover
14. Three Days and Three Nights and Night of Nights
15. The Passion Week and the Trials
Chapter 5 Days of Our Freedom
16. The Gospel’s Account of the Crucifixion
17. The Sabbath of the Holy Week
18. The Day of the Resurrection
19. Segmental Timekeeping
20. Comparing John’s and Luke’s Account
Chapter 6 Scriptural Chronology of Jesus’s Sufferings
21. Order of Events Verse by Verse
22. Six days Before Passover
23. Events Occurred on Sunday
24. Two Days Before the Passover (Tues.)
25. The Day Before the Passover (Wednesday)
26. Time of the Feast –Thursday Evening
27. The Brook Cedron in the Garden
28. Appearance Before the Priest
29. Appearance before Caiaphas
30. First Appearance Before Pilate
31. To Herod
32. Second Appearance Before Pilate
33. The Scourging of Jesus
34. Third Appearance Before Pilate
35. Led Away to be Crucified
36. The Preparation and the Sabbath
37. Christ in the Passover
38. Claiming Your Freedom
Chapter 7 The Lord’s Rest
39. Are You Overworking?
40. A Break for the Big Boss
41. Sabbatical Classifications
42. Justification Through Christ
43. Creation’s Interminable Signature
44. Was the Cessation Cycle for All?
45. The Lord of the Sacred Rest
46. The Apostolic Rest
47. Sunday and the Apostolic Church
48. The Church and the Lord’s Day
Chapter 8 Antinomianism and the Christian
49. How to Understand the Law
50. The Old Testament Multifaceted Law
51. Trusting in a Guide
52. The Sabbath and the Law
53. Rightly Dividing the Word
Chapter 9 The Ten Words of God
54. Relativism or Standard?
55. The Facets of the Law
56. The Pillars of Love—Holy, Just, and Good
57. Better Name Than Sons
Chapter 10 Judeo-Israelite Messianic Roots
58. The Gospel to Israel
59. The Israelites: The People of the Land
60. Israel on Mistaken Identity
61. The Divine Allocation
Chapter 11 Hosea: The Prophet of the Diaspora
62. Joint Venture between Israel and Judah
63. The Dispersion of Israel
64. Dispersion and Return of Judah
65. Gentiles Frustrated the Work
66. Judah’s Preparation for the Messiah
Chapter 12 The Restoration and the Time
67. The Messianic Restoration
68. Restoration Preparedness
69. Provoking Israel to Jealousy
70. Indentured Servants of the Captivity
71. The Captivity: People and Culture
72. Fate on the Coast
Chapter 13 The Messianic Church and the Decline
73. New Testament’s Replacement Theology
74. Israel in the New Testament
75. Israel’s Relations and Diversity
76. History of Civilization and Race
77. Walking in the Image of Jesus
78. Science and Diversity
79. Historical Mapping of Israel
Chapter 14 The Prophecies Concerning Israel
80. The Dispersion in Prophecy
81. Conditions of Disobedience in Prophecy
82. Regathering in the Promised Land
83. The New Testament Gospel - the Restoration
84. Let My People Go
Chapter 15 The Feasts of The Lord
85. The Nature of the Festivals
86. The Day of Atonement
87. The Type and Antitypes
88. The Judean Calendar
89. Beginning Religious Year (3 harvests)
90. Paul’s Difficult Statements
91. Change in Calendric Times
92. Israel’s Diaspora and Return
93. Pray for the Peace of Israel
94. The value of prayer
Appendix A The Times of the Passion
Appendix B A Study in Typology
Appendix C The Terms of Ancient Feasts
Appendix D The Judean Calendar
Concept Reflection
References
Preface

Q uestions on the feasts have received increasing interest among Christians (Messianic). It is discomforting for some Judean Christians to leave their cultural practices and do as other Christians in the cessation of feasts. Some Christians believe that they have been ignorant about God’s will for not practicing the feasts. As Christians, shouldn’t we find a path to unite efforts to work for the common good? Shouldn’t we be striving toward having a standard view? Hopefully, we can accomplish this by considering the topic of the feast through the lens of scripture.
There have been convolutions to the original divine names. The Tetragrammaton (YHWH) has been undisputed. However, its pronunciation has been the center of controversy. The versions that appear most credible are Yahveh and Yahawah or Yahuwah . They are used interchangeably in this book. The difference lacks significance for controversy. It is understood that the term “Christ” in Greek is a term that refers to a Greek king. The equivalent term in Hebrew is “messiah.” “Christ,” as adapted to biblical names, was converted from Judaism to the Greek language during the messianic movement. As for “Jesus,” a conversion also took place. We know that the real name is Joshua (Heb. Yahawashi), which means the “salvation of Yah” (short for Jehovah in English). “Jesus” does not carry the original definition, but it is a transliteration from Yeshua, based on a Hebrew dialectal and an abridged application to the name Joshua. Some conscious Judeans think that the Jesus who the Christians are serving is a different person from two thousand years ago. Over time, the change involved a different person and a drastic image alteration. The old Northeast African Yahawashi’s image has been changed to the modern Jesus we see in movies today. However, the name Jesus is a linguistic alteration of the original.
There are differences in culture between the Gentiles and the Jews. We should not expect the Judeans of ancient Israel to give up their New Year feast in recognition of the Gentile’s New Year celebration. Do we expect them to accept the Gentile New Year and reject their own in return? The Christian rejection of biblical culture has caused a rift between Jews and Gentiles believers.
Before continuing to read, keep in mind the efficacy of prayer, humility, and willingness to live for God. These are the essentials for every Bible study. Reading for knowledge is useful for awareness. However, personal conviction is the work of the Spirit. It is therefore crucial that the reader prayerfully considers each section of this topic.
Another critical point in the discussion is the authority of the Bible. This thesis makes the Bible its primary authority on teachings and historical remarks. The Bible alone has become the source by which all Christian views are compared. Sometimes the scriptures’ factual statements get reinterpreted or abrogated to align with one’s interpretations of symbols and ritual practices. We must refrain from this practice. Scriptural and historical facts are unalterable. They s