The Spring Feasts of Yahuah

 - The Spring Feasts of Yahuah - 

For those of you who choose to follow the same Covenant Calendar that I have studied and chosen to follow, these are the dates for the Spring/Summer Feasts this year. 

April 3rd is Pesach/Passover celebrated in the evening, per Exodus 12. 

The very next day begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread (April 4th - April 10th) when the children of Yisrael began to sojourn out of Egypt after the death angel passed over them. 

In the midst of the Feast of Unleavened Bread is The Feast of First Fruits, which is also called the Wave Sheaf. This Feast is to take place on the morning after the Shabbat after Passover according to Leviticus 23:11. 

This Feast of First Fruits is an important marker because it begins our Omer Count to Shavuot, which takes place 50 days and a total of 7 weeks after the Wave Sheaf.

How do we come up with these dates? 

We begin our New Year with the first day after the Vernal Equinox or Tequfah. 

Our calendar is a solar-based calendar, which has a total of 360 days.

According to Exodus 12:6-14, we are to partake in Passover on the 14th day of the 1st month between the evenings. 

Following this date, the next day is the 15th day of the first month which would begin the Feast of Unleavened Bread Exodus 12:15. 

FAQ's about Passover: 

1. Do I have to be physically circumcised in order to partake in the Feast of Passover? 

    - The short answer is no, but rather a circumcision of the heart is required. 

    - If you would like a further and deeper answer, please see this Youtube teaching entitled 

"Covenants of Promise Part 1"     https://youtu.be/bAD4Ki7YKQI

2. Do we actually take a lamb on the 10th of the month and then slay it on Passover? 

    - No, Yahusha/Jesus was and is our Final Sacrifice.  The Passover was a foreshadowing of The Lamb of Yahuah Who takes away the sin of the world. 

    - No further sacrifice is needed. 

3. Do we actually have to eat lamb? 

    - No, again we are remembering and reminiscing on the Passover, we are not re-enacting the actual Passover that occurred in Exodus 12. 

     - We partake of the Bread and Wine, which represent His Body broken for us and His blood that was shed for us. 

4. What do we do for Passover? 

    - It's a Feast! Have a party and celebration, it's a great opportunity to invite believers we would call Christians to partake in the Passover and an opportunity to explain the Biblical importance of it. 

    - Have a dinner or meal, before the actual Passover Service.

    - Read through the story of  The Exodus (12-15) 

    - Read through John 13-17

    - Read through 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

    - Examine yourself, break up the hard fallow ground in your heart. 

    - Partake in the Bread and Wine together, and wash each other's feet.                                                                - Couples wash each other's feet, Singles: men with men, women with women.

    

    The Feast of Unleavened Bread 

    - For 7 days you eat bread without any leavening agents in them, as a reminder of His Body broken for us and in the grave for 3 days and then risen to life once again. 

    The Feast of First Fruits 

    - Bring an offering, a sacrifice of the praise of your lips 

For the Omer Count to Shavuot, Stephanie and I will be doing our third or fourth-year reading through the Psalms daily. 

The example we follow is like this: 

Day 1 - Psalm 1, 51, 101 (Day 1 begins April 9th) 

Day 2 - Psalm 2, 51, 102 

Day 3 - Psalm 3, 51, 103, etc 

By Shavuot, you will be on Psalms 50, 100, and 150

Shabbats:

Passover is not a Sabbath, but the book-ends of the Feast of ULB are, the first day and seventh day, which in our case would be April 4th and April 10th. 

Lastly, let me say this, there is not a "perfect way" to keep the Feasts especially while we're in exile in Mystery Babylon so please relieve yourself of that pressure and anxiety as we approach and instead just ENJOY the opportunity of keeping the Feasts.