Of Signs and Set Times

For every age there are those who seek signs

they look at any evidence for its prophetic significance

to create chaos in the midst of life

and make the Lord seem like His ways

are not clear and pre-ordained.

 

But God is not the author of confusion

His ways are never disorganized or by accident.

 

Numbers in scripture have a specific meaning

 

One is the number of God

Two is the adequate witness

Three is divine manifestation

Four is the number for the earth

Five the number of grace

Six the number of a man

Seven the number of perfection

Eight, new beginnings

Nine, divine manifestation maximized

Ten the number of human responsibility.

 

Many have look to end times

with vague methods and interpretations,

but the Lord created a meaning for us to understand

when He gave the people of Israel the feast days,

which literally mean, “set times,”

all intended to have a prophetic fulfillment in Christ.

 

The Apostle Paul understood this when he wrote in Colossians 2:17,

“These are shadows of what was to come:

the substance is the Messiah.”

 

Therefore by this we can know

by the timing of each feast

God will complete the words of the prophets

 

And thus the feast have meaning in Jesus

Passover – Jesus Crucifixion as the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Feast of Unleavened Bread – Christ’s death and time in the tomb

Feast of First Fruits – His Resurrection as first fruit of resurrection

Pentecost – The Harvest Feast where Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles

 

Rosh Hashanah – Feast of Trumpets – associated with birth of the Lord

and also the possible rapture of the church

Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement – time of the tribulation

Feast of Booths – The Millennium and Second Coming of the Lord.

 

We can praise God for being in control

give Him thanksgiving for His sovereignty

and not be pulled by every wind and whim of teaching

not truly rooted and grounded in His word.