God's Plan Revealed in the Jewish Feasts

My Pastor recently finished a series on "God's Plan Revealed in the Jewish Feasts".   It was so amazing to see that when God laid out the instructions of the feasts in Leviticus 23, He was telegraphing His Plan and the overall message of the Bible.  As indicated in the following verse, all the feasts really point to Christ:
"Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ." (Col 2:16-17)


The first four feasts are the Spring Feasts and the last three are the Fall Feasts.   In the perspective of God's Plan, the Spring and Fall feasts are separated by the "Church Age", which we are currently in; where the Spring feasts were fulfilled at Christ's First Coming in His Priestly role as the Suffering Servant, and the Fall feasts to be fulfilled at His 2nd Coming in His Kingly role as the Coming King.  The Fall feasts occur in the 7th month (7 represents completion).  Below are the seven Jewish feasts:

• Passover - picture of Christ's death on the cross
• Unleavened Bread - picture of Christ's burial (starts after Passover; and the unleavened bread symbolizes sinlessness and holiness)
• Firstfruits - picture of Christ's resurrection (3 days after Passover - beginning of harvest, raising the first fruits with more to come)
• Pentecost - picture of the coming of the Holy Spirit (2 loaves represent Jews and Gentiles)
• Trumpets - shadow of the Rapture of the Church (ushered in with the trumpet call, commemorating the end of the harvest)
• Day of Atonement or "Yom Kippur" - shadow of the Second Coming of Christ (it was a day of rest, for Christ completed all the work on the cross)
• Tabernacles - shadow of the Millennium and the Eternity with God (final feast; begins and ends on the Sabbath - the final rest; looks back at what Christ did on the cross and how God brought us through the wilderness experience of this life; speaks of the future day when believers will be in the presence of God in heaven)

These show God behind the scenes weaving everything together beautifully, according to His Plan.