On the 10th day of the first month (April), the children of Israel crossed the Jordan river with Joshua and entered the land God had promised them when they departed Egypt. When we arrive at the New Testament, we see that it was also the 10th day of the first month when Jesus came to Jerusalem to announce to the world that He was the promised Messiah. Jesus waited until this day, when on many occasions before, the disciples had urged Him to go to Jerusalem and declare who He was. Jesus told the disciples, "My time has not yet come." The Lord has ordained certain days in which He would fulfill His prophetic word. We discover that the day Jesus came into Jerusalem as the Messiah was also the precise day the lamb for Passover was brought for inspection. If the lamb was found to have any defect, he could not be offered to cleanse the people of their sins. Jesus came to Jerusalem as the Messiah on this day. He presented Himself as The Lamb of God and allowed the world to inspect Him. Jesus was without sin, perfect in every regard. Being perfect, He was able to offer His life for the sins of the world just four days later, on Passover, when He was crucified as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. When Jesus came into the world the first time, He perfectly fulfilled the first four of these Feasts on the precise day they should be fulfilled and with the exact requirements that each of these feasts called for. Matthew said, on seventeen occasions, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying. It is clear that Matthew believed Jesus was fulfilling all of the Old Testament prophecies that were written for the Messiah, these include the seven feasts. Jesus understood that He was purposely fulfilling these seven feasts. The question is: Why? What do these feasts of the Lord have to do with Jesus' appearance on earth and His return at the end of the age? Jesus fulfilled Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Pentecost perfectly. Why did He stop at Pentecost and not also fulfill Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles?
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