21: The Three Feasts (#4 Sabbath law)(Deut 16:1 โ€“ 17)

By keeping the three feasts, they were to remember the moment of their salvation and to appreciate the Lordโ€™s blessing in the land.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read Deuteronomy 16:1 - 17

What are the two specific requirements in keeping the Passover? (2-8)

 

The feast of weeks was (         ) weeks after the first harvest. They rejoiced before (              ) with family, slavers, and the social outcasts. They were to remember they were (            ) in Egypt.

 

This is for the feast of temporary shelters. โ€œYou are to celebrate the festival (          ) days before the Lord; for He will bless you in (     ) your productivity and in (            ) you do.โ€

 

Answers and Meditations

 

In the place the Lord your God chooses

No yeast

These two requirements are repeated through verses 2-8.

They are to remember for the rest of their lives the day they came out of Egypt.

 

Seven, the Lord, slaves

They were to share the Lordโ€™s blessings with the needy and to rejoice before the Lord.

 

Seven, all, whatever

They expect Godโ€™s future blessings when they keep the feast.


Four observations.

  • They should keep three feasts in the place God will choose.
  • They are to remember their past lives and the moment of salvation, appreciate and rejoice for the present, and expect future blessings. 
  • They are to bring according to the Lord's blessings, not empty-handed.
  • They are to share the Lord's blessings with others. This is the second part of the Sabbath law: let your servants enjoy the Lord's blessings and rest.

Keeping the feasts worked as a mark of the chosen people. So was the Sabbath.

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