Times of Refreshing: Panorama: Feast and Holy Day Chart

A Chart of the Christian Celebration of the

Annual Biblical Feasts and Holy Days

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Feast Names English	Feast of Unleavened Bread (preceded by the day of the killing of the Passover lambs) 7 Days		Feast of Pentecost 1 Day			Feast of Tabernacles 7 Days
Feast Names Hebrew	Chag HaMatzot or Pesach		Chag Shavuot			Chag Sukkot
Dates on the Hebrew Calendar	Month One Abib Days 15-21		Month Three Sivan Date varies	Month Seven Tishri Day 1	Month Seven Tishri Day 10	Month Seven Tishri Days 15-21	Month Seven Tishri Day 22
Holy Days English	First Day of Unleavened Bread	Last Day of Unleavened Bread	Feast of Pentecost (the only 1-day "Feast")	Day of Trumpets	Day of Atonement	First Day of the Feast of Tabernacles	Eighth Day Assembly
Holy Days Hebrew	First Day of Pesach	Last Day of Pesach	Shavuot	Yom Teruah or Rosh Hashana	Yom Kippur	First Day of Sukkot	Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah
Seasons	Spring March and/or April		Summer May or June	Autumn September and/or October
Agricultural Significance in Ancient Israel	Celebration beginning the barley harvest		Celebration of the Wheat Harvest			Celebration ending the final harvests of the year
Ancient Customs	Passover meal "Wave Sheaf Offering" Eating unleavened bread for 7 days		"Wave Offering" of 2 Loaves of leavened bread Presentation of "7 Species" firstfruits	Blowing of Shofars	Atonement Ceremony of the Two Goats	Living in huts for 7 days	Closing Assembly after huts dismantled
Related Historical Old Testament Events	Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt		Giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai (according to Jewish tradition)			Dwelling in temporary huts in the Wilderness before the Promised Land	Entering the Promised Land and inheriting permanent dwellings
Related Historical New Testament Events	Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ		Giving of the Holy Spirit to the original Apostles and Disciples
Prophetic Speculation (some common speculations about possible future fulfillments)				Return of Christ or Beginning of Last Days before His Return	"Marriage Supper of the Lamb" or Jews accept Jesus as Messiah	Beginning of Millennium or Beginning of Final Gospel Harvest before the Millennium	Beginning of "The New Heavens and New Earth"
Spiritual Significance to Christians of Ancient Physical Rituals	Crucifixion of Jesus as "Our Passover Lamb"	Reminder to daily "Take In" the righteousness that comes from Christ	Wave loaves represent "first fruits" of converted believers in Jesus	The church is to be a herald to the world, warning sinners to repent	Death of Jesus, presentation of His blood to the Father to reconcile man with God	Recognition that God is our refuge and protection during this temporary life	Reminder that after this temporary life, there is an eternity at home with God
Metaphors Related to the Individual Salvation Experience	Coming "under the blood of the Lamb" through conversion, and rescued from bondage to sin	Beginning a new life of living by faith in Christ, "the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth"	Receiving the indwelling of the Holy Spirit for empowerment	Remaining awake and spiritually alert at all times	Reminder that the believer has been reconciled to the Father through the blood of Jesus	Recognition that the believer won't be "at home" until the resurrection	Looking forward to being part of the "New Jerusalem"

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