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This sermon by Brian builds upon the previous week’s introduction to Rosh Hashanah, focusing on the significance of the biblical feasts, particularly for young people. It explains how the spring feasts (Passover, First Fruits, Pentecost) found their fulfillment in Christ’s first coming, while the fall feasts (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Tabernacles) point towards future events, including the second coming and final judgment. The message delves into the themes of awakening, atonement, and final judgment associated with these feasts.
[00:00:41]The spring feasts (Passover, First Fruits, Pentecost) were fulfilled in Christ’s crucifixion, resurrection, and the giving of the Holy Spirit. The fall feasts are thought to have a future fulfillment related to the second coming.[00:01:27]Rosh Hashanah, biblically known as Yom Teruah, is the day of the awakening blast, involving the blowing of the shofar to shake people into spiritual alertness.[00:02:43]Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonements, involves multiple atonements and points towards final judgment. Jesus is identified as our kapporah, or atoning sacrifice.[00:05:11]The second coming of Christ, described in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 with the trumpet of God, is presented as a fulfillment of the Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) theme.[00:06:11]Matthew 24:31, which describes angels gathering the elect with a trumpet sound, is also identified as Rosh Hashanah language pointing to the second coming.[00:07:14]The resurrection of believers, described in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 as happening at the “last trumpet,” is connected to the themes of Yom Teruah.[00:09:09]Leviticus 23:27 and Leviticus 16:32-33 establish Yom Kippur as the Day of Atonements, where multiple atonements were made for the sanctuary, altar, priests, and people.[00:11:02]The priestly activities on Yom Kippur involved strict protocols for entry into the Holy of Holies, washing, and sprinkling of blood (Leviticus 16:2, 4, 14).[00:13:19]Hebrews 10:19-22 is cited to show the contrast: through Jesus’s blood, believers can now boldly enter God’s presence anytime, having been washed and sprinkled clean.[00:14:54]Romans 3:22-27 explains that Jesus is presented as the kapporah (sacrifice of atonement), through whom we are made right with God by faith.[00:21:10]The Greek word hilasterion (translated as propitiation/mercy seat) in Romans 3:25 and Hebrews 9:5 corresponds to the Hebrew kapporet, meaning Jesus is our atoning cover.[00:24:44]Hebrews 9:23-26 explains that Christ entered heaven itself, not a man-made copy, to offer Himself once for all as the perfect and final sacrifice, fulfilling the Yom Kippur pattern.[00:27:05]A component of Yom Kippur is the theme of final judgment, where one’s fate is sealed, as symbolized by the closing of the gates and the final shofar blast.[00:30:00]The parables of the ten virgins, the talents, and the sheep and goats (Matthew 25) are presented as a sequence of exhortations from Jesus about watchfulness, productivity, and mercy leading to the final judgment.[00:33:05]The parable of the ten virgins exhorts believers to be watchful, waiting, and spiritually “plugged in.”[00:33:46]The parable of the talents exhorts believers to be productive and use their God-given gifts to profit the kingdom.[00:35:10]The parable of the sheep and the goats teaches that the standard of judgment at the end will be the mercy shown to others.
Scripture References
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
- Matthew 24:31
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
- Leviticus 23:27
- Leviticus 16:2-33
- Hebrews 10:19-22
- Romans 3:22-27
- Hebrews 9:5
- Hebrews 9:23-26
- Revelation 20:15
- Matthew 25
- Matthew 26:1-2
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