The Heavenly Wedding was fulfilled in the Feasts of
Yahuah. As I said before, the Spring Feasts are the Engagement and the Fall
Feasts are the Wedding festivities.
·
Passover -
the Groom pays the
dowry
·
Feast of Unleavened Bread
- the Groom presents himself to the Father of the Bride for approval, the Bride
makes herself ready for the Engagement
·
Shav’uot
- The Engagement, the two commit to the Wedding Vows and get engaged to be
married. Then the Groom leaves to go prepare a place for his Bride in his
Father’s estate.
·
Feast of the Blowing of Shofars
- The Groom returns for his Bride
·
Day of Atonement -
The Wedding Day
·
Feast of Tabernacles -
Wedding Banquet
Hebrew/Jewish weddings were pre-arranged marriages. They
consisted of the father choosing a qualified groom, the groom paying the dowry
or “ransom” for the bride, the groom introducing himself to her father, the
bride presenting herself to the bridegroom, the bridegroom going away to
prepare a place for her in his father’s estate, the bridegroom returning for
his bride, the wedding, and finally the wedding banquet. Then the Bride and
Groom cohabitate from that point forward as man and wife.
Let me show how perfectly the Feasts Cycle or Appointed
Times of Yahuah reflect the physical marriage, which is a shadow picture of
Greater Spiritual Truths “found in The Yahushaic Covenant”.
Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things that were to
come; the reality, however, is found in The Yahushaic Covenant.
Keeping in mind that a marriage between a man and a
woman is a physical to Spiritual parallel that should help us understand our
roles in the Fall and Spring Feasts.
This is reflected in Yahuah’s choice of the Messiah
Yahusha as proclaimed through the Prophets and laid out in The Heavenly Scroll:
1 Peter 1:20
He was made known (in
The Heavenly Scroll) before the foundation of the world (written in the stars on Day 4 of Creation Week), but
was revealed in the last times (4th
prophetic day) for your sake (as prophesied in
The Plan of Salvation written in The Heavenly Scroll).
John 17:24
Father, I want those You have given me (as my Bride) to be with me where I am (to live in covenant of Marriage), that they may see
the glory You gave me (“the stars tell of the Glory
of God” Psalm 19) because You loved me before the
foundation of the world (written in the stars on Day 4)..
Ephesians 1:4-5
4 For He chose us in (covenant with) Him before the creation of the world (The Divine Love Story written in the stars) to be
holy and blameless (as a Bride) in His sight.
In love 5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons (in Law) through (marriage
covenant with) Yahusha the Messiah (the Groom),
according to the good pleasure of His Will (to beget a
family)
Ephesians 1:11
In (covenant with)
Yahusha we were also chosen as Yahuah's own (children
in Law through adoption), having been predestined according to the Plan
(of Salvation written in the stars) of Him Who
works out everything by the counsel of His Will (the
constellations are His Divine Counsel),
Matthew 25:34
"Then the King will say to those on
his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance (as the Queen, Bride of the Messiah), the Kingdom
prepared for you (written in the stars) since
the creation of the world.
The Chagigah Meal on the 14th of Abib is a
“remembrance meal” where we are to discuss the upcoming Wedding rehearsal and
what each day represents. This is called “The Last Supper” in our twisted
English Bibles. I explain all this in my book The Narrow Gate.
1 Corinthians 11:24
and when Yahusha had given thanks, he broke
the leavened bread and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in
remembrance of me."
This is a shadow of Passover as Yahusha “paid the debt to
the Father of the Bride” and redeemed us from our prior lives into a new life
in covenant with himself. He paid the dowry, or ransom, owed to our Father.
Matthew 20:28
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many."
Feast of Unleavened Bread. During this weeklong Feast, we
“remove leaven from our homes” which is a rehearsal intended to teach us to
diligently remove sin our of our lives in preparation for the Engagement on
Shav’uot.
1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the Festival of Unleavened Bread, not with the old bread
leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth.
Wave Sheaf Offering / Feast of First Fruits.
John 20:17
“Yahusha said, "Do not hold on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father.”
Shav’uot. The
Bride presenting herself to the Bridegroom and agreeing to the Marriage Vows on Shav’uot. On Shav’uot we are to follow the example set by
Yahshua during Passover. We are to Mikveh ourselves to clean our bodies, we are
to Circumcise our hearts (commit to keep the Spiritual Intent of The Law), and bring
our own lives as an Offering at the Altar of Yahuah (a lamb without blemish),
and then present ourselves properly to our Bridegroom on Shav’uot. We agree to
the Wedding Vows (the Law) by saying “this we will do” or “I do” as they did at
the foot of Mt. Sinai. It is a celebration of the giving of the Wedding Vows
and our accepting them. Sha’ul expressed the way we are to present ourselves in
following Yahusha’s example of Mikveh, Circumcision, and bringing an Offering.
Again, we see the Plan of Salvation is a MARRIAGE as foretold in The Heavenly
Scroll!
Ephesians 5:25-27
– Paul likens the example Yahusha set to marriage
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah
loved the assembly and gave himself up for her (as
The Passover Lamb paying the dowry) 26 to
set her apart, (ritually) cleansing her by the washing with water according to the Commandments
(of Mikveh), 27
and to present her (consecrated) to himself (with a circumcised
heart) as a radiant assembly, without spot or wrinkle
or any other blemish (as we offer our lives as
living sacrifices), but holy and blameless (as the spotless Bride of Yahusha).
As I show in my book Creation Cries Out! and even more
detail in The Narrow Gate... Shav'uot is the celebration of the Engagement
between the Messiah and his Bride-to-be. The "rainbow" is a sign for Shav'uot
(in addition to a promise not to flood the Earth). What is a Rainbow? It is THE sign of the covenant made on
the mountain on Shav'uot! It is "The Heavenly Engagement Ring"! We
see below it is "written in the Heavenly Tablets" i.e. The Heavenly
Scroll:
Jubilee Chapter 6:1-3, 11-12,
14, 16-18 - The Rainbow the sign of Shav’uot
1 And on the new month celebration of the third
month (Shav’uot) he
went forth from the ark and built an altar on 2 that mountain. And
he made atonement for the Earth, and took a kid (male goat/lamb) and made atonement by its blood
for all the guilt of the Earth; for everything that had been on it had been
destroyed (cleansed through global Mikveh),
save 3 those that were in the ark with Noah…. 11 Yahuah
Elohim (made this oath to keep Shav’uot) for ever throughout all the generations of the Earth in this (the 3rd) month. On this account He
spake to thee that thou shouldst make a covenant (on Shav’uot) with the children of
Israel in this month upon the mountain with an oath (exactly like what happened on Mt. Sinai in the Abrahamic
Covenant)… 12 of the covenant, which Yahuah
made with them forever. And this testimony is written concerning you
that you should observe it continually… 14 may be before Yahuah our
Elohim continually. And for this Law there is no limit of days, for it is
forever. They shall observe it throughout their generations, so that they may
continue supplicating on your behalf with blood before the altar; every day and
at the time of morning and evening they shall seek forgiveness on your behalf
perpetually before Yahuah that they may keep 15 it and not be rooted
out. And He gave to Noah and his sons a sign that there should not again 16 be
a flood on the Earth. HE SET HIS RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS FOR A SIGN OF THE
ETERNAL COVENANT OF SHAV'UOT that there 17 should not again
be a flood on the Earth to destroy it all the days of the Earth. For this reason,
it is ordained and written on the Heavenly Scrolls, that they should celebrate
the Feast of Weeks in this 18 month once a year, to renew the
covenant every year.
John 14:2-4
2 "In my Father's house are many dwelling
places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place
for you (in my Father’s Estate). 3 "If I go and prepare a place for you (my Bride), I will come again and
receive you to myself (as my Bride), that where I am, there you may be also (to live in covenant of Marriage together). 4"And you know The Way (Mikveh, Circumcision, Offering) to where
I am going."
Here Yahusha is speaking in the Mystery Language a
parable and idiom confirming the Wedding. Yahusha goes and prepares a place for
us in The Kingdom of Yahuah. He is not referring to a physical place (because
we reign with him on Earth), he is referring to a place in the family of
Yahuah. Yahusha is going to perform the duties of High Priest and offer the
proper gifts and sacrifices before the Throne of Yahuah required to grant us
adoption as sons/daughters. Then he says he is returning for us as a Bridegroom
returns for his Bride.
This is where this book picks up from where I left off
in my book The Narrow Gate.
Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah. This is a portrait of
the second coming of the Bridegroom to receive his Bride. Yahusha returns and
the Bride is resurrected to meet him. This occurs on the Feast of Trumpets (Yom
Teruah) which is celebrated over a two-day period at the beginning of the 7th
month because it is the only feast based on the timing of the new moon. Yom
Teruah became known therefore as the idiom “the Feast of which no man knows
the day or hour” because we don’t know the exact timing of the new moon.
Yahusha confirmed his return on the Feast of Trumpets when he used an idiom for
this Feast in Matthew:
Matthew 24:36
“"But about that (Feast) day, no one knows the day or hour, not even the Angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father.”
Here Yahusha was both confirming his return on the Feast
of Trumpets and the arranged marriage using another idiom “no one knows, not
even the Angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father”. You see, the
marriage was arranged by the father unknown to the son.
Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement. This is the day the
Wedding takes place and creation is liberated by the sons of Yahuah as Yahusha
and the Bride are united and all of creation is reconciled back to Yahuah. This
is the day of the actual Wedding. It is this day that the “two shall become
one” through covenant of Marriage. If you look at the word Atonement, it can be
viewed as “At” “one” “ment”. It is the day the Bride becomes “at one” with the
Groom. We see Yahusha pray for this day:
John 17:19-21
19 "And for their sakes I sanctify myself (through the Truth of Scripture),
that they also might be sanctified through (knowing) the truth (of Echad through
covenant). 20 I don’t just pray for these
alone, but for all those who shall believe on me through their word (enter into The Yahushaic Covenant); 21
That they all may be one; as You, Father, are in (an Adoption Covenant with) me (to become my Father), and I in (covenant with) you (to be begotten as Your Firstborn Son of the Resurrection,
the Firstborn of the Dead), that they also may be one
in (covenant with) us (as my Bride in Marriage with the Messiah, the Groom, we are
adopted too!).
Yahusha is referring to the covenant of marriage where
the “two shall become one”. We know what Yahusha’s role is on The Day of
Atonement or the Wedding day. He, as High Priest, must make atonement for
himself, his Bride, and creation itself to liberate and bring all that Yahuah
created back into “Atonement” or At one ment with
the Creator:
Hebrews 5:1-3 - The Perfected High Priest
1 For every high priest taken from among men is
appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to Yahuah, in order to offer
both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2 he can deal gently with the
ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3
and because of it (weaknesses) he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the
people, so also for himself.
Sha’ul was explaining the role of the High Priest on Yom
Kippur where the High Priest had to first make an offering for himself and his
family, before making the offering for the Nation of Israel. We also see Sha’ul
declare the entire Plan of Salvation and proclaim that the sons of Yahuah would
“liberate creation itself” on the Day of Atonement:
Romans 8:19-25 - Sha’ul teaches the Feast Cycle
19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for
the children of Yahuah to be revealed (resurrection
on Yom Teruah / Feast of Trumpets). 20 For
the creation was subjected to futility (when
Adam fell), not willingly, but because of Yahuah Who
subjected it (the fall of creation was part of
Yahuah’s Plan as written in the stars) in hope (of liberating it through His future sons on Yom Kippur / The
Day of Atonement); 21 because the creation
itself also will be delivered (future
fulfillment of The Fall Feasts when Yahusha atones for and delivers creation on
The Day of Atonement) from the bondage of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of Yahuah. (the
“purpose” in all of this is that creation is turned over to be governed by the
children of YAHUAH) 22 For we know that the
whole creation groans and labors (per The
Sabbath Covenant that for 6,000 years creation labors from the effects of sin) with birth pangs together until now (the 7th Millennium, the Sabbath ). 23
Not only that, but we also who have the Firstfruits (Sha’ul is confirming the Feasts of Yahuah here… The Passover
Lamb/Feast of First Fruits/Spring Feasts) of the Spirit
(Given on the Feast of Weeks / Shav’uot), even we ourselves groan within ourselves (along with creation because we have not yet been resurrected
either), eagerly waiting for the adoption (into the Family of Yahuah through resurrection, it is an
ADOPTION COVENANT we are not married to Yahuah), the
redemption of our body (the resurrection on the
Feast of Trumpets as Sha’ul teaches the Fall Feasts). 24
For we were saved (Sha’ul stresses the past
tense here because we were saved during the Spring Feasts by the Passover Lamb) in this hope (that Yahusha will
return again and fulfill the Fall Feasts, resurrecting our bodies so that WE
can then liberate creation), but hope that is seen is
not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees (Sha’ul is stressing that we must still have hope for we have
not yet witness the fulfillment of the Fall Feasts, so hope endures)? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly
wait for it (the Fall Feasts) with perseverance (Sha’ul is encouraging us to endure in hope of the future
fulfillment of the Fall Feasts because those who persevere until the end shall
be saved).
Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles. This Feast is known
as the Wedding Banquet as portrayed in Revelation 19 and was the
meaning behind the Parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew 22.
Revelation 19:6-9
6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice
of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty
peals of thunder, crying out, “HalleluYahuah! our Elohim the Almighty reigns (Yahusha has just delivered all the Kingdoms to his Father). 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give Yahuah the Glory,
for the Marriage of the Lamb (that He arranged) has come, and Yahuah’s (chosen) Bride (for His Son) has made
herself ready (by properly rehearsing the
Moedim); 8 it was granted her to clothe
herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous
deeds of the called out Ones. 9 And the Angel said to me, “Write
this: Blessed are those who are invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.”
And he said to me, “These are the true Words of Yahuah.”
