Annual Festivals and a Promise of the Lord’s Presence
Annual Festivals and a Promise of the Lord’s Presence (The Lord continues instructing the people) “Each year you must celebrate three festivals in My honor, (the Lord said). First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually, at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before Me without an offering (the Lord said). “Second, celebrate the Festival of Harvest, when you bring Me the first crops of your harvest. “Finally, celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest, at the end of the harvest season, when you have harvested all the crops from your fields. At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign Lord, your God. “You must not offer the blood of My sacrificial offerings together with any bake...