I’m sitting in my old seat, located at my old Starbucks, waiting for my old wife to come get me.

That’s not completely true.  I actually have the car, but I am waiting for her to finish getting her hair did.

And as far as the old part goes, well…that’s true. She turns 27 on Thursday. Can’t believe I’m married to such an old, old woman.

Anyhoo, as long as I am sitting in my old “office,” where I wrote 90% of the blogs in my life, I thought I’d write a post for old times sake.

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I have been reading this book called the 7 Feast of the Messiah.  A lot of you probably know that I love the Old Testament, but it just makes Jesus, His sacrifice, and the new testament writings so much more incredible when understood in the light of the Old Covenant.

The book is written to help non-Jewish people understand the backstory and meaning, and to help Jewish people understand that Christ really is the Messiah they have been waiting for.

I will probably write more on this as I continue to get deeper into this book and finish it up, but one thing I read just is really sticking out to me.

Leviticus 23:2 talks about “…the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations…”  The Hebrew word that is translated as convocations is miqra, which literally means “rehearsals.”

God gave Israel these seven “rehearsals” every year to teach them about the major events in his restoration plan.  If we want to get a deeper understanding of redemption and God’s plan, than we can study these feasts that were so specifically detailed in the Old Testament.

The first 4 festivals are in the spring, and they teach us about the first coming of Jesus, the Messiah.  The last 3 festivals are in the fall and they teach about the second coming of Jesus.

I have so much more that I want to write and get out of my head, but I need to make sure that it makes sense.

So I guess consider that your warning…

~chris