Branch of Israel

I have found that over the years that I can get on a whim about something, write it down, then forget about simply because I get distracted, or move onto something else. The problem with that is I found that I have material here and material there, but pulling it together is another story. Surely, I am not the only one that has run into this before. Recently, I was asked a question about the different feasts, and as I was explaining it I told him that I would email him something about it. Well, being able to pull all the material together is another thing. It may be in one place in my mind, but in 10 or 15 places on my hard drive. Anyway...

Like the farmer who has a yearly cycle of sowing and reaping, the same is true with the biblical feasts that God has set into place. In Leviticus 23 it clearly lays out for us the 7 feasts that the Lord wants us to continually celebrate. According to verses 14, 21, 30 and 41 the Lord mentions that these feasts are to be kept throughout all generations. Not only does he tell us to keep it ongoing, but he also tells us when he wants us to celebrate it. There are 4 words that the Lord uses when talking about these times in reference to the feasts: Appointed ( Mo-ahd ) Convocations or gatherings ( Mik-rah ) Feast or festival ( Chag ) Holy ( Ko-desh ) Mo-ahd: an appointment or a meeting at a set time. Yet however, its root meaning is to repeat. In other words, it is a meeting that is to be repeated every time that appointment comes up at a set time. Mik-rah: a calling together for a meeting as an assembly. The root meaning is to call together for an event or a reading s...