Today’s devotion comes from Exodus 23:14-19.
“14 “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. 15 You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed. 16 Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
18 “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning.
19 “You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.
“You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.” Exodus 23:14-19.
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We see the celebration of feasts as a part of Israel’s worship of God in today’s Scripture. We later see the celebration of feasts as part of our worship of God in heaven.
These feasts remind us that God loves us and provides lavishly for us. God wants His people to be joyful, thankful, and to praise Him.
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.” Matthew 22:2.
“The Lord of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow,
And refined, aged wine.” Isaiah 25:6.
We also remember Jesus’ first miracle turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana, a type of feast. John 2:1-11. “This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.” John 2:11.
In a sense, the Lord’s Supper is a feast. “… For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” 1 Corinthians 5:7-8.
“In Him (Christ) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us.” Ephesians 2:8.
And so, in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, we have feasts to remind us of the riches of God’s grace which He lavished on us.
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