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God's Festivals in the New Testament

The New Testament records Jesus Christ, the Apostles and the Church keeping the Holy Days.

1. Passover

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:5

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Matthew 26:2,17-19
Mark 14:12-16
Luke 2:41-42; 22:1,7-20
John 2:13,23; 6:4; 13:1-30
1 Corinthians 11:23-29

2. Feast of Unleavened Bread

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:6-8

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Matthew 26:17
Mark 14:12
Luke 2:41-42, 22:1,7
Acts 20:6
1 Corinthians 5:6-8

3. Feast of Pentecost

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:15-22

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Acts 2:1-21; 20:16
1 Corinthians 16:8

4. Feast of Trumpets*

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:23-25

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Matthew 24:30-31
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Revelation 11:15

5. Day of Atonement

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:26-32

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Acts 27:9

6. Feast of Tabernacles

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:33-43

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
John 7:1-2,8,10,14

7. The Eighth Day (sometimes called the Last Great Day)

Commanded in Old Testament:
Leviticus 23:36

Observed by Jesus Christ, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
John chapters 7-9

*Although the Feast of Trumpets is not mentioned by name in the New Testament, the theme of the day-the sounding of trumpets announcing Jesus Christ's return-is mentioned by several New Testament authors as noted in the references.

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Keywords: holydays salvation apostle Paul gentiles Jews Christ's return trumpets New Testament God's festivals 

Gentiles:

• Profiles of Faith - Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles
• No Jew and No Gentile
• Peace and Unity in Christ
• Paul Imprisoned Over a Man-Made Taboo
• Was the Sabbath Changed in the New Testament?

• Foundations
• Are all Israelites Jews?
• Are All Israelites Jews?
• Were All the Israelites Deported?

• The Biblical Festivals That Teach Us About Jesus Christ
• The Biblical Festivals That Show How God Will Bring World Peace
• The Biblical Feast of Trumpets: Foretelling 'the Day of the Lord'
• The Festival Code: Unlocking the Future
• The Biblical Map to Jesus Christs Return
• Trumpets, Trumpets Everywhere
• God's Feasts Answer the Big Questions - Part 2
• The Bible's Holy Days: God's Blueprint for Peace on Earth
• The Exciting Feast of Trumpets
• God's Fall Feasts
• The Feast of Trumpets: A Turning Point in History
• The Feast of Trumpets

• Reexamining the Roots of Christianity
• When Was the New Testament Written?
• The Unexplained Success of the Church
• Archaeology and the Epistles
• Keys to Unlocking Understanding of the Bible
• The Rest of the Story?
• Jesus Christ: Do We Have the Real Story?
• Has the Bible Been Preserved Accurately?
• How Did We Get the Bible?
• Why Are There Differences in Ancient New Testament Manuscripts?
• William Tyndale: He Gave His Life to Give Us the Bible
• Tyndale as Translator
• Is the New Testament a Fraud?
• The New Testament: From Oral Testimony to the Written Word
• Do We Have Valid Testimony to the Life of Christ?
• Earliest New Testament Manuscript Fragment Discovered?
• How the Word Church is Used in Scripture and Common Speech
• The Testimony of the New Testament
• The Word of God
• The Apostles, the Old Testament and God's Law
• God's Knowledge Revealed in Two Parts
• The New Testament Writers
• The Transition from the Prophets to the Gospels
• The Need for a New Covenant

• Did the Apostle Paul Abolish the Sabbath?
• The Sabbath in Acts: Luke's Record of Paul's Understanding
• Christian Setbacks: A Question of Perspective
• The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: The Message Spreads
• The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: Paul's Later Travels
• Profiles of Faith - Luke: Paul's Beloved Friend and Companion
• Timothy: Paul's Son in the Faith
• The Sabbath in the Scriptures
• Christianity Isn't For Wimps
• Archaeology in Acts, Part 2: The Message Spreads
• Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles
• Jesus, Paul and the New Covenant
• Why Would Paul Cry?
• How Paul Described His Thinking Before Conversion
• Is Today the Only Day of Salvation?
• Changes in Christian Scholars' Perspective on God's Law
• Paul's Desire to "Depart and Be With Christ"
• Acts Shows What the Early Church Believed and Practiced
• Paul Regularly Used the Old Testament as the Authority for His Teaching
• A New Covenant for Transforming the Heart
• Introduction: Sunset to Sunset, God's Sabbath Rest
• What Did Paul Really Say in Colossians 2:16?
• The Apostle Paul: An Example of God's Grace in Action
• Paul's Greeting of "Grace and Peace"

• What Do the Holy Days Mean for Christians Today?
• Feast Days: God's or Man's?
• Are the Biblical Holy Days for New Testament Christians?
• Living a Great Miracle - Being Led by God's Spirit
• Are All Spiritual 'Shadows' Obsolete?
• Should You Keep the Festivals Jesus Observed?
• Teachings and Practices of the Early Church
• Why Should Christians Keep the Passover?
• The 'Feasts of the Lord' in the Book of Acts
• What Religious Days Did Jesus Observe?
• Questions and Answers - Sep/Oct 2004
• How Were Original Biblical Practices Replaced in Christianity?
• Why Would the Apostle to the Gentiles Keep the "Jewish" Holy Days?
• Practicing What We Preach
• Would Jesus Christ Celebrate Easter?
• Jesus Christ in the Biblical Festivals
• What Easter Doesn't Tell You
• God's Annual Festivals
• What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
• Are God's Holy Days Relevant Today?
• Colossians 2:16 Shows Gentile Christians Observed the Biblical Holy Days
• How Should We Observe God's Festivals?
• Jesus Christ and the Festivals of the Bible
• Galatians 4:9-10: Are God's Laws Bondage?
• The Ascetic Philosophy Affecting the Colossians
• The Calendar Used by the Earliest Gentile Christians
• Colossians 2:16-17: Are God's Laws Obsolete?
• What Does 'Shadow of Things to Come' Mean?
• Are the Biblical Holy Days Christian Festivals?
• Pentecost
• Points to Ponder (bsc12)
• TheKeys to Humanity's Future: Feast of Unleavened Bread

• God's Plan as Revealed by His Holy Days
• God's Vision for You
• Does It Really Matter What You Believe?
• Planet Hunters: The Search for Life in Outer Space
• God's Plan for Eternity
• What is My Purpose Here?
• The Feast of Peace
• Will A New Leader Solve Our Problems?
• Why Understand Prophecy?
• The Majority: Unknowing, Unaware and Unconcerned
• Do You Have a Biblical Worldview?
• Do You Know Why Christ Lives?
• Predestination: Are You Just a Pawn?
• What's My Purpose Here?
• Does God Have a Plan for Humanity?
• God's Prophetic Plan for the Nations
• Join the Few, the Called, the Chosen
• Natural Disasters: Will We Ask the Crucial Questions?
• When God Doesn't Make Sense
• A Perfect Family
• A Long Time From Now in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
• A Thousand Words Are Worth a Picture
• The Top 10 Reasons Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas
• Contributing a Verse
• The Hole in Your Heart
• God's Plan to End Evil and Suffering
• The Universe and Beyond
• The Restless God
• The Biblical Festivals That Reveal God's Plan of Salvation
• When Bad Things Happen to God's People
• God's Got a Plan
• Does God Have a Plan?
• Planet Earth Will Survive and Flourish!
• Chasing the Good Old Days
• The Remarkable Lesson of God's Feast of Firstfruits
• What Did God Plan "Before Time Began"?
• Has God Forgotten this World?
• Why Christ Spoke in Parables
• Humanity
• Introduction: God's Holy Day Plan
• The Passover: Why Did Jesus Christ Have to Die?
• Does It Matter to God?
• God's Days of Worship
• Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God
• Why Were You Born?
• Following the Footsteps of a Different God
• Satan's Work in Our World
• How God Shaped Israel's Future
• Everlasting Life Conquers Death
• Understanding God Through Christ
• Why a Loving God Allows Suffering
• The International Scope of Prophecy
• Festivals of Hope
• Introduction (bsc12)
• Back to the Beginning
• No Man Left Behind
• Bible Prophecy and You
• Gain From God's Perspective