By definition a prearranged meeting between two people is a date. Through the "appointed feasts" God is declaring I want a date with my people.

1. Leviticus 23:1-2
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to the Israelites
and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts,
the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you are
to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
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2. Leviticus 23:3
There are six days when you may work, but the
seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred
assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever
you live, it is a Sabbath to the Lord.
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3. “The wisdom of God has ordained a way for the
love of God to deliver us from the wrath of God
without compromising the justice of God” (John
Piper)
The cross is the CLIMAX of where the love and
holiness of God meet, but throughout scripture we
get sneak peaks of what is yet to come.
All scripture is for our
INSTRUCTION, even if it is
not a COMMAND for us.

4. Many of the offerings were a way of sharing a
“TABLE” with God…
Appointed feasts…a means to ensure their
relationship to God wasn’t NEGLECTED due to
everyday life.
Sabbath was, in one way, about giving God the gift
of TIME, which He had already given to us.
Think of feasts as APPOINTED
times to meet with God…

5. Sabbath was rooted in both CREATION and
REDEMPTION.
Sabbath was an invitation to
REST in the Lord.

6. If you don’t SCHEDULE it, it won’t happen.
To rest in the Lord is an exercise of TRUST.
We can rest in God’s FINISHED work in Christ.
Sabbath was a time to rest
from normal routines to focus
on SPIRITUAL matters…

7. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Examine if my attitude toward others honors
God
( ) Evaluate where I may be choosing the world
over the Father
( ) Meditate on where I find myself in the story
( ) Reflect on what it means to be received back
as a son or daughter.
( ) Other________________________