The Feasts of YHWH — Overview & Teaching Chart
A. Overview & Salvation-History Timeline
Creation → Exodus → First Coming of Messiah → Church Age → Second Coming → Millennial Reign → New Jerusalem
This page follows the Feasts of YHWH across redemptive history—showing their meaning in Torah, fulfillment in Messiah, ongoing discipleship practice, and prophetic future.
B. Feast-by-Feast
Pesach (Passover) — פֶּסַח
Meaning: Deliverance from Egypt by lamb’s blood.
Fulfillment in Messiah: Messiah is the Passover Lamb (John 1:29; 1 Cor 5:7).
Future / Prophetic Role: Memorial in Millennial Temple (Ezek 45:21).
How to Keep (practically): Memorial meal; retell Exodus & Messiah’s redemption; remove leaven.
Chag HaMatzot (Unleavened Bread) — חַג הַמַּצּוֹת
Meaning: Seven days of unleavened bread; removal of corruption.
Fulfillment in Messiah: Messiah’s sinless burial (2 Cor 5:21).
Future / Prophetic Role: Ongoing sanctification of God’s people (1 Cor 5:8).
How to Keep: Remove leaven; eat matzah; focus on holiness.
Reshit Katzir (Firstfruits) — רֵאשִׁית קָצִיר
Meaning: Offering of first sheaf of barley.
Fulfillment in Messiah: Messiah the Firstfruits of resurrection (1 Cor 15:20).
Future / Prophetic Role: General resurrection at His return.
How to Keep: Dedicate “firstfruits” of income/harvest; celebrate resurrection hope.
Shavuot (Weeks / Pentecost) — שָׁבוּעוֹת
Meaning: Wheat harvest, 50 days after Firstfruits.
Fulfillment in Messiah: Spirit poured out at Pentecost (Acts 2).
Future / Prophetic Role: Full harvest of nations until the end (Rev 7:9).
How to Keep: Worship; thanksgiving for Torah + Spirit; covenant renewal.
Yom Teruah (Trumpets) — יוֹם תְּרוּעָה
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Meaning: Day of blasts/shouts; sacred assembly.
What is Yom Teruah?
Yom Teruah is the first fall feast – it marks the start of the fall feast season. Teruah means to make a loud noise, which is why Yom Teruah is also called the “Day of Trumpets” or even “Day of Shouting.”
What Does It Mean?
Because we don’t know for sure when the first sliver of the new moon will be sighted, we have to be completely ready for Yom Teruah before it comes; it’s a rehearsal for the ultimate Yom Teruah when Yeshua returns.
When Did Yom Teruah Originate?
The Bible tells us it is a memorial of blowing of trumpets. The event this reference is one we are told many times not to forget – the day the Almighty shouted down the 10 commandments to the people from atop Mount Sinai in the desert after delivering them from slavery in Egypt.
It also heralds the Messiah’s second coming in prophecy (during which he will fulfill all the fall feasts just as he fulfilled the spring feasts at his first coming).
Fulfillment in Messiah: Linked to Messiah’s return, final trumpet (1 Thess 4:16).
Has Yom Teruah Been Fulfilled?
This feast is the only one that falls on the first day of a Biblical month, which means we have to wait for the first sliver of the moon to be sighted – so we don’t know exactly when the feast will start. This is what Yeshua was referring to when he said that “no man will know the day or the hour” of his return; however we are to be wary of the season of his coming, being diligent to observe world events that tell us the time is near.
Future / Prophetic Role: Fulfilled at Second Coming (resurrection & gathering).
How to Keep: Rest day; blow shofar; call to repentance; teach on His return.
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) — יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִים
Meaning: Solemn day; High Priest enters Holy of Holies.
Fulfillment in Messiah: Messiah’s once-for-all atonement (Heb 9:11–12).
Future / Prophetic Role: Israel’s national redemption (Zech 12:10; Rom 11:26).
How to Keep: Fast; repent; confess; intercede for Israel & nations.
Chag HaSukkot (Booths / Tabernacles) — חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת
Meaning: Harvest feast; live in booths; God’s presence in wilderness.
Fulfillment in Messiah: The Word “tabernacled” among us (John 1:14); Living Water & Light (John 7–8).
Future / Prophetic Role: Nations keep Sukkot in the Millennial Reign (Zech 14:16); New Jerusalem = eternal tabernacle (Rev 21:3).
How to Keep: Build sukkah; rejoice; fellowship meals; celebrate God’s presence.
Purim (Lots) — פּוּרִים
Meaning: Deliverance from Haman’s decree (Esther 9).
Fulfillment in Messiah: God’s hidden deliverance foreshadows Messiah’s salvation.
Future / Prophetic Role: Ongoing witness of divine providence.
How to Keep: Read Esther; feast; gifts to poor & friends.
Hanukkah (Dedication) — חֲנוּכָּה
Meaning: Temple rededication after Antiochus (1 Macc 4:59; John 10:22).
Fulfillment in Messiah: Messiah = true Temple & Light of the World (John 8:12).
Future / Prophetic Role: Symbol until the final Temple reality in Messiah’s reign.
How to Keep: Light lamps; rededicate life to God; read John 10.
C. Flow of Fulfillment (Past → Present → Future)
- Fulfilled in First Coming: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot.
- Ongoing (Church Age): Shavuot harvest; Unleavened sanctification.
- Future (Second Coming): Trumpets (return), Atonement (Israel’s redemption), Booths (Messianic dwelling).
- Millennial Reign: At least Sukkot (Zech 14); possible memorial sacrifices (Ezek 45).
- New Jerusalem: Eternal Sukkot—God tabernacles with humanity forever (Rev 21:3).
D. Scripture References & “How to Keep” (Quick List)
- Passover: John 1:29; 1 Cor 5:7; Ezek 45:21.
- Unleavened Bread: 2 Cor 5:21; 1 Cor 5:8.
- Firstfruits: 1 Cor 15:20.
- Shavuot: Acts 2; Rev 7:9.
- Trumpets: 1 Thess 4:16.
- Day of Atonement: Heb 9:11–12; Zech 12:10; Rom 11:26.
- Sukkot: John 1:14; John 7–8; Zech 14:16; Rev 21:3.
- Purim: Esther 9.
- Hanukkah: 1 Macc 4:59; John 10:22; cf. John 8:12.
How to keep (summary): Each feast pairs remembrance of God’s acts with practical, joy-filled obedience—removing leaven, dedicating firstfruits, renewing covenant, resting, repenting, building sukkah, giving gifts, rededicating to the Light of the World.