The seven annual holy days or “appointed feasts” depict God’s plan of salvation for mankind. They are ordained by God and were kept by the ancient Israelites according to the calendar He gave them. In this calendar, the beginning of each Biblical month has been noted. Days are counted from "evening to evening" (Gen. 1:5, Lev. 23:32). Keeping the holy days was continued by the early New Testament believers and they are still kept today by modern-day Christians.
Leviticus 23:1-44 • Zechariah 14:16 • John 7:8-10 • Acts 2:1 • Acts 12:3 • Acts 20:6, 16 • Acts 27:9 • 1 Corinthians 5:8 • 1 Corinthians 16:8
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The Passover
The Passover, or Lord’s Supper as it became to Christians, is the one annual festival which symbolizes, more than any other, the very way to salvation. We reaffirm each year our acceptance of Christ’s broken body and shed blood. We continually reconfirm our faith in Jesus Christ, and in Him ALONE, for salvation!
Days of Unleavened Bread
The Days of Unleavened Bread picture Christ as the “bread which came down from heaven” and the eating of unleavened bread focuses on Christ coming to live within each newly repentant Christian, thus driving sin out.
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Pentecost
The Feast of the Firstfruits, or Pentecost, shows us that God is calling only a “kind of firstfruits of His creatures” in this dispensation, and shows that the great latter, fall harvest of human lives is to come during the millennium, and even afterward. The New Testament observance of Pentecost portrays Christ sending the “other Comforter” to be generally available to human beings for the first time.
Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets pictures not only the announcements of Almighty God from the time of Christ until the time of the end by the preaching of the Gospel, but God’s own righteous angels, sounding the alarming trumpets leading up to the last plagues and the final great trump, announcing the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Atonement
The Day of Atonement, the only FAST day (Acts 27:9; Lev. 23:32) among the seven holy days, depicts the whole world finally AT ONE with God through the atoning work of Christ; Satan banished, unable to deceive the nations any further.
Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles acknowledges that we are living, as human beings, in but a temporary dwelling place, but it looks ahead to the PERMANENT dwelling place in God’s Kingdom! Jesus Christ said, “In my Father’s house are many mansions,” which can also be rendered “positions of responsibility,” or “offices.”
The Last Great Day
The Last Great Day typifies the “Great White Throne Judgment” of the 20th chapter of Revelation. This final annual holy day signifies the completion of God’s plan, the last great general resurrection and the final destruction of the incorrigibly wicked, and leads directly from the Great White Throne Judgment in Revelation 20 to the “new heavens and new earth” of the last two chapters of your Bible.
Holy Days Calendar
| YEAR | *PASSOVER | FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD | PENTECOST | FEAST OF TRUMPETS | DAY OF ATONEMENT | FEAST OF TABERNACLES | LAST GREAT DAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | April 22 | April 23 - 29 | June 16 | Oct. 3 | Oct. 12 | Oct. 17 - 23 | Oct. 24 |
| 2025 | April 12 | April 13 - 19 | June 1 | Sept. 23 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 7 - 13 | Oct. 14 |
| 2026 | April 1 | April 2 - 8 | May 24 | Sept. 12 | Sept. 21 | Sept. 26 - Oct. 2 | Oct. 3 |
| 2027 | April 21 | April 22 - 28 | June 13 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 11 | Oct. 16 - 22 | Oct. 23 |
| 2028 | April 10 | April 11-17 | June 4 | Sept. 21 | Sept. 30 | Oct. 5-11 | Oct. 12 |
| 2029 | March 30 | March 31-April 6 | May 20 | Sept. 10 | Sept. 19 | Sept. 24-30 | Oct. 1 |
| 2030 | April 17 | April 18-24 | June 9 | Sept. 28 | Oct. 7 | Oct. 12-18 | Oct. 19 |
| 2031 | April 7 | April 8-14 | June 1 | Sept. 18 | Sept. 27 | Oct. 2-8 | Oct. 9 |
| 2032 | March 26 | March 27-April 2 | May 16 | Sept. 6 | Sept. 15 | Sept. 20-26 | Sept. 27 |
| 2033 | April 13 | April 14-20 | June 5 | Sept. 24 | Oct. 3 | Oct. 8-14 | Oct. 15 |
*Passover observed the evening before, at sundown.