God's Festivals in Scripture and History: Part 1: The Spring Festivals

by Samuele Bacchiocchi

GOD'S FESTIVALS IN SCRIPTURE AND HISTORY challenges Christians to bring about worship renewal by developing a church calendar patterned after the religious calendar God gave to Israel. Such a calendar would celebrate during the course of the year the redemptive accomplishments of Christs first and second Advents. We cannot preach the whole Bible in one sermon. We cannot celebrate the whole story of redemption in one Sabbath. A church calendar patterned after the calendar of Israel can help to do justice to all the great saving acts of God.

The first volume on THE SPRING FESTIVALS examines Passover and Pentecost historically, typologically and theologically. It shows how the Springs feasts of Israel helps us understand the redemptive accomplishments of Christ's First Advent.

Genres: Religion, Christianity

252 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 1995

Reviews

[Doug Ward · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite book on the typology and Christian significance of the festivals of Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. It is theologically sound and contains many valuable insights, including some distinctive ones stemming from the author's Seventh-day Adventist perspective.

This book was published in 1996, and the author died in 2008. The book could now be expanded in light of recent research---for example, Daniel Stokl Ben Ezra's work on the impact of Yom Kippur on early Christianity, and Hans Moscicke's work on Gospel allusions to the two goats of Leviticus 16. But it remains a valuable Christian introduction to the fall festivals of Israel.