The Fall Feasts 2025

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Brian walked the congregation through the three fall feasts from Leviticus 23, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, arguing that these are not merely Jewish holidays but God's own family traditions that the whole church is invited into. Each feast, he said, functions as a rehearsal for something Jesus has yet to fulfill. The conversation format meant questions from the congregation shaped the...

Read together

1. Leviticus 23:23-44 read aloud by congregation members as the main text for the sermon on God's family traditions and the fall feasts
2. Numbers 29 mentioned alongside Leviticus 23 as an Old Testament reference to the feast of trumpets
3. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 quoted to describe the rapture and transformation of believers at the last trumpet
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 quoted to describe the Lord's return with a commanding shout, the archangel's voice, and the trumpet call, and the raising of Christians who have died
5. Zechariah 12 read and expounded to describe Jesus rallying Israel, retaking Jerusalem, and the national mourning when Israel recognizes the one they pierced
6. Zechariah 12:10 quoted specifically on Israel looking upon the one they have pierced and mourning
7. Zephaniah 3:17 quoted to show Jesus rejoicing over Israel with gladness and calming their fears after their recognition of him
8. Matthew 24 referenced as Jesus's own words about returning at the last trumpet
9. Daniel 9 referenced alongside Daniel 10 and 11 as prophetic basis for the seven-year tribulation timeline
10. Jeremiah 30 mentioned as a prophetic reference supporting the seven-year tribulation timeline
11. Micah 4:1-3 quoted to describe the millennial reign of the Messiah, nations streaming to Jerusalem, and swords beaten into plowshares

Talk about it

1. Brian described how many people, including his own leadership team, rushed back to normal after COVID without stopping to grieve or process what had happened. Have you noticed that pattern in your own life, and what does it cost us when we skip that step?
2. Brian said the Jewish feasts are better thought of as God's family traditions rather than something belonging only to Jewish people, and that they help us remember, recalibrate, and rehearse. Which of those three felt most personally relevant to you, and why?
3. Brian talked about the feast of trumpets as a rehearsal for the return of Jesus and the rapture, and he read from 1 Corinthians 15 that 'we will not all die but we will all be transformed.' What questions did that raise for you, or what part of it was new?
4. Reading from Zechariah 12, Brian painted a picture of Israel recognizing Jesus as Messiah after he leads them to retake Jerusalem, and he connected it to Zephaniah 3:17, saying Jesus will respond not with anger but by rejoicing over them with singing. How does that picture of Jesus change or deepen how you think about him?
5. Brian said that how you stand with Israel today is the least expensive it will ever be in your life, and that your stance now reflects how you would have acted in World War Two. What did that challenge or provoke in you?