The seven feasts of Israel are powerful and they come in a peculiar kind of order. Passover is first, which falls on the 14th day of the first month. Unleavened bread starts the next night and continues for seven days. First fruits is during the week. This is the festival many Christians now call “Easter.” (The Biblical Passover has to do with the Lamb of G-d being killed for our sins. Easter Sunday was not observed by the second century Christians in Asia Minor. They observed Passover. In Luke 22:14-20 - Jesus specifically mentioned that Christians were to observe the Passover as He did). Pesach or Pentecost is 50 days later. The Feast of Trumpets is the first day of the seventh month. The Day of Atonement is the tenth day of that month. The Feast of Tabernacles is the 15th day. These feasts are specifically written down in Leviticus, chapter 23:1-44. The now resting Zola Levitt discovered an amazing correlation between these Jewish Holy Days and the gestation of a human baby, from conception to birth when he was wrote a book for new parents. Zola contacted a gynecologist for some professional help in understanding gestation and pregnancy. As they talked, the gynecologist showed Zola a series of pictures, pointed to the first one (an egg and a sperm) and said, "On the fourteenth day of the first month, the Mother's egg appears." For most women the egg appears ready to be fertilized on the 14th day of a their cycle. The statement struck a chord in his Jewish mind because that was also the date of Passover. He remembered the roasted egg on his family Seder table every Passover. Now, for the first time, he knew what that egg on the Passover plate meant! The average pregnancy begins on the 14th day of the first month just like Passover! Not wanting to lead the gynecologist off from the subject at hand, he didn't say anything, but continued to listen. The gynecologist continued: "The egg must be fertilized within 24 hours, or it will pass on. Once fertilized it begins to travel down the fallopian tube the next day to the womb." The egg that is released from the mother’s ovary must be utilized/fertilized within 24 hours, or by the next day. This reminded Zola of the next day Feast of Unleavened Bread and the seed or grain that "fell into the ground and died" in order to produce a harvest, the first fruits of which was presented to G-d. Next, the gynecologist said, "Within two to six days, the fertilized egg attaches itself to the wall of the womb and begins to grow." And, sure enough, the Jewish evangelist thought, "The Feast of First fruits (the festival of planting) is observed anywhere from two to six days after Passover!" Next, he was shown a photo of an embryo as it develops arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, a head, eyes, etc. The gynecologist continued, "Around the fiftieth day, the embryo takes on the form of a human being. Until then, we don't know if we have a duck or a tadpole." Zola thought, "That's Pentecost!" Only after 50 days do we see the embryo has become a new creature – a human fetus. That’s also the day you can first hear the heartbeat – the 50th day, which is the festival of Pentecost, where new creatures are made. Then there is a period of general growth as all of the various senses start to develop. Sight is not developed first because there is nothing to see in the womb. The next picture showed the embryo at seven months. The gynecologist said, "On the first day of the seventh month, the baby's hearing is developed. For the first time, it can now hear and distinguish sounds (John 19:27) outside the womb." Zola knew that the hearing develops just in time for the Jewish Festival Feast of Trumpets! The gynecologist continued, "On the tenth day of the seventh month, the hemoglobin of the blood changes from that of the mother, to a self-sustaining baby." Fetal blood must change to adult blood so that the baby can take its own oxygen and breathe its own air when it is born. That change occurs around the 10th day of the seventh month, when the blood becomes acceptable " Zola thought, "That's the Day of Atonement, when the blood was taken into the Holy of holies!" Next, the gynecologist said, "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the lungs become fully developed. If born before then, the baby would have a hard time breathing and surviving." On the 15th day of the seventh month, the tabernacle or the houses of the spirit, the lungs, are finished. That is the first day there can be a safe delivery. And Zola thought, "That's the festival of Tabernacles, a time of celebrating the Temple, home of the Shekinah glory or Spirit of G-d." In the New Testament, the Greek term pneuma, normally translated as "breath," is applied to the "Holy Spirit." If the fetus continues in the womb for another month and a half for a full-term pregnancy - its birth will normally take place on the tenth day of the ninth month. Eight days after birth, in Jewish families, a son is circumcised. Zola noted that the eight days of Chanukah (the Feast of Rededication, or new life!) are celebrated right on schedule, nine Gregorian months of 30 days and ten days (or ten Jewish months of 28 days) for a total of 280 days after Passover. No human being could have understood our 280 day gestation period 3,500 years ago. The establishment of the Jewish Holy Days was given to Moses directly by Jehovah, Himself. Its direct correlation with the normal human gestation period is truly remarkable that shows us who created us!!
We are His Creation
Psalm 139:14 reads; "I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your works, and my soul knows very well." In the original Hebrew text, the word 'fearfully' means: with great reverence and heart-felt interest and respect. The word 'wonderfully' means: unique, set apart, uniquely marvelous. In Isaiah 44:24 we read: "Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb..." The word 'formed' in the Hebrew means to fashion or to mould into a form, especially as a potter - with a definitive purpose in mind. In Ephesians 2:10 we read: "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which G-d has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" Let's examine the word 'workmanship.' It comes from the Greek word 'poiema' and the word signifies a work of art brought forth by an artisan. Our English word poem and poetry stem from this word. We are created to reflect the beauty of G-d's love. This is to be uniquely expressed through our individual characteristics which have been carefully selected for us, that we - being set apart unto Him - may fulfill the purposes of G-d on the Earth. Jeremiah 29:13 reveals a special truth regarding this very matter; "For I know the thoughts (purposes) that I think (plan) toward (for) you. Thoughts (purposes) of peace and not of evil, to give you a (quality) future and a hope." The word for 'thoughts' in the Hebrew means purposes, intentions, skillful works. The word for 'think' is the root word for 'thoughts' and it means to think, to plan, to devise, to invent, to meditate and to abound. The plans that G-d has for us all have been well thought out, meditated upon, devised specifically for us so that we would abound in them. In Isaiah 64:4-8 we read: "For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O G-d, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And [there is] none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand." In 2 Corinthians 9:8 we read: "And G-d is able to make all (not just some) grace abound toward you; that you always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work.
We are to allow Him to continue His Creative Work
In Zechariah 4:6 we read: "Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord!" In Psalm 51:10 we read: "Create in me a clean heart, O G-d; and renew a right spirit within me." (The word rendered “create,” ברא bera’ – is a word which is properly employed to denote an act of “creation;” that is, of causing something to exist where there was nothing before. It is the word which is used in Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning G-d “created” the heaven and the earth," and which is commonly used to express the entire act of creation.) In Hebrews 12:2 we read: "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of G-d." Philippians 1:6 tells us, “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” In John 1:12 we read: "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of G-d, [even] to them that believe on His name:" In Mark 10:15 we read: "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of G-d as a little child, he shall not enter therein." (All a little child can do - is trust its parents.) In John 6:29 - Jesus told them, "This is the only work G-d wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent."
Dear One, pray only for the knowledge of His perfect will in and for your life and ask Him for the power of the Holy Spirit to stand fast and to carry that out.
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