The FIRST fullfillment of this Day was in 1221 B.C. when The Israelites crossed The Red Sea. Only THEN had they left Egypt. This spot crossed today's Gulf of Aqaba. The Israelites entered Midian ( in today's Saudi Arabia ) and made their way to Mt. al Laws, as Arabs refer to it. Egypt, in prophetic type, represents 'The World' and, so, by crossing the Red Sea, The Israelites left 'The World'. And, 'The World', represented by the Pharoah and his army, had final judgement POURED out on them via the waves of the sea AFTER God's people had been taken out of the way! Do you see the parallels? So, 'The Rapture' will be the next, second, fullfillment of this Day - ON this Day!

A parable of Jesus is appropriate here: the ten virgins who awaited the bridegroom. 5 were ready. 5 were not. We each need to be SURE that we are ready ON THAT DAY if we do not want to be LEFT OUT!

God's Holy Days, to be brief and to the point, are PRE-MEMORIAL DAYS to each of the major events in His plan of salvation for the world. That is, they are memorials given BEFORE the events which they depict are to even occur! And, as such, they provide a POWERFUL witness to the truth of the Bible as THE WORD of THE ONE TRUE GOD. Why then do our mainstream preachers ignore them? All other memorial days from human religions (as with secular governments) are ALWAYS established AFTER the events they depict. This is how we know that all other religions are NOT from The Creator Yahweh.

One key point to notice about these Days: they are NOT some sort of national holidays of the Jews or of Israel generally. They are GOD's days. See Leviticus 23:1 ('My' Feasts). And we ALL are commanded to observe them. This is how we (all Earthlings everywhere) are supposed to have been keeping The Fourth Commandment for the last 1,938 years!

A second point about the Days: they each have a DUAL fullfillment. One is a looking back, while the other is a looking forward in time.

A third point about the Days: those in the Spring generally deal with SPIRITUAL issues and events such as liberation, renewal, resurrection, and Spirit indwelling. The Fall Days generally deal with the PHYSICAL, structural, or governmental aspects of what God is doing.

A fourth and final point: Satan has instilled a complete set of substitute holidays to keep the Church distracted or diverted away from God's true and commanded Days. Each of these will be noted briefly at the end of each Holy Day discussion.

--RPC, Wednesday February 4, 2009

Tomorrow -- DAY ONE: The Passover and The Days of Unleavened Bread.