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God's Holy Day Plan The Promise of Hope For All Mankind © 1996, United Church of God, an International Association All Rights Reserved Scriptures in this booklet are quoted from the New King James Version (© 1988 Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishers) unless otherwise noted	Request Your Free Booklet
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. What these Holy Days reveal
2. Are God's Holy Days Relevant Today?
   1. A nation singled out
   2. The Holy Days in the New Testament
   3. Biblical Holy Days in the New Testament (Insert)
3. The Passover: Why Did Jesus Christ Have to Die?
   1. God's Passover instruction
   2. A lesson in humility and service
   3. The bread: symbol of Christ's body
   4. A relationship leading to a new way of life
   5. The meaning of the Passover wine
   6. Access to the Father
   7. Our covenant with God
   8. Annual observance in the early Church
4. The Feast of Unleavened Bread: The Lesson of Leaving Sin
   1. Earliest instructions and Christ's teachings
   2. Continued importance of these days
   3. Applying the spiritual lessons
5. The Feast of Pentecost: The Firstfruits of God's Harvest
   1. The gift of Pentecost: the Holy Spirit
   2. Why we need God's Spirit
   3. Jesus Christ: the firstfruits of eternal life
   4. The Church as firstfruits
   5. The Holy Spirit as work
6. The Feast of Trumpets: A Turning Point in History
   1. The return of Jesus Christ!
   2. Why the symbolism of Trumpets?
   3. Amplification of trumpet's meaning
   4. Jesus' prophetic teaching
   5. More details in the book of Revelation
   6. Unprecedented events at Christ's return
7. The Day of Atonement: Removal of Sin's Cause and Reconcilitaion to God
   1. Satan the author of sin
   2. Old Testament symbolism
   3. The modern application of this festival
8. The Feast of Tabernacles: Jesus Christ Reigns Over All the Earth
   1. Isaiah prophesied the restoration of the world
   2. A world of peace and abundance
   3. Reversing the effects of sin
   4. The significance of tabernacles
   5. The role of the resurrected saints in the Millennium
   6. One final conflict
9. The Last Great Day: Eternal Life Offered to All
   1. Resolving the dilemma
   2. A physical resurrection to an opportunity for salvation
   3. The Great White Throne Judgment
   4. What Is the Fate of Those Who Refuse to Repent? (Insert)
10. How to Observe God's Holy Days
    1. God commands annual assemblies
    2. Living by faith
    3. Colossians 2:16 Shows Gentile Christians Kept the Holy Days (Insert)

• Dates of the Holy Days and Festivals of God