The 'Feasts of the Lord' in the Book of Acts
Regarding the feasts of the Lord, it is very instructive to study the history of the first 30 years of the Christian Church recorded in Scripture. What Holy Days did they keep? It's surprising how many of "the feasts of the Lord" are found in the book of Acts.
The first mention of God's feasts in the book of Acts is found in Acts 2:1: "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place." This day of Pentecost is one of God's feasts found in Scripture.
Then in Acts 12, two of "the feasts of the Lord" are mentioned—the Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread (Acts 12:3-4). Peter was miraculously freed from his chains at that time, and the Church rejoiced over this liberation. Many would have remembered that during this day, the Israelites were also freed from their Egyptian bondage.
Later Luke, in describing his travels with Paul, mentions sailing after the Days of Unleavened Bread were over, showing they had stayed to observe them in Philippi before continuing their trip (Acts 20:6).
Moreover, Luke records Paul "hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost" (Acts 20:16). If these feasts were only for the Jews and abolished for Christians, they certainly would not have been mentioned as important for Paul and his party.
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Acts, book of:
- _What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
- _Acts Shows What the Early Church Believed and Practiced
- _Why Is the Sabbath Commandment Not Repeated in the New Testament
- _Chapter 3: What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
- _Chapter 3: Following in the Footsteps of the Apostles
- _The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: The Church Begins
- _The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: The Message Spreads
- _Profiles of Faith - Luke: Paul's Beloved Friend and Companion
- _Can You Believe the Bible? (3/2002)
- _Archaeology in Acts, Part 1
- _Acts Shows What the Early Church Believed and Practiced
- _God Save Jerusalem!
- _The Mighty Assyrian Empire Emerges from the Dust
- _Cyrus of Persia: The Words of a Prophet Come to Pass
- _Archaeology and the City of David
- _King David's Reign: A Nation United
- _The Early Kings of Judah: Miraculous Deliverance
- _The Downfall of Judah: Exile to Babylon
- _Profiles of Faith - Ezra: Spiritually Restoring a People
- _Jerusalem: Center of Conflict, Center of Peace
- _Alexander Reads About Himself in the Book of Daniel
- _The Future of Jerusalem
- _Jerusalem's Bright Future
- _Jerusalem: Vortex of the Past - Vortex of the Future
- _The Middle East: Worlds in Collision (2002)
- _The Kingdom of Heaven
- _The Mighty Assyrian Empire Emerges from the Dust
- _The Apostles: A Case Study in Conversion
- _The Feast of Pentecost: The Firstfruits of God's Harvest
- _The New Testament Church Begins
- _Pentecost
- _The Lesson of the Feast of Firstfruits
- _The Wave-Sheaf Offering
- _Living a Great Miracle - Being Led by God's Spirit
- _The Biblical Festivals That Teach Us About Jesus Christ
- _What Religious Days Did Jesus Observe?
- _What Is a True Christian?
- _A Pentecost Message: It's Your Church Too!
- _Pentecost: The POWER to Change Your Life
- _Pentecost and the Book of Ruth
- _The Feast of Pentecost: The Firstfruits of God's Harvest
- _The Passover: Why Did Jesus Christ Have to Die?
- _The Chronology of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection
- _The Passover
- _'Christ, Our Passover, Was Sacrificed for Us'
- _What Is the Value of a Life?
- _The Passover Bread and Wine
- _If I Knew Then What I Know Now
- _The Lesson of Foot-Washing
- _The Good Friday-Easter Sunday Question
- _Why Did He Have to Die?
- _A Lesson for All Time
- _Why Should Christians Keep the Passover?
- _Questions and Answers - Mar/April 2000
- _Should We Celebrate Jesus Christ's Resurrection?
- _Are We Missing the Message of God?
- _Do You Know Why Christ Died?
- _Questions and Answers - Mar/Apr 2008
- _Had a Mental Checkup Lately?
- _Questions and Answers - Apr/Jun 2004
- _Who Really Killed Jesus?
- _Are We Missing God's Message?
- _The Destroyer Passed Over
- _The Dings Will Fade
- _Lessons of the First Passover
- _Easter or Passover: Which Is Christian?
- _The Chronology of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection
- _Biblical Holy Days in the New Testament
- _How to Observe God's Holy Days
- _Colossians 2:16 Shows Gentile Christians Kept the Holy Days
- _Are God's Holy Days Relevant Today?
- _God's Festivals in the New Testament
- _Jesus Christ and the Festivals of the Bible
- _Galatians 4:9-10: Are God's Laws Bondage?
- _The Calendar Used by the Earliest Gentile Christians
- _Colossians 2:16-17: Are God's Laws Obsolete?
- _The Ascetic Philosophy Affecting the Colossians
- _What Does 'Shadow of Things to Come' Mean?
- _Are the Biblical Holy Days Christian Festivals?
- _What Did Paul Really Say in Colossians 2:16?
- _Points to Ponder (bsc12)
- _TheKeys to Humanity's Future: Feast of Unleavened Bread
- _What Do the Holy Days Mean for Christians Today?
- _Feast Days: God's or Man's?
- _Are the Biblical Holy Days for New Testament Christians?
- _Are All Spiritual 'Shadows' Obsolete?
- _Should You Keep the Festivals Jesus Observed?
- _Teachings and Practices of the Early Church
- _Questions and Answers - Sep/Oct 2004
- _How Were Original Biblical Practices Replaced in Christianity?
- _Why Would the Apostle to the Gentiles Keep the "Jewish" Holy Days?
- _Practicing What We Preach
- _How to Observe God's Holy Days
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