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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Leviticus 23:1-14
This chapter constitutes the calendar of Jehovah’s "holy convocations", otherwise called feasts, which took place annually. They were seven in number, in addition to the Sabbath, the weekly day of rest which is dealt with in the first place. It has been remarked that these feasts, in their sequence, unfold before our eyes Israel’s history from the time of the cross, God’s counsels concerning this nation, His counsels concerning the Church (although in a somewhat veiled fashion), and finally His counsels concerning His Son. Everything started at the Passover. The starting point of blessing for Israel, for the Church, as also for every man’s happiness, is the cross. Immediately afterwards, the feast of unleavened bread calls to mind Him who knew no sin and whose separation from evil must be reproduced in the Assembly’s daily life, indeed in each one of the redeemed. The "old leaven" must be purged out, for we are "unleavened", as Paul reminds the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 5:7).
Next comes the feast of firstfruits. The waving of the first sheaf is once again Christ, triumphant in resurrection, firstborn from among the dead, presented to God according to the various aspects of His glories, "to be accepted for us" (v. 11).
