The Spring Feasts, for Easter

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In one sentence: God wrote the spring feasts into Israel's calendar and kept each one in His Son Jesus, the Passover lamb slain, raised as the firstfruits of the dead, who poured out the Spirit at Weeks, so the Easter you keep rests on dates God set and kept.

Start six weeks before Easter Sunday so that Firstfruits, the resurrection week, falls on Easter. The first three weeks stay on the night of the Passover, from Egypt to the upper room to the Lord's table, before moving through the feasts in the order of Leviticus 23.

The weeks

1. Passover: When I See the Blood · Exodus 12:1-28; Exodus 12:43-49; Leviticus 23:5

   The night God judged Egypt and spared every house marked with the lamb's blood.

   Week 1 · about 15 minutes to read · printable group sheet

2. "I Will Not Drink Again": The Last Supper and the Cups of Passover · Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:14-20

   The Passover cups at the Last Supper, and the one Jesus vowed not to drink until the kingdom.

   Week 2 · about 25 minutes to read · printable group sheet

3. The Lord's Supper: Do This in Remembrance of Me · 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

   The memorial meal Jesus gave His church, as the Passover was Israel's.

   Week 3 · about 25 minutes to read · printable group sheet

4. Unleavened Bread: A New Lump · Leviticus 23:6-8; Exodus 12:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8

   Seven days without leaven, and a church Christ's sacrifice has already made unleavened.

   Week 4 · about 10 minutes to read · printable group sheet

5. Firstfruits: The Sheaf Waved on the Third Day · Leviticus 23:9-14

   The first sheaf waved on the third day, and Christ the firstfruits of the dead.

   Week 5 · about 20 minutes to read · printable group sheet

6. Weeks: Fifty Days to Pentecost · Leviticus 23:15-22; Acts 2:1-41

   Fifty days to the first loaves, and the day God poured out His Spirit.

   Week 6 · about 15 minutes to read · printable group sheet