The personal fulfillments follow:

Passover—the shielding of the believer and his household from the Divine judgment; the work of the body and blood of Christ in our personality.

Unleavened Bread—death to the world and resurrection with Christ as signified by our sincere repentance and participation in water baptism.

Firstfruits—the birth of Christ in us; the beginning of the redemption of our whole personality.

Pentecost—the coming of the Holy Spirit of God into our personality to guide us into holiness, and also to give us wisdom and power to bear witness.

Blowing of Trumpets—the coming of Christ the King, the Lord of Armies, through the Spirit, to wage war against the enemies in our personality and to discipline us as a member of His army.

Day of Atonement—our reconciliation to God; the preparing of the Bride.

Tabernacles—God and Christ settle down to rest in us; the marriage of the Lamb.

It is only as we experience the personal fulfillments of the seven Levitical feasts that the kingdom-wide, historical fulfillments become of benefit to us.

Now, let us look more closely at the personal fulfillments of the seven feasts.

The Passover

The feast of Passover (Exodus, Chapter 12) portrays the work of the body and blood of God's Lamb, Christ, in our personalities. The blood of Christ enables us to overcome the accuser.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Revelation 12:11)

The blood of Christ protects us against God's wrath (Exodus 12:13; Romans 5:9; I Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 19:13).

The blood of Christ forgives our sins (Matthew 26:28; Romans 3:25).

The blood of Christ removes our sins (Hebrews 10:4, 11-14; I John 1:9; 3:5,8).

The body and blood of Christ are our eternal resurrection life (John 6:54).

The Church is referred to as the Wife of the Lamb because the saints become one with the Lamb by eating and drinking of the Lamb (Exodus 12:8; John 6:56,57; Revelation 21:9).

In order for us to benefit from the death of Christ, God's Lamb, on the cross of Calvary, we must through faith avail ourselves personally of the Divine Virtues that are in the body and blood of Christ; and so with the remainder of the feasts of the Lord.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

During the week of Unleavened Bread the Jews are to remove all leaven from their homes.

In order to be saved we must put away the "leaven of malice and wickedness" of the world (I Corinthians 5:8).

The Scripture commands us to repent and be baptized (Acts 2:38). We are to wash away our sins (Acts 22:16).

In water baptism we enter the death of Christ (Romans 6:3). Because Christ descended into Hades (Acts 2:31; Jonah 2:2) a way has been made for us to pass through death unharmed (I Corinthians 15:55). When Satan attempts to follow us through death the water closes in on him as it did on the army of Pharaoh.

The sixth chapter of Romans undoubtedly represents the heart of the new covenant. We are told that since we have been baptized in water we are to count that we have been crucified with Christ and have been raised with Christ to walk in newness of life.

To be continued.