The council of Jerusalem, which is recorded in Acts fifteen, is definitely an in depth research and deliberation into whether or not the Gentile Christians were under the same obligations as were the Jewish believers. Within this examination, the apostles had to ask some questions that turned them away from the traditional Jewish way of thinking. Were the Jewish believers really under the ceremonial obligations of the law?

It appears, according to the beginning of the chapter, that a contention in regard to circumcision and the Law of Moses had arisen among the believers in Antioch. Some taught that except these rituals be adhered to, one could not be saved. This perturbed Paul, and he went to Jerusalem specifically to address this problem to the apostles there for an official decision about what must be required of the Gentiles before they were accepted as brethren. The council was attended by the apostles and elders, and representatives from the churches.

James, as the one presiding over the council, stated the final decision of the council; that they would ask

During the Festival, the shofar was to provoke a change in the people; to wake them from their reverie that they were alright in their sins. The Day of Atonement was a day of judgment, and the Feast of Trumpets was to be a time of preparation for that.

Since we look in faith to the Heavenly Sanctuary, it would be good for us to study the symbols that God gave to His people through Moses, so that we might have a clearer understanding of the atonement Jesus us performing for us in the temple in Heaven.

The Pentecostal outpouring was Heaven's communication that the Redeemer's inauguration was accomplished. According to His promise, He had sent the Holy Spirit from Heaven to His followers as a token that He had as Priest and King received all authority in Heaven and on earth, and was the anointed one over His people.16

The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were closely connected. The Passover marked the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and "Passover became the first and most important day of the week-long Feast of Unleavened Bread. Eventually both feasts came to be regarded as one." The significance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread is often overlooked, but is important to the Christian. Jesus died as our Passover, thus atoning for our sins, but after that, He asks us to examine and purify our hearts, putting away all things that He shows us are impure.

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