Leviticus 23:22

In Leviticus 23 We are told of the days that Israel was to set aside as Holy days. There was 7 of them, 4 in the Spring, 3 in the fall. This gap is very important to us as I will discuss later in this blog.

The first 4 have been fulfilled by Jesus when He was here on Earth. These are The Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Breath, The Sheaf of Firstfruits, and The Feast of Pentecost (The Feast of Weeks). These are discussed in the first 21 verses.

The remaining 3 are The Feast of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. These are discussed in Verses 223 thru 43.

What I wish to talk about today is in verse 22. If you read this verse it seems to be out of place, but if it was not for this verse we would not have had The Book of Ruth. This single verse tells us that we are to share God's bounty with every one. The people of Israel were to leave some of their crops in the field to help the poor. Because of this verse the a hated moabitess, a gentile, became an ancestor of Our Lord Jesus. She is the third female gentile in His linage. It is through this that we as gentiles are to receive the promise of God to Abraham.

This verse also has the importants that we, today are living in the period that is between the Spring and Fall feast. This a period of Harvest. We are to harvest the souls of the lost. This time started when our Lord acsented into Heaven and will end only at His return at The Feast of Trumpets. I pray that the harvest will be great.