Welcome to our episode of Contending for the Faith. We greet our newest listeners in Canada and thank all listeners for joining us. In this episode hosts Bishop LaCreece and Bishop Ronald Roston introduce the topic of the biblical feasts and explain why they remain important for Christians today.

Using Leviticus 23 and related scriptures, the hosts explain that these are God’s appointed times (the Hebrew word moed), not merely Jewish holidays. The feasts are presented as two sets: the spring feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost) connected to the first coming of Messiah, and the fall feasts (Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles, plus dedication feasts) connected to the second coming.

They contrast the biblical lunar calendar (months set by the moon, days beginning at sunset) with the modern Gregorian solar calendar and discuss how keeping God’s calendar restores prophetic and spiritual context to the feasts.

The hosts describe the feasts as visual aids that point to Jesus—pictures in the Hebrew scriptures fulfilled in the person of Yeshua. They cite authors like Dr. Richard Booker and Dr. Thomas Lancaster to show how the feasts teach key events: Passover and the crucifixion, Firstfruits and resurrection, Pentecost and the outpouring of the Spirit, and the fall feasts and the return of Messiah.

The episode includes an explanation of Passover—selecting an unblemished lamb, applying blood to doorposts, and God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt—and emphasizes the continuing relevance of these holy convocations and the Sabbath. The hosts invite listeners to continue the series and to study the feasts as meaningful connections to Yahushua.