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Chapter 1 14Introduction

Key Points 15Is this Book Relevant for Postmodern Christians and Pastors? 24Clarification of the Terms Church, Bride, and Israel 26Hebraic Roots Movement? 29Outside Your Comfort Zone – Keep Asking Questions 29

Chapter 2 32God’s Plan Interwoven in the Old Testament

Introduction 33The Hebrew Language 33The Plural Hebrew Interpretation 34The Talmud and the Protestant Sola Scriptura 37Jesus and the Oral Traditions 41The Singular Interpretation by the Church 47Shadows and Their Purpose 50Why Use Shadows? 51The Alpha and Omega was Already Present 53Jesus and the Old Testament 59God’s Omniscience 61Backpack 62

Chapter 3 64God’s appointed times

Introduction 651. One Day is Like 1000 Years 67Jews also Believe in 7000 Years. 68Are we Already in the Year 6000? 712.  The Image of Nebuchadnezzar and the Times 733. The Divisions of 490 Years 764. Our History in 120 Years of Jubilee 775. The 70 Weeks of Years in the Book ofDaniel 806. The Time Line to the New State of Israel in 1948 837. The Generation After 1948 92Is There Still Room in Time? 95What Does NASA Teach Us? 96Timelines with ‘Circles of Sevens’. 100Challenge 104

Chapter 4 106The Church or Israel?

Introduction 107The First Four Centuries of Replacement Theology 109Paul in a Tricky Situation 113Replacement Theology – Does It Have History on Its Side? 129The Middle Ages 131

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The Reformation 137The Influence of Greek Thinking 145Greek Thinking: The Root of Strongholds in Western Thinking 147The Puritans – A Candle in the Night 152Satan’s Great Resistance: The Anti-Semitism of the Third Reich 155The Church after the Founding of the State of Israel. 161Replacement Theology and Israel in Our Time 164One Last Time: Anti-Semitism in the Future 172Summary 176Challenge 178

Chapter 5 180God’s Plan hidden in seven feasts

Introduction 181God Uses Another Calendar 182The Feasts are Rehearsals 184Validity of the Feasts 188A Misunderstanding About the Feasts 192Feasts are Shadows of Future Events 195Shadows are the Test of our Individual Perception 197Why Does our Perception Deviate from Reality? 200The Preconceived Ideas of Humanism Have also Influenced Theological Thinking 205One More Reason for the Shadows 209What Lessons can we Learn from the Shadows? 210Theologians Need other Specialists 212The Biblical Feasts are also Cristian Feasts 213Seven Feasts 214Spring Festivals 217Pesach – the Festival of Deliverance 219The Selection of the Lamb 222The Entrance of the Lamb – Nisan 10 222The Inspection of the Lamb – Nisan 10-14 225The Binding of the Lamb on the Altar. 226The Lamb Sacrificed for the Nation 228Blood of the Pesach Lambs 230Good Friday? 233King of the Jews - YHVH 235No Bone shall be Broken 236His Clothes were not Torn 237Jews Believing in the Suffering Messiah 239New-Testament Meaning of Pesach 241Nisan 14 on God’s Calendar 245The Feast of Unleavened Bread 246Great Cleansing 246Merchants and Moneychangers do not Belong in the Temple 249Connection with Communion 250Nisan 15 on God’s Calendar 252Feast of First Fruits – Ha’Bikkurim 254The Capture and the Feast of First-fruits 256

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Change of Ownership 259Connection with Baptism 261What is the Purpose of Deliverance? 265Another Future Exodus 267The 17th of Nisan on God’s Calendar 269Another Timeline Stresses God’s Sovereignty 270Is the Day Insignificant? 271The Feast of Weeks or Pentecost - Shavuot 274Intermezzo: the Attack of the Amalekites 276The Schedule of Pentecost 277Freedom and Commandments 278Does the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit Make the Law Obsolete? 283Is the “Law” Really Reduced to two Commandments? 288An Important Difference in Harvesting 293The New Feast of Pentecost – God’s Glory Returns 294Have the Spring Feasts Actually been Fulfilled? 296How do we Celebrate the Spring Feasts? 297What the Church can Learn from the Sequence of the Feasts 300Cups of wine during the Seder meal 308The Fall Feasts and Their Prophetic Meanings 312The Month of Elul – Prepare Yourself for the King! 314Feast of Trumpets – The Mystery of the Last Trumpet 318The New Moon 319The Feast of Trumpets is a Mystery 323The Trumpet and the Three Themes of the Feast 3241. The Crowning of the King – Ha’Melech 3262. Wedding Ceremony of the Messiah 3263. The Resurrection of the Dead 327White Clothes 328The Last Trumpet and Other Trumpets Clarified 330Will We Recognize the Last Trumpet? 332The Door Will Be Open for a “Short While” 334Yom Hakese 335Yom HaDin – the Day of Judgment 336The Picture of the Feast of Trumpets 339The Time in Which We Live 341The In-Between “Days of Awe” 342Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur 346Day of Atonement – The Shadow and the Ritual 347The Essence of the Two Goats 348The Reason for the Day of Atonement: Desecration of the Sanctuary and the People 351Tishri 10 – More Special Patterns 359God’s Relationship with the Believer on the Way 359A Dilemma – The Pesach Sacrifice as Substitute Sin Offering? 364The Different Meaning of Pesach and the Day of Atonement in our Lives 368The Condition to Participate in the Day of Atonement 373We Have to Re-frame Our Thinking 374Do We Still Need Sacrifices Today? 377The Day of Atonement – The Reality in Christ for Today 378

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Ongoing Repentance and Mediation 380Does Sin Still Have Consequences? 387The Day of Atonement – New Covenant order and Future Fulfillment 389Jesus’ Return and the Day of Atonement 391The Relation Between the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Trumpets 395The Last Week of Years of Daniel and the Day of Atonement 395Will our Messiah Return in a Jubilee Year? The 7 Circles 396Unrolling the Scroll of 7s 399The Bride Loves the Bridegroom and His Feasts as His Appointed Times 402Feast of Tabernacles - Sukkot 405Israel Restored as a Nation of Mediators 407End of the Harvest 408Jesus’ Birth and the Feast of Tabernacles 409Jesus and the Traditions of Sukkot 414The Ceremony in which Water was Poured out 415Light of the World 416Are we Ordered to be Joyful? 417Tabernacles and Prophecy for the End of the ‘Sixth Day’ 417The Sukkot of the Future in the New Covenant 418Celebrating the New Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem? 418The Jews Also Forgot the Feasts 419Can we Choose our own Feasts? 422The Feasts as Phases in the Life of Every Christian 423A Delicate Matter: Living a Jewish or Non-Jewish Life 431The Biblical Feasts and Judaism – How Christians Should Discern 434Final Question: Do We Really Have to Celebrate the Biblical Feasts and How Do We Do That? 444

Chapter 6 446The Ancient Wedding Ceremony

Introduction 447The Matchmaker 449The Bridegroom’s First Visit 450The Bridegroom Gives the Bride His Marriage Contract 451The Bridegroom Acquires his Bride by Paying a Dowry 455The Bride Becomes Exclusive to the Groom 455Sealing of the Betrothal by the Cup of Wine 458The Bridegroom Gives Gifts to the Bride 460The Bridegroom Leaves to Prepare a Place 461Veiled 463The Bride Uses the Separation Time Well 464The Bride Is in This World, But Not of It. 477Once More, What Are Our Priorities? 479The Bridegroom Doesn’t Know When He May Return for the Bride 481The Bridegroom Departs for the Bride 482The Bridegroom Snatches the Bride Away 483The Official Wedding Ceremony 484Earthly Marriage 486The Bridal Chamber 488

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The Bride and Bridegroom Come Outside 488The Marriage Supper and the End of the Wedding 489The Bridegroom Takes the Bride to His House 490The Connection Between the Marriage Ritual and the Biblical Feasts 491The Wedding Between the Bride and Bridegroom Has Not Yet Taken Place 492Who is the Bride? 494The Fullness of the Bride 501When the Church is Not Watchful 504Similar Patterns and Shadows – A Firm Anchor 506The Challenge 510

Chapter 7 512God Thinks in Covenants

Introduction 513A Covenant is Not a Testament 514Why Did God Enter into a Covenant with a Nation? 515A New or Renewed Covenant? 520The Testament and the Price Mechanism 527Four Types of Covenants 530The Blood Covenant 531The Salt Covenant 533The Sandal Covenant 536The Marriage Covenant 539The Covenants in Our Earthly Lives 540The Essence of the Covenants 541The Four Covenants and Their Place in the Wedding Ceremony 543Four Cups of the Marriage Ritual Symbolizes Four Covenants 545The First Cup of Wine – The Cup of Sanctification 545The Second Cup – The Cup of Dedication 546The Third Cup – The Cup of Inheritance 547The Fourth Cup – The Cup of Praise 550Many Are Called – Few Are Chosen? 551Why Continued Cleansing? 552The King is Coming! 554An Urgent Call for the Church: Watch and Pray! 555Free E-Book 557Notes 560