Leviticus 23:2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
There are two important words that we need to concentrate on in this passage that will help answer what exactly a feast is. The first is ‘feast’ and the second is ‘assemblies’ The Hebrew word is ‘mo’ed’ which means ‘an appointment, that is, a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival’. The second interesting word is ‘assemblies’ or ‘convocations’. The Hebrew word used is ‘miqra’ which means ‘something called out, that is, a public but it also has the thought of ‘a rehearsal’. So, God was setting up a ‘fixed time’ during the year when the nation of Israel would be ‘called out’ to gather together, every year, to ‘rehearse’ future coming events.
Now it should be said nice and clearly that I am by no means an expert in this. It seems the more you study this topic the more it opens and reveals new revelation! So, I have definitely ‘not arrived’ and nor will I. I am simply learning about these highly significant Jewish feasts and trying to pass on some of the interesting little ‘nuggets’. I have very much enjoyed studying this topic and have been amazed at what God has hidden in ‘the feasts of the Lord’!