Participants’ Guide- O.T. Observances: Establishment & Fulfillment
OLD TESTAMENT OBSERVANCES: ESTABLISHMENT & FULFILLMENT
(Proposed Kairos 2-Day Retreat)
PARTICIPANTS’ GUIDE
SATURDAY
Talk #1: Overview: Jewish Festivals and Feast Days
Suggested Talk Song: Forever
Scripture Passage: Leviticus 23: 1-2, 37-38
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Lord, we await the day when all of Your appointed festivals will be fulfilled. Until that day, may we live our lives in eager expectation. Amen.
Discussion Question: How should today’s church approach Old Testament festivals and feast days?
Creative Activity: Each table works on a poster, skit, radio commercial, song, reading, etc. about the Old Testament observances described in this retreat.
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Talk #2: Pesach (Passover)
Suggested Talk Song: Jesus Messiah
Scripture to read
- Deuteronomy 16:1-2, 4b-7
- Matthew 26:26-29
- 1 Corinthians 5:7
Reference Scripture: Exodus 12:1-14 (key passage); Numbers 9:1-14, 28:16; Deuteronomy 16:1-2, 4b-7; Matthew 26:17-30; John 2:13-25, 11:55; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19.
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has given us our Passover lamb, Yeshua the Messiah.
Discussion Question: What does it mean to : Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has given us our Passover lamb, Yeshua the Messiah.
Discussion Question: What does it mean to you that Yeshua is our perfect Passover lamb?
Creative Activity: Each table continues working on its retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #3: The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Suggested Talk Song: I Surrender All
Scripture to read
- Deuteronomy 16:3-4a, 8
- 1 Corinthians 5:8
Reference Scripture: Exodus 12:15-20 (key passage), 13:3-10; Leviticus 23:6-8; Numbers 28:17-25; Deuteronomy 16:3-4a, 8; 1 Corinthians 5:8.
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord God, King of the universe, who brought forth the Bread of Life, Yeshua the Messiah, from the grave. Amen.
Discussion Question: What are some ways that you can purge the “leaven” of sin from your life?
Creative Activity: Each table continues working on its retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #4: Feast of Firstfruits
Suggested Talk Song: Alleluia, He is Coming
Scripture to read
- Leviticus 23:9-14
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God,King of the universe,who hasgiven us Yeshua as the firstfruits from the dead. Amen.
Discussion Question: How can you honor God with the “firstfruits” of your “harvest?”
Creative Activity: Each table finishes its first retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #5: Shavuot (Pentecost/Feast of Weeks)
Suggested Talk Song: Shout to the North
Scripture to read
- Leviticus 23:15-16
- Acts 2:1-4
Reference Scripture: Leviticus 23:15-21; Numbers 28:26-31; Deuteronomy 16:9-12; Acts 2: 1-41.
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has given us Your Advocate, the Ruach Ha-Kodesh, the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Discussion Question: Who is the Holy Spirit to you?
Creative Activity: Each table presents its first retreat-inspired activity
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SUNDAY
Talk #6: Rosh Ha-Shanah (Feast of Trumpets)
Suggested Talk Song: Days of Elijah
Scripture to read
- Leviticus 23:23-25
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Reference Scripture: Numbers 29:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who will one day send Yeshua the Messiah to bring Your children home. Amen.
Discussion Question: How can you prepare for the Rapture.
Creative Activity: Each table continues working on its retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #7:Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Suggested Talk Song: Amazing Love
Scripture to read
- Leviticus 23:26-32
- Hebrews 9:6-8, 24-26; 10:11-12
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who sent Your son, our Messiah, to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Amen
Discussion Question: What does it mean to you that Yeshua became the atoning sacrifice for your sins?
Creative Activity: Each table continues working on its retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #8: Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles/Feast of Ingathering)
Suggested Talk Song: Will the Circle be Unbroken
Scripture to read
- Deuteronomy 16:13-15
- John 7:37-39
- Revelation 21:3
Reference Scripture: Leviticus 23:33-36 (key passage), 39-43; Numbers 29:12-34; Zechariah 14:16-19; John 7:1-14; Revelation 22: 3-4
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who will one day dwell will one day dwell with our people—their God. Amen.
Discussion Question: What do you think the New Jerusalem will be like?
Creative Activity: Each table continues working on its retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #9: Chanukkah (Feast of Dedication/Festival of Lights)
Suggested Talk Song: Let the Worshipers Arise
Scripture to read
- 1 Maccabees 4:52-59 (Apocrypha)
- Ezekiel 43:1-5
Reference Scripture: Ezekiel 40-43; John 10:22; 1 Maccabees 1:20-2:48, 41:36-59
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who will one day return Your glory to Your temple in Yeshua’s time. Amen.
Discussion Question: How can you dedicate the “temple of your body” to God?
Creative Activity: Each table finishes working on its retreat-inspired activity
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Talk #10: Purim
Suggested Talk Song: Our God Saves
Scripture to read
- Esther 9:26b-28
- Zechariah 13:8-9
Reference Scripture: Esther 9:18-32 (key passage)
Opening Prayer: Lord, teach us about Your appointed times for Your people. May we see how each is fulfilled in Your Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.
TALK
Closing Prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who delivers Israel from her enemies. Amen
Discussion Question: How can you, as a Christian, stand woith God’s chosen people of Irael? God?
Creative Activity: Each table presents its second creative activity to the community
CLOSING PRAYER FOR THE RETREAT
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