Ruth 2:23 From Passover to Pentecost. Two of the three most meaningful Feasts in Israel. Both are being fulfilled in the Church as Spiritual experiences in the lives of the believers.
Passover exemplifies freedom form bondage and slavery. It required the shedding of the blood of a perfect lamb. In this manner it fore shadowed the coming sacrifice of the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 1 Cor.5:7 The lamb was to be taken on the tenth day of that first month. Ten is the number of the Law. The Law was a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ. The lamb was hidden for four days. Four is the number of the earth. The four days represent the four one thousand year days of the Lord, from the first Adam to the revelation and sacrifice of the last Adam. Christ was not revealed until the fullness of times. It was the beginning of the Levitical year for Israel. It takes place in our months of March or April. It is determined by the first full moon after the vernal equinox. A blood sprinkled door was required in order for the death angel to pass over the house. Even though they were born Israelites if the blood was not on the door it meant death for the firstborn. Nationality did not save them, only a blood sprinkled door, and that in three places, representing a God who is a Triunity. The door is Jesus, I am the door. Unleavened bread was to be eaten with the roast lamb. The Passover becomes the communion of Christ. Unleavened, no yeast, nothing bitter. Purity, no sin. Christ is the bread of life. Would it have been barley bread? Very likely. Barley was the grain of the poor. The crucifixion of Christ coincided with the preparations for Passover and the slaying of the lamb, for Jesus is the Passover. Jesus was arrested, and judged on the day of preparation. Jn.19:14-18 . This was the fourteenth day of the first month named Abib. The next day, the fifteenth day of Abib was the day in which the Passover celebration took place. The fifteenth was a very special high day or Sabbath. Jn. 19:31 It was called a holy convocation. All males were to gather for this day, in Jerusalem. Lev.23:6.
The feast of Pentecost. So called because it was fifty days after the last acts of worship in the feast of Passover. They were to number seven Sabbaths or forty-nine days, the next day being the fiftieth day or the day of Pentecost. Lev.23:15-16. The harvest of wheat was concluded by this time. It is also called the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of their labors were brought unto the Lord at this time. Ex. 23:16 Wheat was the staple grain. It was eaten by the more affluent. Because of the method of measurement used to determine the timing of this feast it was also called the Feast of Weeks. Ex.34:22. This day is highlighted by the offering of First Fruits. Two wave loaves of fine flour were to be waved before the Lord on this day. Lev.23:17 These loaves typify Christ and His Church. They were baked of fine ground flour, representing the sufferings of Christ. They were to bring a freewill offering of New Grain unto the Lord. It was a sacred day a Sabbath day. Num.28:26. It was to be a time of rejoicing before the Lord. Deut.16:11 Pentecost was the experience of both Christ Jn.1:32 and his Church Acts 2:4. The feast of Pentecost is fulfilled in the Church of the Lord Jesus today. These feasts were the basis of the relationship that developed between Ruth and Boaz. They most assuredly are foundational to the bringing forth of the Marriage of the Lamb with His Bride. Without the blood and the Spirit there can be no marriage.