GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

302 God’s Worknal people. Consequently, now you need to examine all of God’sHoly Days. God’s Sabbath and Holy Days are a type of God’s planfor salvation. You must understand that all of The Holy Days aretied directly to agriculture - or Harvests (Exodus 23:14-16). Thatis why Israel had to tithe to The Levites who had no inheritancein the land. Tithes have to be paid from farming income, onlyin God’s land. In Israel, there were two harvests in a year. Oneharvest was called The Harvest of The Firstfruits or The SpringHarvest. This harvest was a small one, which you have alreadyproved covers the period of time from Passover to Pentecost. Itis the shadow of things to come, and applies to Christians. Thisis already fulfilled.Once you receive God’s Holy Spirit, an individual no longerneeds to have “a reminder” of this shadow, because you have alreadybeen brought to Christ. It has already happened. Christ hasfulfilled this part of The Law for Christians who have The HolySpirit. Christians have now received their inheritance - and areSons of God - and “heirs” of “the kingdom.” No longer doChristians need “a reminder” of things to come - or “a shadow.”The Letter of The Law or shadows only applies to the unconverted.Notice, there are two harvests. You have seen that TheSpring Harvest is a small harvest. That is why Jesus said, “Formany are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). Then,in Exodus 23:16, the second harvest of the year occurs in the autumn.This harvest is called The Feast of Ingathering. The FallHarvest is the large one.The Spring Harvest of first fruits is small, just as The ApostleJames said, “…we [Christians] should be a kind of firstfruits ofhis creatures” (James 1:18). The Fall Harvest, therefore, representsonly those who are to be last (not first) - just as Christ explainedin Matthew 19:30. This last harvest, The Ingathering in