For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festive assembly to the Lord your God; you shall do no work on it. (v.8)

You shall also remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful and comply with these statutes. (v.12)

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and they are not to appear before the Lord empty-handed. (v.16)

When we read the law concerning the three different Feasts, we understand that God gave the law to the Israelites to educate them about the coming Messiah. Christ explained to us the meaning of the leaven and why God hates it. Christ freed us from slavery. And God required something from His people as we read v.16 and it was fulfilled when Christ gave Himself for us. In fact, all the law is for our education. We all know God did not give the law concerning the feasts and sacrifices because He needed something.

This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for My feet. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the LORD. “But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word. (Isaiah 66:1-2)

If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and everything it contains. (Psalm 50:12)

God does not judge people as we judge others with our eyes. God looks at the heart. Therefore, we conclude that the law was not given for us to judge ourselves and others by what we do. Our works reflect what is in our heart but only God can truly judge. However, God allowed the civil governments to make their own law for order and stability.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. (Matthew 15:18)

Every person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. (Romans 13:1)

Theologians and ministers preach that Christ came because Adam had failed. It is a wrong understanding. From the start, only the Son could save His people and make them the children of God. And the new covenant promises the change of the heart. God has sanctified everything by Christ’s blood. Those who receive the Holy Spirit have a new heart that knows and understands God. We have become one with God through Christ and the Holy Spirit.

But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.” Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.” (Acts 10:14-15)

There are still people who try to observe various laws concerning the feasts and sacrifices written in the OT. They call themselves Christians but they are not. They are still under slavery.

Christians try to keep the moral laws not because they give righteousness but because it is fitting for us to keep them as children of God. However, we must remember that all good works come from the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

So you too, when you do all the things which were commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’ (Luke 17:10)