1. N/A 1. New Year—Ezek. 45:18–20
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON 45:18–20 atonement. The day of atonement is never mentioned, but God institutes a never-before-celebrated festival to start the "new year" with an emphasis on holiness in the temple. The first month, Abib, would be in March/April. The feast appears to last seven days (v. 20). It indicates that there will be sin in the kingdom, committed by those who entered alive and their offspring.
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON 45:21–24 Passover and Unleavened Bread are combined as in the NT and focus on remembering God's deliverance of the nation from Egypt and Christ's death providing deliverance from sin. They continue on into the millennium as a week-long feast of remembrance, which will serve much the same purpose then as the bread and cup do now (cf. Ex. 12–15 for details). The three annual pilgrimage feasts with required attendance under Mosaic legislation were: 1) Unleavened Bread, 2) Pentecost, and 3) Booths, or Tabernacles (cf. Ex. 23:14–17; Num. 28:16–29:40; Deut. 16:1–17). They have been modified with the three in Ezek. 45:18–25. Pentecost is replaced by the new feast of vv. 18–20. There are also portion differences from the Mosaic law (cf. Num. 28:19–21), plus the millennial offerings are richer and more abundant, in general.
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON 45:22–23 the prince. See note on 44:3. Here he sacrifices for his own sin.
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON 45:24 hin. About 1 gallon.
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON 45:25 The Feast of Booths, or Tabernacles, continues on into the millennium as confirmed by Zech. 14:16–21. This would be a remembrance of God's sustaining provision in the wilderness. The seventh month, Tishri, would be in September/October, and this feast will last for one week, as do the previous two. The prince ("he," v. 25) once again offers sacrifice.
Millennial Feasts
Millennial Feasts Levitical Millennial 1. N/A 1. New Year—Ezek. 45:18–20 2. Passover—Lev. 23:5 2. Passover—Ezek. 45:21–24 3. Unleavened Bread—Lev. 23:6–8 3. Unleavened Bread—Ezek. 45:21–24
4. Pentecost—Lev. 23:9–22 4. N/A 5. Trumpets—Lev. 23:23–25 5. N/A