The Parable of the Good Man of the House

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.  ^{Mat 24:43-44 KJV}

Jesus here illustrates the need for readiness in view of His return to the Earth at an unpredictable time, so that each individual will escape the “sudden destruction” that will overtake those who are not ready.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.  ^{Luke 21:34-36 KJV}

The feasts of the Lord ^{Lev. 23} were given to Israel as illustrations and through them God was teaching the gospel to the world and because there was no written Word yet, they typified things to come.  Let’s have a look at the meaning behind each one:

Fulfilled

1. The yearly Passover feast ^{Lev. 23:4-5; Num. 28:16; Ex. 12:1-39.} typified the crucifixion of Christ ^{Matt. 27:32-56}
2. The yearly feast of unleavened bread ^{23:6-8; Num. 28:17-25; Ex. 12:8,15-20b}typified the burial of Christ ^{Matt. 27:57-61}
3. The yearly feast of firstfruits ^{23:9-14; Num. 28:26-31} typified the resurrection of Christ ^{Matt. 28:1-10; 2Cor. 15:2-23}
4. The yearly feast of Pentecost ^{Lev. 23:15-21; 28:26-31} also known as the feast of harvest ^{Exo. 23:16} and the feast of weeks ^{Exo. 34:22; Deu. 16:10} typified the outpouring of the Holy Spirit ^{Acts 2:1-4}

Unfulfilled

5. The yearly feast of trumpets ^{Lev. 23:23-25; 29:1-6;} typifies the rapture ^{1Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 4:1}
6. The yearly feast of atonement ^{Lev. 23:26-32; 29:7-11} typifies the Second Coming of Christ ^{Rev. 19:11-21}
7. The yearly feast of tabernacles ^{Lev. 23:33-34; 29:12-40} typifies the 1000 year Reign ^{Isa. 65:6-66:24; Rev. 20:2-7}

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ ^{1Thess. 5:6-9 KJV}