NUMBER FIFTEEN (15-2)

1. Introduction

a) In Scripture the number 15 pictures rest, which comes after deliverance, represented by fourteen. The 15th day of the first month is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a day of rest for the children of Israel. The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles, also a day of rest. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 15 can be found in the Bible.

2. Rest from our sins and the sins in the world

a) For Christians, the 15th day of the first month, the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, pictures rest from their sins, having had them removed by Christ’s shed blood on the 14th.

b) The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles. For the children of Israel, it pictured rest from the long harvest season. They were to dwell in booths in remembrance of their trek in the wilderness.

c) Prophetically, the 15th day of the 7th month pictures the coming Millennium when the world will have rest from sin because of the binding of Satan on the Day of Atonement. Under Christ’s reign, salvation will then be offered to all the world - the great spiritual harvest of God for 1,000 years.