Feasts

Jesus Seven Feasts Banquets Hospitality

Jesus

Meals where Jesus is central. Ordered by his life, death, resurrection and return.

Wedding at Cana

A wedding feast marked by Jesus’ first sign.

Feeding of the Five Thousand

A miraculous communal meal of provision.

Supper at Simon’s House

Love and forgiveness exposed at dinner.

Zacchaeus Hosts Jesus

Salvation arrives at a household table.

The Last Supper

Jesus’ final Passover meal, reframing bread and wine as covenant remembrance.

The Emmaus Meal

Recognition of the risen Jesus in shared bread.

Breakfast by the Sea

Provision and restoration after resurrection.

Marriage Supper of the Lamb

The final eschatological feast of union and fulfilment.

Seven Feasts

The appointed feasts of Leviticus 23. Ordered by the biblical calendar.

Passover

The foundational memorial of deliverance from Egypt.

Feast of Unleavened Bread

Seven days of unleavened bread immediately following Passover.

Firstfruits

The first sheaf offered to the LORD at the beginning of harvest.

Feast of Weeks

Harvest celebration completing the firstfruits offering, later tied to covenant memory.

Feast of Trumpets

A solemn memorial day marked by trumpet-blowing and assembly.

Day of Atonement

A commanded day of affliction, repentance, and cleansing.

Feast of Tabernacles

A harvest feast remembering wilderness dwelling and provision.

The Eighth Day Assembly

A solemn assembly concluding the Tabernacles season.

Banquets

Royal and public feasts. Ordered by book of the Bible.

Joseph’s Banquet for His Brothers

A tense table preparing reconciliation.

The New Moon Feast

A calendar meal-setting used as a royal and social marker.

Belshazzar’s Feast

A royal feast interrupted by judgment.

Esther’s Banquets

Royal banquets used to reveal and reverse fate.

Purim

A feast of deliverance and joy rooted in the story of Esther.

Feast of Dedication

Temple rededication remembered in winter (later Hanukkah).

Hospitality

Meals of welcome and provision. Ordered by book of the Bible.

Abraham Hosts the Visitors

Hospitality becomes the setting for promise.

Sinai Covenant Meal

A shared meal sealing the covenant at Sinai.

The Yearly Feast at Shiloh

An annual feast of the LORD referenced in the Judges period.

Ruth’s Meal in the Fields

Welcome that signals redemption.

Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

A last meal that does not run out.