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The Purple Heart Medal

The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by General George Washington by order from his headquarters at Newburgh,
New York, August 7, 1782.

Criteria

The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of an Armed Force who, while serving with the U.S. Armed Services after 5 April 1917, has been wounded or killed, or who has died or may hereafter die after being wounded;

(1) In any action against an enemy of the United States;

(2) In any action with an opposing armed force of a foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are or have been engaged;

(3) While serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party;

(4) As a result of an act of any such enemy of opposing armed forces;

(5) As the result of an act of any hostile foreign force;

(6) After 28 March 1973, as a result of an international terrorist attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of the department concerned, or jointly by the Secretaries of the departments concerned if persons from more than one department are wounded in the attack; or,

(7) After 28 March 1973, as a result of military operations, while serving outside the territory of the United States as part of a peacekeeping force.

(8) After 7 December 1941, by weapon fire while directly engaged in armed conflict, regardless of the fire causing the wound.

(9) While held as a prisoner of war or while being taken captive.

* A wound for which the award is made must have required treatment by a medical officer.

THE SPRING FEASTS

The Passover: Jesus Death On The Cross

Leviticus 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S Passover. Jesus was nailed to the cross at the third hour (9 am) and died at the 9th hour 3 p.m.). The exact times of the morning and evening sacrifices. 1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

The feast Of Unleavened Bread: Jesus Sinless Life

Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Seven, God's perfect number.
Leaven/unleavened
1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Leaven = malice and wickedness: also Luke 12:1
Jesus was without sin.
Hebrews 4:15
...was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

The Offering Of First fruits:- Jesus Resurrection

Leviticus 23:11
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 1 Corinthians 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.

Pentecost: Jesus Return To Heaven

Holy Spirit poured upon His people.
Deuteronomy 16:9
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. Deuteronomy 16:10
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: Acts 2-4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

NOTE:

All the annual feasts were prophetic as well as typical. While the Passover lamb, slain each year, was a shadow of "Christ our Passover," who was sacrificed for us, the fact that the lamb could be slain only on the fourteenth day of the month Abib, was a prophecy that the anti typical Passover lamb would yield up His life for the sins of the world on the fourteenth day of Abib. One unanswerable argument that Jesus is the Messiah, is that He died upon the cross the very day , and the time of day, that God had said the Passover lamb should be slain (1 Corinthians. 5:7); and He came forth from the dead the same day of the month, that the first fruits had been waved for centuries (Col. 1:18). God Himself, definitely fixed the date for the celebration of each of the annual offerings. The day of the year when the annual offering was to be celebrated, was a direct prophecy of the time when the type would meet its antitype.

THE AUTUMN FEASTS

Feast Of Trumpets: Announcement of Jesus Second Coming

Numbers 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

Yet To Be Fulfilled:

Revelation 18:1
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. Revelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Revelation 18:3
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:5
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquity

Day Of Atonement: Jesus Heavenly Sanctuary Ministry

Leviticus 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Ongoing Now, Yet To Be Completed:

Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Revelation 14:7
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (see "The 2300 day/year prophecy") Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. Hebrews 5:10
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchesidec. Hebrews 6:20
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchesidec.

Feast Of Tabernacles: Church Is Clean, Living Without A Mediator

Leviticus 23:34
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. Deuteronomy 16:13
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine.

To Be Fulfilled � Revelation 7:1-8

Revelation 8:5
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Ezekiel 9:11
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Note:

Each Year The services Of The Sanctuary, both the daily and the yearly, were a prophecy of the heavenly sanctuary ministry of Jesus Christ. Each feast was a prophecy of what was to happen. The Spring feasts pointed to what was to happen at His first coming, the Autumn feasts to what is to happen at His second coming.

THE SPRING FEASTS
Jubilee: Second Coming Of Jesus, His People Receive Their Inheritance.
Leviticus 23:24 Deuteronomy 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles. Leviticus 25:9-11 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
TYPE	ANTITYPE
Lev 25:10 The Jubilee gave liberty to everyone.	1 Thessalonians 4:16 17 The living and the dead will all be given freedom.
Lev 25:9 The blast of the trumpet announced the Jubilee.	1 Corinthians 15:51-53 The blast of the trumpet of the Lord gives freedom to all.
Lev 25:9 The Jubilee began on the Day of Atonement, the type of the judgment.	Revelation 22:11-12 Immediately after the decree is issued which closes the judgment, Christ comes.
Lev 24:13 In the year of the Jubilee every man returned to his own possessions.	Isaiah 35:1-10 The ransomed of the Lord will enjoy the redeemed earth forever
Lev 25:23 The Lord always owned the land. Man was only a steward.	Psalms 24:1; 1 Corinthians 10 26, 28 The Lord owns all the earth. He has never relinquished his title to the land.
Lev 25:48-49 Ruth 2:20 Only one nigh of kin had the right to redeem.	Hebrews 2:14-16 Jesus was born of the seed of Abraham that He might be nigh of kin.
Lev 25:47-51 The persons of those sold in bondage were redeemed and set free.	Hebrews 8:23; Hosea 13:14 He that is nigh of kin, says. "I will ransom them from the power of the grave."
Lev 25:25-28 The land could be redeemed by one nigh of kin.	Ephesians 1:14 Christ has purchased the possession of His people.
Lev 25:29-30 Dwelling-houses in walled cities did not revert to the original owners in the Jubilee	Revelation 16:19; Jeremiah 4:26 All earthly cities will be destroyed at Christ's second coming.
Lev 25:32-33 Dwelling-houses in the cities of the Levites could be redeemed. They all reverted to the original owners in the Jubilee. The priests were a type of Christ	Hebrews 11:10;16; Revelation 21:1-27 Christ the antitypical priest, has a city which will be given to His people in the antitypical Jubilee.
Gen 2:2-3 The weekly Sabbath was a stepping-stone toward the Jubilee.	Isaiah 66:22,23 The Sabbath will be observed on the new earth forever.

The Altar of Sacrifice was the first article of furniture inside the gate of the court.
It was constructed of Brass, which was pure copper and Tin (not zinc as is used today).

The Symbolism: The altar was a symbol of the cross. (It is where the sacrifices were made, all of which symbolized the death of Jesus on the cross)
The copper represented the purity of Jesus and the tin represented our sin, the two metals being melded into one symbolized the melding of Christ's divine nature with our human nature.

Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
Ezra 8:27
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
Malachi 3:3
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

Exodus 30:7,8
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
This altar was constructed of shittim or acacia wood which was a long lasting wood, overlaid with pure gold.

This overlaying of pure gold symbolizes the righteousness of Christ covering our sinfulness.
The incense symbolized the prayers of the saints mingled with the righteousness of Jesus
Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

In the inner apartment was the ark, which was the most sacred object connected with that system of worship. It was a chest of precious wood, overlaid within and without with pure gold, and having a crown of gold about the top. In the ark were placed the tables of stone upon which God had engraved with his own finger the ten commandments. It was made expressly for this purpose, and hence was called the ark of the covenant, and the ark of the testament, since the ten commandments were God's covenant, and the basis of the covenant made between God and Israel.

The pure gold which covered the ark, "within and without", symbolized the righteousness of Jesus which replaces our sinful selves when God views us, He sees only the righteousness of Jesus when we accept Him as our Saviour.
Pure Gold symbolized Christ's righteousness and purity (which may be ours when we come to Him and forsake all for Him.) Without this we cannot be saved.
Malachi 3:3
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Shittim or acacia wood symbolized our righteousness, which is as filthy rags.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Gold: This most precious metal was the most used metal in the construction of the sanctuary. The walls Exodus 26:29, the Mercy Seat and the angels Exodus 25:17-18, the Ark of the Covenant Exodus 25:10-11, the Altar of incense Exodus 30:1-3, the Table of Shewbread Exodus 25:23-24 and the Candlestick Exodus 25:31, the spoons, tongs, snuffdishes etc...Exodus 25:29, for embroidery work for the gold on the high priests ephod see Exodus 39:2-3] were either made of shittim wood plated with pure gold, were of beaten pure gold or solid pure gold.

The Symbolism: Symbolizes heavenly riches, faith and love the precious, beautiful attributes of our Redeemer.
Revelation 3:17-18
The heavenly riches being the opposite of earthly riches these riches do not consist of having much of this worlds goods. Also see the story of the rich young ruler who was admonished by Jesus to sell all that he had and give to the poor, then he would have treasure in heaven. Luke 18:22

Silver: This precious metal was used for the sockets under the boards Exodus 26:21, the sockets for the pillars for the curtain between the Holy and the Most Holy places Exodus 26:32, for the hooks and the fillets in the pillars of the court Exodus 27:17.

The Symbolism: It was used as tribute or ransom money Exodus 30:12-13; 1 Kings 20:39, Leviticus 27:3-6
Jesus paid the ransom price for us when He took our sins upon Himself Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; 1 Timothy 2:6
In Proverbs 10:20 states "The tongue of the just is as choice silver", and also 30 pieces of silver was the price paid to Judas for identifying Jesus to the Jews Matthew 26:15.

Bronze: This was a combination of two metals, copper and tin. It was used in the construction of the Altar of Burnt Offering (or Sacrifice) Exodus 30:39, the laver Exodus 30:18 and the pillars, pins and the sockets of the court Ex 20:10, also the sockets for the pillars of the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle itself Exodus 38:18-19. All the the instruments for the Altar of Sacrifice were also made of brass Exodus 20:18-19.

The Symbolism: As this was a melding together of two metals (copper and tin) we need to look at both of these for the symbolic meaning. Fine copper was classed as being as precious as gold Ezra 8:27, therefore its symbolic meaning is the same as gold, which is faith and love, heavenly riches. In Isaiah 1:24-25 the Lord says that He will "take away all thy tin" and as he will be taking away our sin this gives the symbolism of tin as sin. When Jesus came to this world He combined His divine nature with our human nature so that they could not be separated (as the two metals in brass can not be separated). He was fully divine and fully human (copper=divine nature; tin=human nature).

	Blue: also was used for the curtains at the entrance to the outer court, the entrance to the tabernacle and the vail between the holy and the most holy as well as the inner curtains of the roof of the tabernacle itself (Exodus 27:16, 38:18-19; 26:36-37, 31-33, 1-6) The Symbolism:- the blue was to remind Israel of the ten commandments and to be obedient (Numbers 15:38-41)

	Numbers 4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon. The Symbolism: Jesus Is The Bread Of Life John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

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