Nahum 1:15 exhorted Jews, still under the Old Covenant, to keep their solemn feasts.
The motivation was said to be two-fold:
1. Because the Gospel was surely coming; and
2. Because in the mean time Israel was to enjoy seasons of relative peace.
The injunction to "keep thy solemn feasts" isn't a present-day requirement of Jews, because it can't be said that the enemy has not passed through their land. But there was a time when the enemy wasn't passing through their land, in comparison to the Babylonian captivity, and in comparison to what was to transpire later on - and that was the period of time from when they returned from captivity until approximately when Shiloh (the Messiah) came. Israel kept the feasts during that time-period.
The motivation was said to be two-fold:
1. Because the Gospel was surely coming; and
2. Because in the mean time Israel was to enjoy seasons of relative peace.
The injunction to "keep thy solemn feasts" isn't a present-day requirement of Jews, because it can't be said that the enemy has not passed through their land. But there was a time when the enemy wasn't passing through their land, in comparison to the Babylonian captivity, and in comparison to what was to transpire later on - and that was the period of time from when they returned from captivity until approximately when Shiloh (the Messiah) came. Israel kept the feasts during that time-period.
Then the enemy again destroyed the city and Temple (in approximately AD70) and it forever ceased to be a requirement and even a possibility to keep the Feasts. But by that time their Messiah had come and given them a New Covenant.
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