How Jesus fulfilled the symbolism underlying the Feast of Tabernacles

Reagan (2005) states that Jesus was the Messiah promised to the Israelites to deliver them from sin. The Passover pointed to the Messiah was the Passover lamb whose blood would be shed for deliverance from sin. Jesus was crucified on Passover when lambs were being slaughtered for the Passover meal. Jesus was viewed as having a sinless life making him the perfect sacrifice for sins relating to the feast of Unleavened Bread. His body was in the grave in the first days of the feast like a wheat kernel waiting to burst forth as the bread of life. Jesus' resurrection was symbolic in the feast of First Fruits as it was an indication of the first fruit of righteous. The feast of Harvest or Pentecost symbolized the great harvest of souls that would come during the Church Age. The Church was established during Pentecost when Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit.

Of the seven feasts, Jesus fulfilled the underlying symbolism of the feast of the Tabernacle. The three unfulfilled feasts have been predicted to come to pass at a later time in the future. The feast of Trumpets is seen as a symbolism of the Rapture when the Messiah shall come to for his believers. In the scripture, the rapture is associated with the blowing of a loud trumpet (I Thessalonians 4:13-18 and I Corinthians 15:52) Reagan (2005). Atonement is said to represent Jesus' second coming to earth and it will be indicative...

The Tabernacles is indicative of God's promise to return to reign over the world.
In conclusion, Jesus only symbolically fulfilled four of the seven feasts of the Tabernacle and on the actual day of the feasts. The other three feasts are yet to be fulfilled and it is unknown when or how they will be fulfilled. It is however evident of the role of Jesus in fulfilling the underlying symbolism of the feasts of Tabernacles (Feast of Tabernacles-Definition of Feast of Tabernacles, 1997).

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