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The outline of Christ's ministry in the festivals

Dedication · Senior Member

The feasts have historical significance which we can explore, however, I'd like to emphases their meaning to us today in understanding Christ's work of salvation for us. The feasts are divided into three groups

1. “Justification” and beginning the Christian walk (Passover Week)
This correlates with the “courtyard experience” in our journey through the sanctuary.

2. “Sanctification” the empowerment and covenant relationship
for the Christian life (Pentecost and months to follow)
This correlates with the Holy Place experience in our journey through the sanctuary.

3. “Final cleansing and investigative judgement leading to glorification”
(Fall Festivals)
this correlates with the Most Holy phase of the salvation plan.

When we understand the sanctuary, the writings of the New Testament fit together like a harmonious whole. The controversies over law and grace, faith and works etc. and interpretation of prophecies then have a solid foundation on which we can build a coherent understanding.

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Passover

Let’s start at the beginning with the Passover as it is the first feast that starts us on the journey of salvation.

Looking back to the first Passover, we see the people of Israel enslaved by the Egyptians. They were in the “house of bondage” Exodus 13:3, 14.

Exodus 2:23 “the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”

Exodus 6:6-7 And God replies: “I will rescue you out of your bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:”

Israel's condition reflects the problem of mankind. They are in bondage, not to literal Egyptain taskmasters but they are in bondage to sin - tied with cords of iniquity to their sins, awaiting death.

Passages in the new testament reminds us about the deadly “bondage” mankind is in"

Romans 7.23,24“But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity (or bondage) to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”

Romans 6 repeatedly depicts the unsaved as "slaves to sin".

And so, back in Egypt God gave Moses a lesson on the Gospel, which was later instituted as an annual festival which has great significance in our understanding about what happened at the cross.

In Egypt the head of each household was to take a healthy, perfect, year old lamb. It was to be killed, and it’s blood sprinkled on top of the door frame and on the two side post of the door.

That night, at midnight, the death angel passed through the land and every house that did not have the token of blood on the door and lintel would see the first born die.

The punishment for not having the blood sprinkled seems severe - every first born would die! Yet there is profound meaning here in understanding the bondage of sin and what it does.

For Romans 3:27 tells us “The wages of sin is death.”

Prov. 5.22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be bound with the cords of his sins. He shall die.

So we see here the problem of mankind. They are in bondage - tied with cords of iniquity to their sins, awaiting death.

This is not a pleasant condition. Being in bondage never is, and this bondage not only means there is no way out from a human stand point, it also means death. --and if you look deeper into Paul’s writings, he actually says we are “dead” outside of Christ.

But God! God offers hope, He sent His begotten Son, to be bound upon the cross of calvary. He took upon Himself our sins and allowed our sins to bind HIM, the sinless one to the cross, and die.

Think of it, he took our sins, and allowed those sins to BIND Him, the perfect lamb of God, to the cross to die. So we can be free!

There is no salvation apart for the blood of Christ. Those who refused the blood sacrifice in Egypt, bore their own death penalty. Those who applied the blood lived.

Yes, Passover is built on the theme of deliverance, freedom. But free from what?

Christ came to deliver people who were bound in the slavery of sin, with cords of sin, from which they cannot escape without the mighty hand of God intervening. That deliverance comes through the death of the Lamb of God who died in our place, and by the person partaking of the remedy.

Some will deny that a person must partake of the remedy.
But think -- there in Egypt, if the head of the household would have simply killed the lamb would that have been enough? No! If the blood was not applied the first born would still have died.

Also in Jerusalem, in 31 AD, though the real Passover Lamb was sacrificed in Israel; even though they saw it, even though they participated in the event, they, (unlike when they were in Egpyt) as a nation, did not escape the destruction which came. A destruction which typifies the final destruction of the world? Why? Because they refused to apply the sacrifice. They didn't think they were in bondage, at least not the bondage that Christ came to free them from.

Jesus answered them,

“I tell you the truth, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:34,36

The Passover is the foundation of salvation. It is justification. It is the release from the condemnation of the law and from sin's holding power. It is only in Christ that such deliverance is possible.

Now there is a strange twisting to this whole truth that is popular in the world today.
That diabolic twist states the bondage was required obedience to God's law, and Christ came to free us from having to obey God's law! No!!! the bondage is sin, and Christ came to free us from both the penalty and from the power of sin.
The law points out sin, defines sin, and condemns sin. As sinners we need deliverance from its condemnation, but that is deliverance from the penalty of sin, NOT deliverance from obedience to God's law!

The only true freedom is a life of obedience to God's commands.
Sin is bondage.

Moses told Pharaoh, “Let my people go”

They need deliverance. Why?

Ex. 7.16 Moses was to say to Pharaoh: “The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, to convey this command, “Let my people go, that they may serve me”

They needed deliverance so they could serve God.

Romans 6:16-17Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slave whom you obey; whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness. But thanks be to God, that even though you were slaves of sin, ...you were delivered and having been set fee from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
Now you have been set free from sin, and have become the servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness and the end everlasting life.

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Feast of Unleavened Bread

The study of the festivals takes us on the same journey in salvation as we discovered in our journey through the sanctuary. Both are wonderful object lessons of detailing salvation in Christ.

The Passover sacrifice took place late in the afternoon of the 14th day of the 1st month. The 15th day would begin after sundown (the evening of the 14th) and that’s when the feast of unleaven bread began. The two feasts were basically regarded as one and the same. (Ex. 23:14-15, Numbers 28:16-24, Duet. 16:1-8))

Before the Passover, the house must be cleansed of all leaven. For seven days no leaven was to be seen in the house.

The seven-day -feast speaks of complete separation from all things that are leavened in order to feed upon Christ who is the true bread of heaven.

Unleavened bread speaks of consecration and separation unto the Lord.

So what we see here is:

**once the Passover Lamb (Christ) releases us from the penalty and power of sin- something we cannot do on our own, we are required to get rid of the “leaven” in our lives.

Now what is this leaven?

We must be biblical on our interpretations.

The Bible says to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees: which is hypocrisy, for they say but do not. It is glorying in strict outward performance while the inside is filled with corruption. (Matt. 16:6-12, Luke 12:1, 11:37-44; Matt 23:3)

The Bible says to beware of the leaven of the Sadducees: The Sadducees had many false doctrines and showed a willingness to sacrifice principles for power. (See Matt 16:6-12)

The Bible says to beware of the leaven of Herod, a sly fox, given to worldliness, while professing to accept religion. (Mark 8:15; 6:14-28)

The Bible says to beware of the leaven of the Corinthians which was sensuality. (1 Cor. 5)

While we see that the leaven of Galatia was legalism coupled with the lose of spiritual power to resist the sins of the flesh. (Gal. 5:9)

The leaven of sin ranges all the way from self righteous outward show, to liberal, sinful, permissiveness, it is the leaven that focuses on self. Self is worshipped, rather than submitting the life to God.

Paul in his letter to the Corinthians clearly defines the leaven that must be removed and the spiritual significance of this feast.

1 Cor. 5.6-8
Your glorying is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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.

So here we see the same steps we saw yesterday in our journey though the sanctuary.

The first step is always to the cross and the sacrifice for our sin.
The second step is the surrender of our sinful lifestyles, and dedicating our lives to the Lord in sincerity and truth.The Passover typified Christ’s death on the cross. The unleavened bread typifies burial of the body of sin (yes Christ bore our sins in His body).

And we are to be symbolically crucified with Christ.

Romans 6:6   Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
6:11   Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6:12   Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
6:13   Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.

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Feast of the First Fruits

This was also a special "feast day" within the Passover week.

This one sheaf, the first cut from the ripening harvest, as representation of a coming harvest, was waved in the house of the Lord “on the morning after the Sabbath within the Passover week.” This is a remarkable prophecy of the resurrection day. Pointing to Christ “the first fruits of the resurrected ones (1 Corin. 15:20)

It is a grand promise of the resurrection of the saints at the final harvest.
But it also has much meaning for the “beginning” of the believers Christian journey.

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

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The Spring Feasts correspond to the outer court activities which we discussed in "the Journey through the sanctuary.

Passover depicts the Great Sacrifice, just like the alter in the outer Court.
Here we are offered complete forgivenness, the penalty of our sins was paid by the Lamb of God.
We experience peace that we never thought possible before.

Yet our journey has only begun. The foundation is established, but in both the sanctuary experience and in the object lessons of the feasts, there is more.

The feast of unleaven bread corresponds to the laver.
The putting away of leaven symbolized putting away of sin and selfishness. While the laver symbolized washing and cleansing. Baptism means dying to the old way of life and being reborn in Christ. In putting away the leaven we give up self rule and self righteousness, we choose Jesus as King and Lord of our lives. This cleansing was made possible by Christ's death, and He is anxious to take our sin stained garments and clothe us with the white robes of His righteousness. This spotless robe of righteousness doesn't cover sin, it takes the place of the old filthy garments of the repentant believer.

And finally the FIRST FRUITS symbolizes resurrection -- rising to newness of life in Jesus Christ. Now we are clean, we are accounted holy, with our backs turned to sin, our faces focused on Christ, we are forgiven and cleansed

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PENTICOST

Forgiven and clean, we now move into the holy Place with Christ.

We've all heard of the event here on earth which occured on that Penticost following Christ's death and resurrection. But do you know what was happening in heaven?

When Jesus ascended to heaven, following His resurrection, He presented Himself to the Father as the first fruits of a coming harvest.

The ascension is the transition of Christ’s redemptive work on earth (in the courtyard of the sanctuary) to His intercessory work in the heavenly sanctuary.

Rev. 4 and 5 shows the opening of the heavenly sanctuary ministry, where Christ appears as the “lamb as it was slain”.

He took into the Holy Place “not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing and eternal redemption” Heb. 9:12.

Rev. 4:1 reveals that the sanctuary door in heaven is now open, but then the anguished question is asked, “Who is worthy?” Who is worthy to take charge of the work?

Leviticus tells us that the sheaf of the first fruits ( who we discovered is the resurrected Savior) was waved before Jehovah and had to be accepted for Israel. So Christ, the first fruit of the resurrection, appeared before God and was accepted before God for us and exalted in heaven. Only then could the work of the heavenly sanctuary begin -- as Christ is declared worthy.

In Revelation 4 & 5 we see the seven lamps of fire and the Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He took the scroll and the elders proclaim, You are worthy to take the scroll..for you were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood.

The outpouring of the Holy spirit at Pentecost is seen as evidence of the official enthronement of Christ in the Holy Place in the sanctuary above. And the beginning of His ministering work in the heavenly holy places.

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The day of Pentecost points to the covenant relationship between God and His people.

The first Pentecost took place at Mt. Sinia, 50 days after the angel of death passed over the homes with the blood of the Lamb on their doorposts.

God first delivered His people from slavery so they could serve Him, and then He bound them to Himself in a covenant agreement.
Part of that agreement was God's law written on stone to show it's enduring quality.

In the New Testament the Pentecost took place 50 days after the Lamb of God rose from the tomb. His death grants deliverance from the slavery of sin. His blood covers us so the death penalty will not reach us when we have placed ourselves under Christ's salvation.

On that Pentecost Christ's followers were filled with the Holy Spirit.
They were bound to Christ in a covenant agreement.
Part of that covenant was God's law written upon the hearts and minds of God's people.

If the law and will of God are written only on stone or paper they cannot transform the life. But when the Spirit of God writes them upon the heart and mind, then the whole being is leavened, not with the leaven of sin or hypocrisy, but with truth and goodness.

Deliverance from sin is incomplete if we are still living in opposition to God’s will. It is incomplete if we are not in a covenant relationship with Christ.

The result of Pentecost was a totally changed life. Look at the disciples before Pentecost. Look at them afterward. Before, they were fearful, rather self centered men.
After Pentecost they were bold for Christ, no longer seeking to exalt self, but to exalt Christ and bring glory to Him.

These men had fully entered into the covenant relationship with Christ. The new covenant as described in Hebrews 10:16, when God writes His law on the minds and hearts, when they know their sins are forgiven and they no longer look to please men; then their primary goal is to please God

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So now we have covered the early festivals.

Passover week : Christ’s death, burial and resurrection Which all speak of deliverance.

Pentecost: Christ’s work of Empowering His People in the life of sanctification. And entering into a covenant relationship with Christ.

These festivals were all at the beginning of the “spiritual year”. They pointed to Christ’s ministry at the beginning of the Christian era, the benefits which are very important to every age. The benefits which MUST be experienced FIRST in the lives of all who are on the journey of salvation.

Now we move on to the third group of festivals.

This is usually where we part company with other Christians.

Most do not see the “spiritual year” of festivals as having a linear fulfilment.

Therefore they see no difference between the Passover and the day of Atonement. Both, they say, point to Christ on the Cross and were fulfilled at the cross.

. While we too, see all “sacrifices” pointing to Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. We do not see all the feasts prophetic fulfillment taking place at the cross

. We see the spring feasts as having their prophetic fulfilment in 31 A.D. They are the feasts of deliverance. Of course, once the initial day has been ushered in it remains open to all who wish to benefit from the marvelous redemption offered by Christ.

The fall festivals portray the preparation for entry into the promised land. They are feasts of warning, judgment and final restoration. They depict Christ’s work at the end of the “salvation” journey.

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THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS

This feast was observed on the first day of the seventh month.
Now the first day of every month was begun with the blowing of trumpets and special ceremonies. So why make special mention of the blowing of trumpets on the first day of the seventh month?

It was important because this was the seventh month, and the trumpets were announcing that this was the month for the Day of Atonement and all were to consecrate themselves to the Lord in preparation for this solemn day.

It is interesting that seven months pass, each beginning with a trumpet blast. In the seventh month, we have the seventh trumpet blast, announcing the day of atonement.

Are any bells ringing in our minds? Does anything in the Bible correspond with this?

Revelation’s seven trumpets.

There we have seven trumpets blown consecutively, not all together, and when the seventh trumpet blows, in Revelation chapter 11, we see the inner door into the Most Holy of Heaven opened and we see the ark, while the 24 elders declare that the time of judgment has come.

It seems very likely that the blowing of the seven trumpets in Revelation was typified by the blowing of trumpets at the seven New Moon (or New Month) festivals in the Old Testament. Each new moon trumpet blowing was understood as a day of judgment in miniature, which warned people to prepare for the final judgment announced by the Feast of Trumpets. When the seventh trumpet blew, the people knew the Day of Atonement was at hand.

In the same way, the trumpets in Revelation each have a warning function and after the seventh trumpet (Rev. 11:18) the judgment is announced and the ark of the covenant is shown in the temple in heaven.

Did the prophetic fulfillment of the feast of trumpets occur when the 1844 message was sounded around the world by Miller and others with the same message? “Prepare to meet your God”, they preached, “for the hour His judgment is come.”

This was not just a local event, a large number of internationally known scholars, who were among the most highly educated men of their day, endorsed the message we now know as the “Millerite” movement. The world was awakened with the message that a day of reckoning was at hand. Those who proclaimed the message thought Christ was coming to earth at the time, but it was actually the announcement of the inauguration of the great Day of Atonement.

During that time period, the people prepared themselves to meet their God. They rested in sweet communion with God, and the grand hope of the peace that was to be theirs in the bright hereafter.

Says one who experienced the time, “None who experienced this hope and trust can forget those precious hours of waiting. For some weeks preceding the time, worldly business was for the most part laid aside. The sincere believers carefully examined every thought and emotion of their hearts as if upon their deathbeds and in a few hours to close their eyes upon earthly scenes. There was no making of "ascension robes"; but all felt the need of internal evidence that they were prepared to meet the Saviour; their white robes were purity of soul--characters cleansed from sin by the atoning blood of Christ.”

The Jewish understanding of the Feast of Trumpets is an annual trumpet call to stand trial before God and seek for His cleansing grace. The ten days between the feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement were seen by the Jews as a time of judgment. They even have liturgy to capture the awesome qualities of judgment and trial. One of there ceremonies included going to a body of water and sprinkling crumbs on the water while praying; “You will cast all my sins into the depths of the sea, and they shall not be remembered or visited or come to mind,”

The ten days leading up to the day of Atonement is a period of deep soul searching and repentance to prepare themselves for the final cleansing and judgment on the day of atonement.

A beloved hymn sung at this time by the Jews (according to Bacchiocchi’s research) has these words::

And thus let all acclaim God as King:
It is He who ordains judgment;
He searches hearts on the Day of Judgment.
He reveals hidden things in judgment.
He ordains righteousness on the Day of Judgment.
He applies knowledge in judgment;
He bestows mercy on the Day of Judgment.
He remembers His covenant in judgment’
He spares His creatures on the Day of Judgment.
He clears His faithful in judgment;

It was also a time when the principles of the law were studied.
At the time of the feast of trumpets, in Ezra’s time, he asked the scribe to bring the book of the law,. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month, explaining to the people the principles of the divine law. "So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the meaning, and caused them to understand the reading." . And he read the law to them. . . . And the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law."

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THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

On the Day of Atonement all sin is dealt with. It is a most solemn day as the people realize their unworthiness as they stand before God. Yet, with humble hearts, emptied of sin, they look to the “blood of the sacrifice” to make them acceptable in His presence. This is when the High Priest, acting as their representative, enters the Most Holy Place. This was the day which served to differentiate between the genuine believers and the false believers: those who humbled themselves before God and availed themselves of the provisions for cleansing, and those who did not. Those whose sins were confessed and forsaken were declared as cleansed by the blood of the sacrifice.

The blood of the sacrifice was placed upon the mercy seat and their sins were then taken and placed on the instigator of sin and cast out into the wilderness. Those who refused to confess and forsake their sins are also cast out into the wilderness.

This represents the final separation from sin.

Some have ridiculed the concept that this is a type of Christ’s heavenly priestly ministry, as they assumed that on the anti-typical Day of Atonement Christ would have to enter into the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary with a bowl of His own blood to sprinkle on the Heavenly Mercy Seat. However, this is not the case. I can find nowhere in the words of inspiration where Christ is portrayed as literally sprinkling His own physical blood in Heaven. Inspiration indicates that His work in the sanctuary is done by virtue of the blood that He shed at Calvary that He pleads His blood on our behalf, He does so by pointing to the places where the evidence of His sacrifice is still displayed – His hands, His feet, His side where nails and sword ripped open His flesh.

Daniel 7, gives a picture of the heavenly Day of Atonement, when God (the Ancient of Days) takes His seat on the glorious throne, the thousands upon thousands of angels are assembled, the books are opened. There Christ, the Son of man (representing the human race) is brought before the Father.

Jesus has come to claim the inheritance which Adam lost for the human race.
Who will inherit the everlasting kingdom with Christ?

Outside stands the Azazel, or scapegoat, representing Satan. He knows all the sins he has led us to commit and he points to them saying we are worthy of the final everlasting death just as surely as he is. And for some, who have spurned the redeeming grace of Christ, it will be true.

But for others Jesus turns to the heavenly court and raising His pierced hand says, “They have come to Me, repented and confessed their sins and claimed my pardon and righteousness. Their sins are covered by My blood. See – here is the proof in the “books” of record. They have been trusting in Me and overcoming in My name and with My blood. (See Rev. 12:11) Their names remain in the Book of Life, they are redeemed for eternity! (See Rev 3:5)

As one writer, stated, “People dredge up their sins, but in a way they are glad to do so because the sins remembered and repented of, are all forgiven...Thus, Yom Kippur is both a fierce jolt and a great relief.” (Irving Greenberg--quoted in “God’s Festivals”)

Another very interesting ritual on the Day of Atonement as recorded by Ben Zion Bokser, (quoted in “God’s Festivals”) is when the ark is opened and the scrolls of the law are shown draped in white.

The festival year leads us from the Passover, the feast of deliverance through to the Day of Atonement: the day of judgment. We know that Jesus is now still giving us opportunity to confess, to repent in deep humility, and have our lives purified by His spirit leading us in obeying and living out the truth. Now is the time for wrongs to be righted and sins to be confessed, or they will appear against us in the judgment. We know we are living after the seventh trumpet has sounded announcing that judgment when the ark of the testimony is revealed. This judgment happens before Christ appears in the clouds of glory!

We are living in the time of judgment.

Looking forward to the final feast of rejoicing!

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Feast of Tabernacles

The last feast of the religious year was a grand thanksgiving celebration.

They lived in booths in remembrance of their journey in the desert on their way to the promised land. There was much rejoicing and waving of palm branches in thanking God for their inheritance in the promised land and for the harvest gathered in.

PP.412
“The flowing of the water from the rock in the desert was celebrated by the Israelites, after their establishment in Canaan, with demonstrations of great rejoicing. In the time of Christ this celebration had become a most impressive ceremony. It took place on the occasion of the Feast of Tabernacles, when the people from all the land were assembled at Jerusalem. On each of the seven days of the feast the priests went out with music and the choir of Levites to draw water in a golden vessel from the spring of Siloam. They were followed by multitudes of the worshipers, as many as could get near the stream drinking of it, while the jubilant strains arose, "With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation." Isaiah 12:3. Then the water drawn by the priests was borne to the temple amid the sounding of trumpets and the solemn chant, "Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem." Psalm 122:2. Songs of praise rang out, the multitudes joining in triumphant chorus with musical instruments and deep-toned trumpets."

"The Lord Jehovah is my strength and song;" "therefore with joy shall we draw water out of the wells of salvation!" All the vast assembly joined in triumphant chorus with musical instruments and deep-toned trumpets, while competent choristers conducted the grand harmonious concert of praise.

2SP.345
The festivities were carried on with an unparalleled splendor. At night the temple and its court blazed so with artificial light that the whole city was illuminated. The music, the waving of palm-branches, the glad hosannas, the great concourse of people, over which the light streamed from the hanging lamps, the dazzling array of the priests, and the majesty of the ceremonies, all combined to make a scene that deeply impressed all beholders."

Symbolism

We may have to give up house and home and security just before Jesus comes, but it will be worthy it, for Jesus is taking us to the promised land!
The symbolism reminds us of the victory scenes in Revelation.

The water- reminds us of the river of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.

The lights- there will be no night there- they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. God and the lamb are the light thereof! the singing and palm branches- depict the saved rejoicing

Rev. 19 shows a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.”
Rev. 7:9 again shows a great multitude standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches and shouting: “Salvation belongs to our God....”

The feast of Tabernacles has it’s final fulfillment in the new earth, when the redeemed are in the REAL Promised Land, in the presence of God, forever.