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HOW IS TABERNACLES RELATED TO THE OTHER FEASTS??
There is a strange mystery, a secret, something very unusual, that should arouse great curiosity with us, concerning the 3 main Feasts from the Bible. First, there is the FEAST OF PASSOVER.
Then, there is the FEAST OF PENTECOST.
Finally, there is the FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
With every Feast, there are 4 common features.
1. The Divine Historical Origin.
2. The Divinely Inspired Historical Manner of Observance.
3. The Personal Application calling for Personal Appropriation.
4. The Historical Fulfillment.
With regard to the Feast of Passover, the historical beginning took place, at God’s command in Exodus 12, when the blood of the Passover Lamb was slain and applied to the doorpost, so that the Death Angel would pass over the people and not kill them. The historical observance was at the command of God, every year. The personal appropriation takes place when we personally invite Christ our Passover Lamb within as Lord and Savior, so that when the Death Angel sees the Blood of the Lamb, having been applied to the door post of our lives, He will pass over us, and not put us to everlasting death. The historical fulfillment of this took place on the literal historical calendar Day of Passover when it was "fully come", that Christ, our Passover Lamb was slain in our behalf, so that His blood could be poured out for you and for me.
The Feast of Pentecost had its historical beginning when God commanded that the early harvest of winter wheat and the early garden products came in in the spring of the year, that God should be praised and thanked for the first fruits of the field and garden. This feast was observed each Spring, during our month of June, as a thanksgiving for this time of the “early rain”. The historical fulfillment took place on the literal physical historical calendar Day of Pentecost, when the first fruits “early rain” out-pouring of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Church, in Acts, chapter 2, and following. The personal appropriation takes place, when we personally ask God to fill and baptize us with and in the Holy Spirit, as a first-fruits out pouring of His power, His Presence, and His glory.
However, there is a most exciting, amazing, interesting thing we notice about the Feast of Tabernacles. TABERNACLES HAS NEVER BEEN FULFILLED!!! This Feast of Booths, has never had a bombastic, cataclysmic, world-wide historical, on-the-calendar fulfillment that Passover and Pentecost have enjoyed. The only conclusion we can come to is that TABERNACLES IS YET TO BE FULFILLED, HISTORICALLY!!
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