Leviticus 23:33-44
33 The LORD said to Moses, 34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the LORD’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work. 36 For seven days present food offerings to the LORD, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.
37 (“‘These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the LORD—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings required for each day. 38 These offerings are in addition to those for the LORD’s Sabbaths and[e] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.)
39 “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. 40 On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees—and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. 41 Celebrate this as a festival to the LORD for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters 43 so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
44 So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the LORD. NIV
- God used Tradition and Festivals to pass down His message and help us remember the past.
- Jesus tabernacled with us and the spirit tabernacles within us still.
- The festival shows the Promise of the Lord tabernacling in the future with all nations.
John 7:37-38
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
Zachariah 14:9, 16
9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.
16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
Nehemiah 8:13-15
13 Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law. 14 And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths[a] during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
7 Jewish Festivals / Feasts Old Testament Meaning:
- Passover→(Freedom from Egypt) April 6, 23
- Feast of Unleavened Bread→(Gift of the Promised Land) April 6-12, 23
- First Fruits→(Spring Harvest) April 9, 23
- Pentecost / Shavuot→(Celebrate grain harvest, 10 Com.) May 26-27, 23
- Rosh Hashanah→(Feast of Trumpets) King Universe 09/16-17, 23
- Yom Kippur→(The Atonement) September 25, 2023
- Sukkot→(Tents / Tabernacles) Wandering yrs., Freedom, land & Harvest 09/30-10/06, 23
7 Jewish Festivals / Feasts Become an Outline for Messianic fulfillments:
- Passover = Crucifixion
- Feast of Unleavened Bread = sinless Jesus was Buried
- First Fruits = Resurrection
- Pentecost / Shavuot = Coming of the Holy Spirit
- Rosh Hashanah = Trumpet Call For Judgment
- Yom Kippur = Judgment Day
- Sukkot = Millennial Kingdom, Celebration of God / Heaven
