Christ as the Feast of Tabernacles

 

Christ as the Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:42-43 "You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."

Deuteronomy 16:13-15 "You shall keep the Feast of Booths for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress. You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. For seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful."

Aspect	Christ as the Feast of Tabernacles
Typology	1. Christ as the completion of God's full salvation in the organic aspect 2. Commemoration of how the children of Israel dwelt in booths during their wilderness journey
Purpose	1. To remember the ancestors' experience in the wilderness 2. To worship God and enjoy the produce of the good land
Picture	The corporate gathering of Israelites to celebrate the feast, worship God, and enjoy the produce of the good land in a blended way
Reality	1. A time of enjoyment, remembering how we have experienced God and how God has dwelt with us 2. Today we enjoy Christ as the Feast of Tabernacles, coming together corporately to blend and enjoy the riches of Christ as the produce of the good land
Need	1. A reminder that we are still in the wilderness 2. The need to enter into the rest of the New Jerusalem, the eternal tabernacle
Hope	1. Hope for the eternal tabernacle 2. The city built by God, which is the mutual dwelling place of God and man
Related Scriptures	John 7:2 "Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand." John 6:35 "Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.'" John 7:37-38 "On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, "Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."'" Revelation 21:2-3 "And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.'" Hebrews 11:9-10 "By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God." Hebrews 11:13 "These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth."

 

This table can help readers more easily understand each concept and its roots in the Scripture.

This arrangement highlights the following points:

 

The historical origins and spiritual significance of the Feast of Tabernacles (Typology and Purpose sections)

The practical ways of celebrating the feast (Purpose and Picture sections)

How Christ becomes the reality of the Feast of Tabernacles (Reality section)

How the Feast of Tabernacles points to future spiritual fulfillment (Need and Hope sections)

 

This presentation allows us to more comprehensively understand the multi-layered meanings of the Feast of Tabernacles, and how it finds its complete fulfillment in Christ."

 

*Please refer to the 2024 Summer Live Training - Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1) Message 8: Christ as the Feast of Tabernacles, and as the Spirit Flowing Out of the Believers as Rivers of Living Water