0624. The Three Great Jewish Feasts–The Passover, Pentecost, and Feast of the Tabernacles
The Three Great Jewish Feasts–The Passover, Pentecost, and Feast of the Tabernacles
"Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us" (1Co_5:7, l. c.).
"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come" (Act_2:1).
"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men" (Rev_21:3).
The Feasts of the Passover, of Pentecost and of Tabernacles were great annual convocations filled with typical meanings.
1. The Feast of the Passover. You are at once carried back to the night in which the angel of the Lord passed over Egypt. The blood of the slain lamb was sprinkled upon the side posts, and upon the upper door post. Then the angel "passed over." Then the firstborn was spared.
All of this was a type of Christ and His shed Blood. When John the Baptist saw Christ coming, he said: "Behold, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world."
In the Book of Revelation, Jesus is pre-eminently the "Lamb of God." Thus, the Feast of the Passover was God’s Old Testament reminder of the Cross of Christ.
2. There was the Feast of Pentecost. This feast with its "sheaf offering," and "new meat offering," and with its "two wave loaves," was a type of saints worshiping the risen, ascended and seated Lord. It was on the Day of Pentecost that the Holy Ghost was poured forth.
The Feast of Pentecost was exactly fifty days after the Feast of the Passover; and the Risen Lord poured forth the Holy Spirit exactly fifty days after the death of Christ upon the Cross. No wonder we read: "And when the Day of Pentecost was fully come."
3. The Feast of the Tabernacles covered seven days. The number of perfect rest. This feast was a picture of the Second Coming of the Lord and of His dwelling among His people.
So it is that the Book of Revelation says: "He will tabernacle among them." During the Feast of Tabernacles, the people dwelt in booths. There is a time coming when, every year, the nations of this earth will send representatives to Jerusalem to worship the Lord of Hosts. The Lord will tabernacle among them. "They will be His people and He will be their God."
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR