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Jesus and the Feast of Tabernacles
October 9, 2014

First century apostolic Christians like me believe there is Christian importance in observing the Holy Days once given to the children of Israel, and we also beleive that because Jesus died for our sins that the Holy Days are to be observed differently for Christians as we no longer require a sacrifice for our sins. We have observed the first two fall Holy Days starting with the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. We have seen that for Christians these Holy Days foretell the return of Jesus Christ as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and the banishment of Satan and all evil so that the Peace and Love of Jesus may abound. When Jesus returns to earth, we believe it is to establish the Kingdom of God on earth, and it is this Kingdom that is foretold through the Feast of Tabernacles. An Eight Day observance, this feast begins with a Holy Day, and in the year 2014, it is today October 9th and will conclude with the Last Great Day of the Feast on October 17th. We will begin by reviewing Peter's understanding of tabernacles.

Mark 9:1-13
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

When Peter saw Moses and Elias with Jesus in shiny white raiment, Peter's first thought was to provide three tabernacles, a temporary dwelling because Peter had observed the Feast of Tabernacles and was able to make a connection to a future time through his knowledge of this feast. John would later take this same knowledge to understand the visions he saw as he was writing the Book of Revelation.

Revelation 21:1-3
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

We will study more about this on the Last Great Day and movng through the Feast of Tabernacles we celebrate that one day evil will be abolished so that God can live with us on earth. To make this future day possible, as Christians we accept through faith that we live a temporary physical life and that one day we will die and be removed from our current tabernacle so that we can live eternally in a new tabernacle given to us by God.

2 Corinthians 5:1-4
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Accepting our current mortality through faith in the resurrection, we celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles understanding that God will one day live with his people on earth.

All verses are from the King James Version.
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