What was the purpose of the tabernacle?

Answer 1

I don't know of "the prophetic purpose", but I will be interested to know if any of these prophecies were fulfilled.

The Feast of Tabernacles, or Feast of Booths, is a harvest festival and was fixed by the completion of the harvest:- Deu 16:13-15 KJV Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: [v.14] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. [v.15] Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

This Feast was both commemorative in that it looked back to their recent harvest, but also prophetic in that it is also looking ahead to the greater harvest of souls at the return of Jesus Christ and the end of the Age.

Mat 13:24-31, 35-43 KJV Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: [v.25] But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. [v.26] But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. [v.27] So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? [v.28] He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? [v.29] But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. [v.30] Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. ...[v.36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. [v.37] He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; [v.38] The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; [v.39] The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. [v.40] As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. [v.41] The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; [v.42] And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. [v.43] Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mar 4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Luk 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Joh 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

Rev 14:14-20 KJV And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. [v. 15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [v. 16] And he that sat on the cloud [ie Christ] thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. [v. 17] And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. [v. 18] And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. [v. 19] And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. [v. 20] And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

(Every Feast of the Old Testament had both a past physical fulfillment and a future fulfillment which is not only allegorical but also literal.)

Answer:

Each of God's seven annual Holy Day feasts picture a phase of His plan for mankind.

The Feast of Tabernacles, the next-to-the-last commanded feast each year, pictures the "thousand-year rule of Christ on the earth."

The "Last Great Day," which is at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles (the eighth day), pictures "Judgment Day."

Answer:

To understand the Feast of Tabernacles, one must understand the time in which the event occurs

Its the last of the feasts proclaimed by our Father in his list of Feasts. You will find them written in Leviticus 23.

Further one must understand that our Fathers calendar is not the same as mans. Our Fathers calendar runs with the events of the sun (Equinox and Solstice), the first beginning with what man calls the Spring equinox. Move foreword from there to get to the 7th month.

The feast of tabernacles occurs after the blowing of the 7th Trumpet (1st day of the 7th month). 7 indicates completeness. Therefore the feast of tabernacles occurs after the return of Jesus Christ (the real one, not the fake), its a celebration of those who overcame the beast.

Read Leviticus 23:40 and Revelation 7:9

Answer 2

To illustrate what God will do in the future. It symbolizes the Rest that we have in Jesus Christ today and also the Rest that He will bring to His people - Israel.

Bruce Scott says in his book "The Feasts of Israel: Seasons of the Messiah" that:- There is no doubt that the festival of Sukkot [aka Feast of Tabernacles aka Feast of In gathering]... typifies the days of the Messiah. It speaks of the future raising up of "the tabernacle of the David that is fallen" (Amos 9:11); that is, the re-establishment of the kingly line of David. At that time, the Messiah will sit on David's throne and rule the earth with a rod of iron, and Israel will dwell in safety.The prophetic message of the Feast of Tabernacles conveys that the Messianic age will be a time when the Shekinah glory of God, representing the presence of God, will once again dwell with Israel.

The Feast of Tabernacles is referred to repeatedly in the New Testament as proof of the Messianic credentials of Jesus Christ. [In] John 7 Jesus not only observed the holiday of Sukkot [ie Feast of Tabernacles], He also used the festival as an illustration of His Messianic claims:- John 7: The Feast of Tabernacles 1 After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.2 Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.3 So Jesus' brothers advised him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.) If Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah, what better opportunity would there be to present Himself as such than at the Feast that had so many messianic implications? John 7

8 You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."9 When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret. He had to go to the Feast: otherwise He would be disobeying Scripture. But He was not going in the manner they desired - with pomp and ceremony... Finally, on the last day of the feast, ...Jesus made His greatest proclamation:- John 7:37 On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and38 let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'" This was no statement whispered in a dark corner. The text says that Jesus "stood" to make His announcement, and "shouted out." He wanted everyone to hear the good news. The stunned crowd did hear, and they knew what He meant. To the first-century Jewish mind, pouring the water on the altar at the Feast of Tabernacles [ie after the water-drawing ceremony previously in the middle of the Feast] symbolized the pouring out of the Holy Spirit in the days of the Messiah.

Jesus was therefore declaring that He was the Messiah, and everyone who would believe in Him would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, the "living water"...The multitude's understanding of the Lord's pronouncement is confirmed in the next 3 verses:- John &: 39-41a 39 (Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)40 When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"41 Others said, "This is the Christ!" ...about the Feast of Tabernacles in the future:- Revelation 9:16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Following the Great Tribulation Jesus the Messiah will return to the earth,...and the whole earth will celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles:- Zechariah 14 16 Then all who survive from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up annually to worship the King, the LORD who rules over all, and to observe the Feast of Tabernacles.17 But if any of the nations anywhere on earth refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD who rules over all, they will get no rain.18 If the Egyptians will not do so, they will get no rain --- instead there will be the kind of plague which the LORD inflicts on any nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. Zechariah 14 8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem,

(From the book "The Feasts of Israel: Seasons of the Messiah" by Bruce Scott, 1997, The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, ISBN 0-915540-14-2, p.111, 113-115, 117-118).

Thus, the Feast of Tabernacles prophesizes the return and rule of the Messiah on earth.

Answer 3

This is the greatest of the 7 Festivals of God's Holy Plan in that it pictures the great spiritual harvest of human beings under the reign of Jesus Christ, when all nations will be led to salvation during the Millennial Rule.

The Prophet Zechariah was inspired to write, "And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem (in the last days or end times) shall go up (to Jerusalem) from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles (Zechariah 14:16).

Answer 4

tabernacle is a place where God dwells

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Answer 5

To commemorate God's having protected the Jews in the wilderness.

Answer 6

tabernacle is a place where God dwells