Feast of Tabernacles (Christian holiday)

The feast of Tabernacles Leviticus 23:34 Deuteronomy 16:13 Zechariah 14:16-19 John 7:2 is a seven-day Jewish festival also known as Sukkot or the Feast of Booths Nehemiah 8:14. It is immediately followed by the eighth day Leviticus 23:36-39 John 7:37 which alludes to the redemption at the end of days and where shelter is no longer required as protection against physical elements.http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/4500/jewish/From-Ramses.htm] The feast of Tabernacles is one of the most important days in the Judaic tradition and is celebrated on the 15th of Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar.
==In the New Testament==
In the gospel of John the use of “dwelling” alludes to the tangible presence of God in the portable sanctuary, first carried by the Israelites in the wilderness and later transferred to the temple in Jerusalem (Latin tabernaculum “tent” and the diminutive “taberna” meaning "hut, cabin, booth").http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Tabernacle In popular usage the derivative “tavern” possibly by dissimilation from “traberna” came to mean “wine shop" (late 13c) and later “public house” (mid-15c).http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tavern
 
As an ordinary Jew, Jesus kept all the Jewish feasts including the feast of Tabernacles. As Messiah, he used it as an occasion to preach and to work the signs and wonders associated with the day of the Lord.
 
 
==In Eschatology==
The feast of Tabernacles has a particular place in the eschatology of Judah, Jerusalem and all the nations contending with her. In the book of Zechariah it is associated with the day of the Lord and the acceptance or rejection of the redemption that follows.
 
The classic proclamation of the eighth day or the day of the Lord which is the eschatological fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles, is summarised as follows in the fourteenth chapter of the book of Zechariah:
==References==
==Further reading==
* Chumney, Edward (1994). The Seven Festivals of the Messiah. Treasure House. ISBN 1560437677
* Howard, Kevin (1997). The Feasts of the Lord God's Prophetic Calendar from Calvary to the Kingdom. Nelson Books. ISBN 0785275185
==External links==
* God's Holy Days: Tabernacles
* Why I keep the Biblical Feasts
* God's Holy Day Plan - Hope For All Mankind
* The Holy Days-God's Master Plan
* Literature about the Feast of Tabernacles
* God's Seasonal Plan - Did Christ come to ABOLISH these so-called "Jewish" Feasts?
* List of locations to Keep the Feast of Tabernacles
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