Table of Contents

The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
Alfred Edersheim

Chapter 14
The Feast of Tabernacles

• The Feast of Tabernacles --The Feast of Tabernacles, a harvest pointing to the final harvesting of the Church
• The Names of the Feast
• The Time of the Feast --Significance of its occurrence on the 15th day of the seventh month, and after the Day of Atonement
• It Followed Close Upon the Day of Atonement
• The Three Chief Features of the Feast --The three characteristics of the Feast of Tabernacles--This feast peculiarly commemorative of Israel being strangers and pilgrims in the earth
• The Booths --The dwelling in booths--Rabbinical ordinances about their structure
• The Fruit and Palm Branches --The worshippers carrying the Aethrog and the Lulav in the Temple
• The Offerings --Sacrifices for the Week of Tabernacles--The characteristic number seven appears in them--Daily diminution in the number of bullocks offered-
• Special Service at the Temple -Services in the Temple--Solemn procession to Siloam to fetch water--Decoration of the altar with willow branches--Pouring of the water carried from Siloam--Opposition of the Sadducees to this practice
• The Music of the Feast --Singing of the 'Hallel'--The waving of the Lulav while singing certain portions of Psalm 118--References of this Hosanna to Christ on the day of His entrance into Jerusalem
• The Daily Circuit of the Altar --Procession of the priests in the Temple and circuit of the altar--Repetition of this seven times on the last day of the feast, the Day of the Great Hosanna
• The References in John 7:37 --Christ in the Temple crying, 'If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink'
• The Man Born Blind --The words of Christ: 'I am the light of the world'
• The Ceremonies in the Court of the Women --Their probable reference to the Temple illumination at the Feast of Tabernacles
• Significance of the Illumination --Description of the Temple illumination
• The Six Minor Days --Order of Psalms sung at the Feast of Tabernacles
• The Pouring and Lighting Post-Mosaic --Reference to this feast in the Book of Revelation--The Feast of Tabernacles the only unfulfilled type of the Old Testament.