After His brothers had gone up to the Festival (Feast of Tabernacles), then He (Jesus) also went up, not openly but secretly [i.e. Church Rapture]. – John 7:10

AI Overview: Within some evangelical Christian beliefs, particularly those adhering to a Pre-Tribulation Rapture, the “Judgment-Rapture” event is seen as a reward and deliverance for believers, not (only) as a judgment of approval.

The concept suggests that the rapture is God’s final act of grace toward the faithful before a period of global judgment called the Tribulation.

The Rapture as a Reward:
According to this theological view, the rapture is a sign of God’s approval of believers, it’s own distinct form of judgment.

• Deliverance from wrath: God’s faithful are “rescued from wrath” and spared from the horrors of the Tribulation, a period of global judgment that will affect the ungodly. This idea is based on verses like 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and 5:9, which say that God did not appoint believers to wrath.

• Reunion with Christ: Believers view the rapture as the culmination of their salvation. It fulfills the promise of eternal life and resurrection, uniting them with Christ in the air. 

Judgment of the Nations

Note: God, the creator of life, Diety is able to both witness and judge His creation as God is a Tri-Unity 3in1 Godhead Diety consisting of God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit.

The Old Testament law requiring two or three witnesses for any legal matter to ensure justice and prevent false accusations. A concept reiterated in the New Testament. – Google AI

Also Note: The Islamic diety Allah consisting of only one is unable to witness or enter into any form of Judgment against mankind.

Then all the survivors from the Nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King (Jesus), the Lord of Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters (Sukkot).

Should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King (Jesus), the Lord of Armies, rain will not fall on them. 

And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter (the Temple in Jerusalem), then rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague the Lord inflicts on the Nations who do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Shelters (Sukkot).

This will be the punishment of Egypt and all the Nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Shelters (Sukkot). – Zachariah 14:16-19

The concept of the “Sukkot Judgment of Nations” refers to a prophecy in the Book of Zechariah (Zechariah 14) that links the future Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) with divine judgment against nations that attack Jerusalem, followed by a time when surviving nations will annually travel to Jerusalem to worship the LORD and celebrate Sukkot. This prophecy sees Sukkot as a time of both judgment and future universal worship of God. – Google AI

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)

In 2025 the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) begins at sundown on Monday, October 6, and ends at nightfall on Monday, October 13. 

The Seven-day Festival is followed immediately by the Holidays of Shemini Atzeret “The Great 8th Day of Assembly”  Oct. 14th and Simchat Torah “Rejoicing in the Bible-Scriptures, Torah” Oct. 15th. – Google AI

Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles in the Temple at Jerusalem

AI Overview: In the Gospel of John, Chapter 7, Jesus attends the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem and teaches in the temple courts, but his presence there is secret at first. During the festival, a week-long harvest celebration remembering the Israelites’ wilderness wandering, Jesus proclaims himself the fulfillment of the feast, most famously saying, “I am the light of the world” on the last day. – Google AI

In the Book of John, the theme of the Tabernacle is established in the opening verses, where John states that the divine Word became flesh and “tabernacled” or “dwelt” among humanity, fulfilling the Old Testament pattern of God’s dwelling place. This is a central concept, with Jesus being presented as the true, living embodiment of the Old Testament Tabernacle, a shadow of the greater reality He brings. 

His incarnation represents the culmination of God’s presence among His people, providing for them and offering eternal life. The Gospel of John also uses the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) to show Jesus’s fulfillment of the feast’s rituals, particularly the Water libation and the Light of the World declarations. 

Jesus as the True Tabernacle

• John 1:14:

The key verse is John 1:14, which says, “And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth”.

• Fulfillment of Old Testament Imagery:

The Tabernacle was the portable dwelling place of God’s presence in the Old Testament. Jesus, in His incarnation, becomes the living Tabernacle where God truly dwells among people.

• A More Real Presence:

The original Tabernacle was a shadow of the reality to come. Jesus’s presence in human form is a more direct and complete manifestation of God’s presence than any tent or building. 

Jesus Fulfills the Feast of Tabernacles

• John 7:

In Chapter 7, Jesus attends the Feast of Tabernacles, a festival celebrating God’s dwelling in the wilderness and the harvest. 

• The Water Libation:

During the feast, a ceremonial procession took water from the Pool of Siloam to the temple. Jesus’s actions on the “great day” of the feast, where he declares, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink,” fulfill this practice by offering the living water of the Holy Spirit.

• The Light of the World:

In the court of the women, torches were lit to symbolize the light of the world. Jesus’s claim in John 8:12, “I am the light of the world,” connects to this feast’s symbolism, revealing Him as the true light that gives sight to the spiritually blind. – Google AI

by David Anson Brown

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