Was Tabernacles Partially Fulfilled?

Q. Given that Jesus’ ministry was for 3 1/2 years and He died, was buried and rose again during the Spring feasts, isn’t it likely that He partially fulfilled the Feast of Tabernacles (God lives with us)? Six months prior to His death would have most likely placed it sometime close to this Feast.

A. Most scholars don’t see the Lord’s 1st Coming as a partial fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles, partly because the Jewish people didn’t recognize Him as God. Remember, the “us” in “God with us” refers to Israel, and Tabernacles is a Jewish Feast.

The historical fulfillment of Tabernacles came during the time in the wilderness, and the prophetic fulfillment will come in the Kingdom Age.  This fits with the view that the spring feasts were fulfilled in the 1st coming and the fall feasts are for the 2nd coming, leaving Pentecost in the middle for the Church Age.