The three festivals have the following three characteristics in
common:—
1. They refer to important events in our national history; viz.,
Passover to the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage;
Feast of Weeks to the Revelation on Mount Sinai; and Tabernacles to the
travels of the Israelites through the Arabian desert.
2. They mark the various stages of the harvest; viz., Passover marks
the season of the early harvest, Feast of Weeks the second harvest, and
the Feast of Tabernacles the ingathering of the fruit.
3. They serve as a means for imparting essential religious truths;
viz., Passover embodies the principle of the Existence of God, the
Feast of Weeks that of Revelation, and the Feast of Tabernacles that of
Divine Providence.