The kingdom-wide, spiritual fulfillment of the memorial of blowing of Trumpets is the coming of Christ in His Kingdom to govern the world by force. Of great importance during the fulfillment of Trumpets is the organizing of the Christian Church into the army of the Lord.

The kingdom-wide fulfillment of the Day of Atonement is the thousand-year reign of Christ and His saints.

The word atonement means "reconciliation." During the thousand years the elect will be married to God in perfect reconciliation, and the nations of the saved also will be joined to God, although not as fully as the Bride of the Lamb. Throughout the thousand-year Kingdom Age the nations of the saved will be ruled in righteousness by the victorious saints (Isaiah 2:3; Revelation 2:26,27).

The thousand-year Kingdom Age is, as we have stated, the fulfillment of the Day of Atonement and includes the marriage of Christ and His saints. At the beginning of this period the Bride of the Lamb, or at least a firstfruits of the Bride, will be given the fine linen of righteous conduct to wear (Revelation 19:8).

At the end of the thousand years the Wife of the Lamb will descend from the new heaven to the new earth as the holy city, the new Jerusalem (Revelation 21:10). The Church will attain completeness and perfection during the Kingdom Age, having progressed from the fine linen to the glorified new Jerusalem.

The thousand-year period is for the purpose of reconciling the Christian Church to God through Christ, and also reconciling to God the nations of saved peoples of the earth, as we understand the Divine plan.

One may protest that Christians already are reconciled to God through the blood of the cross. It is true that legally we have been reconciled to God through the blood of the cross. However, it must become true that our whole personality is reconciled to God in actuality, and it is not true that the personality of most Christians has been reconciled to God. There is much darkness in every one of us that is at war with God, with God's will and purpose in us.

The kingdom-wide fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles is the new heaven and earth reign of Christ.

The new Jerusalem, the Wife of the Lamb, is the eternal dwelling place of God among the nations of saved peoples of the earth.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)

Having mentioned the kingdom-wide, spiritual fulfillment of the last three of the seven Old Testament convocations, let us consider now the personal, spiritual fulfillment.

The personal, spiritual fulfillment of the Old Testament Blowing of Trumpets is the coming of Christ to establish His Kingdom in the heart of the individual. The fulfillment includes the preparing and placing of the believer concerning his or her position in the army of the Lord.

The personal, spiritual fulfillment of the Day of Atonement is the total reconciliation of our personality to God.

The personal, spiritual fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles is the dwelling of the Father in Christ in the saint through the Holy Spirit, making it possible for God through the saint to dwell among the nations of saved peoples of the earth.

To be continued.