First and foremost, everyone must remember Jesus Christ is a Jew and always will be one. His life, ministry, death, resurrection, burial and ascension were based on a Jewish calendar, not on an American one.
The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar based on moon phases, which occur generally in thirty-day cycles. America and most of the world follow the Gregorian calendar, which follows the earth’s movement around the sun. The main differences are the Gregorian calendar has very little seasonal drift, only a day or so from year to year, but the Jewish calendar can vary fifteen or twenty days from one year to the next. For instance, Easter is always celebrated just after Passover, but the dates may vary greatly from year to year on our Gregorian calendar.
On the Jewish religion’s calendar, there are seven major feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. These feasts are the very heart of the Jewish religion.
Jesus Christ, the Messiah, fulfilled the first four feasts when He became the Passover Lamb for all of us, when He was buried without sin, when He rose from the grave and when He sent the Holy Spirit to His church on the first Pentecost.
Now, the last three Jewish feasts are fall feasts and take place in September and October. These have not been fulfilled by Jesus as yet, but must be. Why? Because Jesus is a Jew.
The Feast of Trumpets (also known as Rosh Hashanah) will be fulfilled when Jesus returns for His church. Then those believers who are alive and those who are in the grave will be caught up to meet Him in the sky.
The Feast of Atonement or Yom Kippur will be fulfilled when Jesus returns with all of the saints out of heaven.
Finally, the Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled when Jesus establishes His tabernacle with His church in Jerusalem.
This simple explanation should dispel the belief that Jesus can return at any time and will also help us to understand timelines.
(Continued in Part 4)
Larry Who 
Interesting take on the feasts and fulfillment in Jesus. However, if Jesus return to rapture believers is NEXT on the calendar, how do you conclude that Jesus may not return at any time. Even the apostles, though not enjoying the 2000 years of study and analysis, expected Jesus to return any day. If they thought He was close to coming back, how much closer must the Day be now? ❤️&🙏, c.a.
I believe the feasts are a shadow of things to come and that Jesus is the fulfillment of all things. Thus, I believe the feasts have to be fulfilled in Him. Matthew Chapter 24 seems to be a good End-times calendar of events and it also goes along with what Paul stated in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. Could I be wrong? Yes, but I am looking forward to His coming.
A friend likes to call himself a “pan-tribulationalist” rather than pre-, mid- or post. He says “It’ll all pan out in the end.”😂
Personally I agree with Dr. James in The Gold Mine; see chapter 7 of his text available online here: https://thepatmosproject.com/book-release-the-gold-mine/.
But as one of the wisest Bible scholars I know says, “I won’t argue with the angel whenever they come to collect us!”😁
❤️&🙏, 🤠
I agree with the theologian. I hold lightly to my opinions, knowing that I only have so much light right now.