The Jewish wedding has three primary parts:
Shiddukhin – The Arrangement
Kiddushin - The Betrothal
Nissuin - The Actual Marriage
The Jewish Wedding is a picture that profoundly illustrates the three main Feast of the Seven Feasts of the Lord: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. The Seven Feasts of the Lord are God’s big picture planning of His calendar of events. He refers to them as His appointed times also known as rehearsals. There are three Feasts in Passover (Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits). Pentecost is a stand alone Feast and there are three Feasts in Tabernacles (Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Tabernacles). They are illustrated dress-rehearsals of the coming, soon to be, wedding of the Great King!
In light of this basic structure of God’s big picture, there is yet another parallel that can be recognized within the type and shadow of the Seven Feasts of The Lord, the progression of our salvational sojourn: justification, sanctification and glorification!