The day commemorates the end of the agricultural year and the beginning of the new one. The former rains would begin to fall, and the wheat and barley would be planted. Even today, the Jewish people pray for rain as part of the celebration of this day. In the arid country of Israel, water was obviously very important.
In the seventh chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles. Look at what he says:
Verses 37 and 38 say: On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
The millenium, which is foreshadowed by the Feast of Tabernacles, will end. This Last Great Day is a foreshadow of the coming Great White Throne judgment and the eternal life that follows for believers.
In Revelation 21, John says, Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also, there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
Here is a thought. If the wedding feast of the Lamb took place just before the millenium, it could perhaps be said that the millenium period is the "honeymoon" with our Bridegroom. After the honeymoon, our new permanent home is revealed - the New Jerusalem... the place Jesus said He would prepare for us:
In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
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