A brother and I were chatting about the patterns noted in the Old Testament. The Exodus was when the feasts of Israel were appointed, and what they symbolize actually occurred during Exodus. Passover is easy to see. Pentecost actually fell on the same time when Moses received the law of God, when 3,000 were slain for worshiping the golden calf. Instead of such a negative death, 3,000 were baptized into the death of Jesus on the day of Pentecost and were born again.
The Passover covers the first three feasts, passover, unleavened bread and firstfruits. Tabernacles covers the last three. Trumpets, atonement and Tabernacles. Tabernacles were tents they lived in and were meant to be indwelt during the feast to remember their duration in tents during the exodus before they entered Canaan.
Christ was our passover through the cross. And He put the law in our hearts with Pentecost's new birth. As the rod, he was God made flesh, the branch. As the rod turned water to blood, in the days of Christ's mortal flesh He turned water into wine, etc. The rod opened the Red Sea. But it was the Ark of the covenant that opened the Jordan River. And the Ark stands as God's throne, with its mercyseat. We come to the throne of grace to find mercy in time of need.
The ark opening Jordan stands for for the kingship of Christ. From rod of incarnation to throne of His ascension and seating and dominion, the Exodus shows us the progress of Christi's purpose in restoring KINGDOM for mankind after satan tempted man to fall from it in
Genesis 3.
Even the rod shows it... it fall from Moses' hand, turns into a serpent , and is restored again when picked back up. From the fall to the restoration, we see death (serpent) swallowed up on victory in this restoration resurrection form of salvation from sin!