The Feast of Tabernacles ("Sukkot") begins at sundown Wednesday, October 8, and continues through Thursday, October 16. This is the third and final fall festival. The fall festivals have moved through repentance and reconciliation to the joy of our redemption. It is the most joyous and the most loved of all festivals. Families live in elaborate booths that they have decorated for the holiday as a reminder of how God cared for them in the wilderness. There is good biblical evidence that Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles, probably in a sukkah booth. (More tomorrow).
During the water ceremony on the last day of the festival in Jerusalem, Jesus said, "If any man is thirsty, let him come to me and drink... From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water." (John 7:37-39).
Jesus is God tabernacling among men. Jesus is God's ultimate sukkah booth. For God, in Jesus Christ, tabernacles among men. As the Temple was a temporary dwelling for the Shekinah, so Jesus tabernacling among us manifested the glory of God. (The Fall Feasts of Israel, by Mitch and Zhava Glaser)
I will be celebrating by attending a Feast of Tabernacles concert by leading Messianic recording artist Paul Wilbur at Tikvat Yisrael Messianic Congregation in Cleveland on Saturday. This will be his fourth concert / worship experience that Joanne and I have attended. Look him up on YouTube.
For more information on the Feast of Tabernacles, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot
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