Feast of Tabernacles -- Happy Birthday, Jesus! 10/10 Monday Meditation

FEAST OF TABERNACLES -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS! The final and most joyous festival of the year began at sundown Sunday, October 9, and continues for seven days until the folowing Sunday sundown. It is called Feast of Tabernacles (or Shelters or Booths), Feast of Ingathering, Season of Our Rejoicing, or Sukkot. It celebrates God's care and protection during forty years of wandering in the wilderness and His continuing sustenance. All Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. They made and lived in temporary shelters (sukkah booths) recalling their years of wandering. In modern times families or congregations build outdoor shelters filled with harvest decorations. It was during the Feast of Tabernacles' illumination ceremony that Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." It was during the water pouring ceremony that Jesus said, "I am the living water." The prophetic significance of the Feast of Tabernacles is to fully trust God, renewing your covenant with the Lord. Declare, “I am completely sold out to do you, Lord.” How is this depicted in the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot? The Feast of Tabernacles is… A commemoration of Israel wandering in the desert. During their wandering, they built booths or sukkahs—a 3-sided tent structure with an open top. When they would look out the top of the sukkah, they would see the stars of Heaven and be reminded that the God of Heaven and earth provided for them and kept His promises. Even when there are “holes” in our “roofs,” the protection of God is still present. (Curt Landry Ministries) There is evidence by comparing time frames in the Scriptures to suggest that Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles and that He will return during the Feast of Tabernacles. "Jesus is God tabernacling among men. The word _dwelt_ in Greek implies a temporary dwelling, a sukkah booth. Jesus is God's ultimate sukkah booth. For God, in Jesus Christ, tabernacles among men. (The Fall Feasts of Israel, by Mitch and Zhava Glaser)