Feast of Tabernacles Meaning October 1, 2016
Feast of Tabernacles: Sukkot (Succoth) Feast of Booths, or Feast of
ingathering
Leviticus 23:34-35 "Speak to
the children of Israel, saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall
be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven
days to the LORD. (35) On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no
customary work on it.
Notice, 7 days only with the first day is a
holy convocation (means rehearsal - assembly),
7th month: Tishri
Jesus who sits at the right hand of the
Father will return to the earth, the world will see a 1,000-year period (millennial)
of peace and prosperity and will rule over the entire earth. His reign will bring lasting peace, true
justice and opportunity for the human family.
Revelation
20:1-3 Then
I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit
and a great chain in his hand. (2) He laid
hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the
Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; (3) and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no
more till the thousand years were
finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Jesus is the key to understanding the Feast
of Tabernacles. He observed this Feast while on the earth and He told His
disciples to observe the Feast as well
John 7:2 Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand
(8)
You go up to this feast. I am
not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come."
(10)
But when His brothers had gone up, then
He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
(14)
Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and
taught.
What do we do during the Feast of
Tabernacles, we take off work, go to the feast, attend services, eat out and
enjoy ourselves, help others when we can, also means vacation, travel, the adventure of new experiences, seeing old friends and making new ones. We go and live in
a temporary dwelling.
These are all good, but the feast is to teach
us a lesson.
Deuteronomy 16:13-15 "You
shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from
your threshing floor and from your winepress.
(14) And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your
daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the
stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your
gates. (15) Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to
the LORD your God in the place which the
LORD chooses, because the LORD your
God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so
that you surely rejoice.
Living in a temporary dwelling will teach
us that our bodies in this life are only temporary. It is not meant to last forever. The Apostle
Paul tells us:
2 Corinthians 5:1-2 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2)
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our
habitation which is from heaven,
2 Peter 1:13-14 Yes, I think it
is right, as long as I am in this tent,
to stir you up by reminding you,
(14) knowing that shortly I must
put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
The Feast is a time to rejoice because it pictures the World
Tomorrow, 1000 year, the Millennium.
What will it be like to
live during the Millennium under the rule of the Jesus the Messiah, Creator
Lord in the Kingdom of God.
Micah 4:1-5 Now it shall come
to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall
be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the
hills; And peoples shall flow to it.
(2) Many nations shall come and say, "Come,
and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of
Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (3) He
shall judge between many peoples, And rebuke strong nations afar off; They shall
beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war
anymore.
(4) But everyone
shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, And no one shall make them
afraid; For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken. (5)
For all people walk each in the name of his god, But we will walk in the
name of the LORD our God Forever and ever.
We will have a 1,000 years of peace and prosperity. We will be the firstfruits of God's spiritual
born into God's Family.
We will have the opportunity of bringing Word of God to every human then alive and to those born during the Millennium.
Will we follow Jesus example in life.
1 Peter 2:21 For to this you
were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
1 John 2:3-6 Now by this we
know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. (4) He
who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him.
(5) But whoever keeps His word,
truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. (6) He who says he abides in Him ought himself
also to walk just as He walked.
Paul tells us:
1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, as I do the Messiah.
Jesus in His life set us an example to follow and to do likewise.
Will all people celebrate the Feast of Tabernacle during the Millennium.
Zechariah 14:16-19 And it shall come
to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against
Jerusalem shall go up from year to year
to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
(17) And it shall be that
whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship
the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain.
After returning to the earth in power and
glory, Jesus will reeducate the people through His annual festivals. It is so much hard to unlearn false things
than to learn new truths.
Will Jesus rule with a rod of iron, as He have to force to make people happy.
Revelation 12:5 She bore a male
Child who was to rule all nations with a
rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
We saw from the past that Jesus will rule
from Jerusalem and we will rule under Jesus and we will be Spirit born saints.
Daniel 7:14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a
kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His
dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His
kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 7:27 Then the kingdom
and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of
the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.'
Do we know who will be in the Kingdom of God
Luke 13:28 There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of
God, and yourselves thrust out.
Ezekiel 37:24 "David My servant shall be king
over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My
judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
Here, Jesus is talking to His disciples
Luke 22:29-30 And I bestow
upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed
one upon Me, (30) that you may eat and drink at My table in My
kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the
twelve tribes of Israel."
Revelation 5:10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
Revelation 2:26-27 And he who
overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—
(27) 'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces
like the potter’s vessels— as I also have received from My Father;
Will the Government of God last forever?
Daniel 7:14 Then to Him was
given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and
languages should serve Him. His dominion
is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His
kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom
forever, even forever and ever.'
We just covered why the Feast of Tabernacles
was given to us by our Lord Jesus. Jesus
gives us a glimpse of what life would be like during the Millennium (1000
years) as the Spirit of God will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth
will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover
the sea.
Will we be serving the people by teaching the Law of God and directing
them to take the right action? We will
be teachers.
Isaiah 30:20-21 And though
the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a
corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers. (21) Your ears shall hear a word behind you,
saying, "This is the way,
walk in it," Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn
to the left.
Will we be successful in teaching the people during the Millennium?
Jeremiah 31:34 No more shall
every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the
LORD,' for they all shall know Me,
from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will
forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
Will we have to worry about wild animals?
Isaiah 11:6-9 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and
the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. (7)
The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down
together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (8)
The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child
shall put his hand in the viper's den.
(9) They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge
of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.
What about sickness and disease, will the people be healed?
Isaiah 35:5-7 Then the eyes of
the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. (6)
Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert. (7)
The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty land springs of
water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be
grass with reeds and rushes.
Will there be fear and worry in the cities during the Millennium?
Zechariah 8:4-5 "Thus says
the LORD of hosts: 'Old men and old women shall again sit In the streets of
Jerusalem, Each one with his staff in his hand Because of great age. (5) The streets of the city Shall be full of
boys and girls Playing in its streets.'
Will Food will be plentiful in the lands?
Isaiah 30:23 Then He will give
the rain for your seed With which you sow the ground, And bread of the increase
of the earth; It will be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.
Will the wasteland will become fertile?
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness
and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and
blossom as the rose;
Will there be a new language?
Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I
will restore to the peoples a pure
language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with
one accord.
What happens at the end of the 1,000-year period
or Millennium?
Revelation 20:3 and he cast him
into the bottomless pit, and shut him (Satan) up, and set a seal on him, so that
he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.
But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Revelation 20:7-9 Now when the
thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison (8)
and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is
as the sand of the sea. (9) They went up on the breadth of the earth and
surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from
God out of heaven and devoured them.
What happens next, that is what the Last Great Day covers. To be continue.
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