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The Feast of Tabernacles
September 24, 2018

Unless you are a first-century apostolic Christian like me, you might be asking the feast of what? What is a tabernacle and why would God want this as a Holy Day? The Feast of Tabernacles looks forward to a future time when God will dwell here on earth, when pain and sorrow is no more.

Revelation 21:1-5
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

John saw this future time when all that causes death, sorrow, crying, and pain will be no more, when God will no longer live in Heaven, but here on a new earth. God's tabernacle, his tent, his dwelling place, will be with men. It is at this future time of living with God that we will be fully God's people, and we will fully understand the majesty that is God.

Leviticus 23:33-36
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

The Feast of Tabernacles is a seven-day celebration with Holy Day on the first day, and a separate Holy Day following on the eighth day, and we will learn more about this next week.

Leviticus 23:39-44
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

It is during this feast, that those who are native born Isrealites are to live in temporary dwellings as a reminder of the journey from Egypt. Similarly, first-century apostolic Christians, are reminded of our spiritual journey through this temporary existence called life, that ends in death memorialized in a funeral with sorrow, crying, and lots of tears. This feast reminds us of a future time when death will be no more and God will dwell with mankind.

All verses are from the King James Version.
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