We started our journey to Jerusalem on September 1st. Our first stop was in Switzerland with 9 days of backpacking down through Italy with a flight to Amman, Jordan. We finally arrived in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles. What a sight, like nothing I could have imagined. This was my first time in Jerusalem but it was not hard to notice the branches on every patio and roof top. Restaurants had sukkas ,as well as, tops of apartments. For a whole year I have been obeying the scriptures without any preconcieved ideas of the "how to's" meaning that because I was not handed down any traditions to honor the feast, I simply followed the scripture. As you have seen in other posts, sometimes we just had a bar-b-que to celebrate. I know that the LORD is happy that we care about what he cares about, but it sure was nice to actually see a temporary dwelling in Jerusalem.
The Feast of Tabernacles also known as Feast of Booths or Sukkot, falls in September and October, the 15th-21st of Tishrei. The people of Israel seemed to be very joyful, maybe because during this time we were commanded to rejoice!!!
John 7:37-38 tells us how Jesus proclaimed from the temple during this time of feasting saying, "if any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." This is one time that we know Jesus was in the Temple to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. We also know that Zechariah 14:16-19 speaks of all nations coming up to Jerusalem to worship for the feast during the Millennium. What a day when I will see Jesus in Jerusalem and I will be feasting with him.
Scripture references for the Feast of Tabernacles: Lev. 23:33-44; Num. 29:12; Deut. 16:13-15
-our families celebration-
