34. "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.
36 For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.
37 These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day--
38 besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord.
39 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.
40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
41 You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,
43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.' "
44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.
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The holiday concludes the three pilgrimage festivals in the Jewish calendar (Ex 23:14-17). During this time the Jewish community builds temporary shelters (sukkot) to remind each generation that their forefathers lived as nomads, wondering in the desert for forty years (Lev 23:42-43). The Torah also refers to this holiday as the Feast of Ingathering, which celebrates the final reaping of the crops at the end of the harvest (Ex 23:16).
Throughout the holiday it is customary to wave the Lulav and Etrog, or the four species (date palm, myrtle, willow, citron), representing thankfulness and joy for the present harvest, along with hope for winter rains, ensuring an abundant harvest the following spring (Lev 23:40). The waving of the Lulav and Etrog also represents G-d's pervasive presence and the unity of the Jewish people.
In the first century the priests gathered a pitcher of water from the pool of Shiloach (Siloam) and poured it out on the altar, following an elaborate processional up the hill to the Temple mount. This ceremony occurred every day of the festival, with the most extravagant processional on final day. The pouring out expressed Israel's hope for future rains to produce an abundant harvest.
On the last day of Sukkot, possibly at the time of this processional, Y-shua stood in the midst of the people and declared, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, From within him will flow rivers of living water" (John 7:37-38). When he said this, some declared, "This is the Messiah" (John 7:41).
During Sukkot anticipation for the arrival of the Messiah reaches its height. The prophet Zechariah speaks of a time when G-d will fight and defend His people when the nations gather against Israel (Zech 14:1-9). After G-d establishes peace, all the nations will then travel to Jerusalem to worship G-d during Sukkot (Zech 14:16). G-d promises to withhold rain from those countries which do not honor Him in Jerusalem (14:17-19).
Sukkot looks forward to the day when G-d will establish His Kingdom and all nations will join together to worship Him. Sukkot provides hope that G-d will dwell in the midst of His people. When John introduces Y-shua as the Messiah he says, "Now the Word became Flesh and took up temporary residence among us. We saw His glory, the glory of the One and Only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father" (John 1:14).
Additionally, Sukkot is a time of celebration, to remember wondering in the wilderness and total remembrance on G-d. That is why I build and eat my sukkah and remember that as long as I am a stranger here and just as He provided for my people He is my source and provision today. What a time of rejoicing the G-d of not just all creation but the G-d who created me takes care of me and all my needs.
Amen!...AMEN!!!...Thank you for sharing your wisdom and understanding in detail about the Feasts...I truly appreciate what you contribute here...I have found myself drawn more and more through the years to study and apply the Biblical GOD given Feasts of the LORD than the more common Christian Holidays...Blessings to you and yours...XO
