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Sep 6, 2009 · Posted in Prophetic Feast Days

Some of you may be unfamiliar with Tabernacles or Booths (Hebrew: Sukkot). And if you have heard of it you may have the conception that it is a Jewish Holiday, as in only for the Jews. Therefore the first place to look in the Bible to find out about Tabernacles is Zechariah 14 where it dispels this notion and tells us about our future keeping it:

Zechariah 14:16-19 —16 Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths. 17 Should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, rain will not fall on them. 18 And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter, then rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague the Lord inflicts on the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths.

That’s right, we are told plainly that in the Millennium the whole world will be keeping this festival, on penalty of drought. This news is shocking to most Christians because they have been taught that the Torah is a curse or burdensome and “done away forever”. On the contrary, this Torah festival is coming back and is so important to God that he will enforce its observance. Why?

The purpose for this feast is the same purpose Hebrews describes for the sacrifices and by extension all the rituals of the Torah: to give us forgetful humans reminders of all aspects of God’s plan for us, including sin (Heb 10:1-4). Although we are not in the Millennium and able to keep the Feast properly in Jerusalem nor therefore required to do so just yet, we can still learn a lot by rehearsing now. You never learn a subject as well as if you actually experience it. And God will bless you for it. The Jewish rabbis and the Bible agree that when you do something difficult like that when it is not required it is more meritorious for you than if it was commanded (Luke 17:10).

Also, did you know that Tabernacles itself as Ancient Israel kept it for centuries is a prophecy of the Millennium? (See my book for more on that). The feasting, joy and peace we are meant to experience during Sukkot is meant to picture the 1000 year peaceful, prosperous and joyous reign of Christ. This at last will be the idea of utopia made reality. And if we practice it today it will help us to understand prophecy. In fact, the breakthroughs I made on Bible prophecy came after I began after voluntarily resting on Sabbath and Holy days.