Happy Feast of Booths Everyone
The Feast of Booths is the pinnacle of earthly rejoicing in the mercy and provision of God, and points forward to a day in which spiritual nourishment and eternal shelter shall be the lot of all those in Christ. Why do we not celebrate this great Feast anymore?
Nehemiah 8:17 And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.
Four words to describe Feast of Booths
(and this is the outline for my upcoming sermon Sunday)
Reflection: Leviticus 23:39 On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
Food: Leviticus 23:39 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days.
Shelter: Leviticus 23:42-43 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Satisfaction: John 7:2;37-38 Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand…On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”