The Jubilee of Release*

This will be a challenging, but rewarding message. A prophetic pattern is established in the feasts of the LORD, as we have seen. It should also be kept in mind that the Israelites had an agricultural society, and the feasts incorporated this fact. Leviticus Chapter 23 describes the feasts of the LORD, including the fall feasts (v. 23-44), which begin in two days. The Feast of Trumpets, the first fall feast appointed by the LORD, begins on the first day of the month. There is to be a blowing of trumpets, or shofars, as well as a Sabbath rest from work on this day. On the tenth day of the same month is the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur. This is a somber day, treated as a Sabbath also, with no work to be done, spent in the affliction of the soul. Anyone who does not afflict his soul, nor observes a Sabbath rest on the Day of Atonement, would be cut off from his people. Of this feast, the LORD said, "Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings." (v. 31). On the fifteenth day of the same month, the Feast of Tabernacles begins, and lasts for seven days. The first and eighth days of this feast are Sabbaths, doing no work, and booths were to be built from pleasant tree branches. Each family was to dwell in the booth during the seven days of the feast. These booths were to be reminders that the LORD had His people to dwell in booths after He brought them out of Egypt, and during the years in the wilderness. This feast was connected to harvest time. For all of the feasts, special burnt offerings were to be brought to the LORD in addition to the offerings that were usually given. The LORD's feasts are appointed times that the congregation was called to observe. There were other appointed times as well, however. One of these appointed times involved a year-long Jubilee of release that would occur every fiftieth year: "Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family." (Lev. 25:9-10). Although the Day of Atonement is a solemn feast, in the fiftieth year, that day becomes a day of rejoicing. It is the Jubilee! As Jesus is our atonement, and the fulfillment of the Day of Atonement, we will see later how Jesus incorporated the Jubilee into His teaching also. There was to be a year-long Sabbath rest for the land during this Jubilee year also, neither sowing nor reaping, but eating of the increase of the field. Regarding the land, the LORD said, "The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye were strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the land for your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land." (v. 23-24). Land given into the hands of another could be redeemed back and restored into the possession of the original owner. If that original owner could not pay the redemption price, then in the year of Jubilee, the land must still be restored to the original owner (v. 24-28). If a man has sold himself into bondservice, there is a redemption price for him as well. If he, or a relative on his behalf, cannot pay the redemption price, he shall be able to go out, released, in the year of Jubilee (v. 48-55). The Jubilee year, and the price of redemption are established because of the deliverance that the LORD performed when He brought His people up out of the land of Egypt. In these verses, the LORD established the principle of redemption from debt and servitude. In addition to the possibility of redemption, the fiftieth year Jubilee would restore all to their possessions and liberty. We know that the Israelites did not observe the seventh year or fiftieth year Sabbath rests. Scripture reveals that because of this and other transgressions from the priests on down, the nation was conquered, the people were taken into captivity, the house of God was destroyed, and the vessels of the temple were carried away (2 Chron. 36:14-19). In this manner, the LORD enforced the Sabbath rest of the land as commanded by God: "And them that had escaped from the sword carried he (Nebuchadnezzar) away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years." (v. 20-21). The alternative to the Sabbath rest of the land, as commanded by God and forwarned by the prophets, was the sword and captivity. Daniel wrote that the same seventy years of Jeremiah referred to above, would not just be fulfilled by the captivity and return of Israel from Babylon, but would also play a part in the appointed times of the Messiah, and end time events. The Law of the seventh year Sabbath, and the fiftieth year Jubilee of release still plays a part in heavenly and world events. As mentioned earlier, we also know that the redemption price, release, and restoration found in the pattern established in these special Sabbath years, are also found embodied in Christ, and His teachings. As Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He included in this prayer, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors..." (Mt. 6:10-12). The fact that we are told to forgive other's debts in order for our debts to be forgiven is the Jubilee concept. Forgiveness of others for their harm to us, for their physical and spiritual unpaid debts to us, is a vitally important but often difficult thing to do, but it is required of us as we want God's forgiveness in our lives. Jesus taught again about the requirement of forgiveness (v. 14-15), and also spoke that our treasures or possessions are to be those that are laid up in heaven, in the kingdom of God, rather than in the earth (v. 19-21, 33). In Jubilee, we are returned to our possessions. If our possessions are in heaven and of the kingdom of God, then we must be returned to heaven in either resurrection, or the catching away of believers alive, the Rapture. As with the seventh Sabbath year, and the fiftieth Sabbath year, or Jubilee, Jesus told His listeners to "...take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?, or, Wherewithall shall we be clothed?...for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (v. 31-33). These are also the assurances of God to His people who keep His appointed Sabbath years. He assures His people that they will not lack in the Sabbath years, but will be provided for by Him in abundance. Not only did Jesus fulfill the Atonement, and the Jubilee, but He also fulfilled the redemption price requirement associated with these appointed times. The prophet Zechariah wrote the Word of the LORD concerning a redemption price of thirty pieces of silver, and regarding this price: "cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD." (Zech. 11:12-13). This prophecy of the price of redemption was fulfilled in Judas' betrayal of Christ to the religious rulers for thirty pieces of silver. When he tried to return the silver in regret and repentance, the rulers would not accept the silver because it was "the price of blood", and instead bought "Potter's Field" for the burial of strangers. (Mt. 26:14-16, 27:3-10). As Jesus died on the cross, He made a final statement after receiving the vinegar He was given to drink. He said, "It is finished" (Jn. 19:28-30). The word used here as "finished" is the Greek word teleo, which means "finish, end, complete, pay (of tribute), discharge a debt". Jesus paid the redemption price to release us from what we owed, to discharge our debt. Jesus fulfilled the Jubilee, and continues to fulfill it. Based upon the appointed times of God, Jesus did for us what we could not do for ourselves. *Based on Dr. Kenneth E. Stevenson's 9/5/21 message to the church. 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The Coming Fall Feasts*

The time we are living in is very serious. The LORD has set times that He commanded us to keep, and we have entered into one of those set times. These appointments or holy convocations that are to be kept with the LORD are divided into the spring feasts and the fall feasts. In Jesus' first coming, He fulfilled the spring feasts with His death, resurrection, and baptism of the Holy Spirit. Those spring feasts which He fulfilled are Passover, First Fruits, and Pentecost or Feast of Weeks. The Fall Feasts of the LORD which He commanded, deal with His return: the catching away of the Church, the marriage supper of the Lamb, judgment, and our preparation for these events. The fall feasts of the LORD are: the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles. We do not know the day nor the hour of Christ's return, but we can know the season and the times (1 Thess. 5:1). God purposefully created the bodies in the heavens for the purpose of our identifying His set times and seasons: "And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so." Gen 1:14-15 All of the feasts are set at specific appointed times: "...Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts...which ye shall proclaim in their seasons." Lev. 23:2, 4 Many important events in Israel's recent history, including the wars of defense from attack, occurred on the set times of the feast days. We have also seen in recent years that several lunar eclipses have taken place on feast days, so the lights in the firmament are still drawing our attention to His feasts, and His set times. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, because the moon plays a large role in the timing of the feasts of the LORD. The fall feasts are preceded by the month of Elul. This month is spent in spiritual preparation for the feasts to come. It is a time of repentance and return to the LORD. Every day during the month of Elul, the shofar, a trumpet made from the horn of a ram, is blown to remind the people of the purpose of this time. White linen garments are bleached to remove all stains, and blots, and ironed to remove wrinkles. As Christians, we are familiar with the scriptures that say that we are to be clothed in clean white linen garments of righteousness, which are without spot or wrinkle. These white linen garments being prepared during the month of repentance and preparations for the return to God, Elul, will be worn on the first fall feast, the Feast of Trumpets, or Yom Teruah. The Feast of Trumpets begins by commandment of God on the first day of the seventh month, or Tishri 1. The LORD set the timing of this feast: "Speak unto the children of Israel saying, "In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD." Lev. 23:24-25 This is an unusual feast because it cannot begin until at least two witnesses, who are assigned to watch, see the new moon appear. This first appearance of the new moon marks the beginning of Tishri 1, Yom Teruah. No man knows the day nor the hour of the beginning of this feast. It depends upon waiting and watching for that appearance of the new moon. Similarly, Jesus told us that no man knows the day nor the hour of His return, and He also told us to watch for it. The blowing of the trumpets include a blowing of the last trump, the final blast in a long series of blasts. 1 Thess. 4:13-18 mentions that the raising of the dead in Christ, and catching away of those still alive at the moment of His return will occur at the sound of a shout and the trump of God. 1 Cor. 15:51-55 reveals that the transformation of this moment from corruptible to incorruptible occurs at the "last trump". This moment is the overcoming of death and the grave for all who belong to Christ. As we come upon the appointed time of this feast, we must make sure that our preparations, repentance and return to God have been completed. Without those white, pressed linen garments, we cannot enter into the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7-9). The next fall feast, the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, comes ten days after the Feast of Trumpets: "Also on the tenth day of this month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings..." Lev. 23:27-31 The Day of Atonement, fulfilled by the atonement of the covering blood of Christ which He applied upon the Mercy Seat of God, marks the differentiation between those who submit to the atonement or covering work of God, and those who refuse. It is a most solemn day. Paul wrote about being aware, sober, and awake during the times and seasons of the LORD. He wrote about the sudden destruction that comes, but that we, who are supposed to be aware and prepared, are not meant for that coming wrath of God (1 Thess. 5:1-7). Jesus said to his disciples regarding that destruction to come that we are to watch always and pray that we will be found worthy to escape the terrors that are coming upon the whole earth, and instead to stand before the Son of man (Lk. 21:36). Five (the number connected to "grace") days after the solemn feast of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, comes the fall feast of Tabernacles: "...The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD....Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD...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...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....It shall be a statute for ever in your generations...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..." Lev. 23:34-44 This fall feast of Tabernacles is connected to the gathering of the harvest, even as the Lord has an end time harvest to gather in. Jesus talked about fields white with the harvest. Those who belong to the Lord are gathered in to the storehouse. Those who have refused the atonement covering of the Savior, Jesus Christ, are gathered for destruction. Isaiah spoke about the chamber that God's people are called to enter at this time: "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation is overpast. For behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain." Isa. 26:19-21 In this fall feast season and set time of the LORD, His Church should be preparing for His return with repentance (2 Chron. 7:14), soberness, and watchfulness. The Church that Christ is looking for in His return is prophesied in these fall feasts, and is described in Ephesians: "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." Eph. 5:25-27 Those who belong to the Lord, who have prepared themselves by their return to God, their repentance and the white linen wedding garments which are His righteousness, are gathered in as a harvest to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. They go into the marriage chamber, and the door is shut, as the indignation of God covers those who remain in the earth. This is the promise of the LORD's fall feasts of Trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles. *Based upon Dr. Kenneth Stevenson's 9/13/20 message to the Church. To contact Everlasting covenant, or Dr. Stevenson: PO Box 154221, Waco, TX 76705

End Times, Set Times*

 

The Apostle Peter wrote to the persecuted believers who inhabited regions in what we now call the nation of Turkey in 1 Peter Chapter 1. He wrote to them to encourage them to remain steadfast in the faith and hope that they have in Jesus Christ, even throughout the extreme trials they were experiencing for a season. Their faith, Peter wrote, was being tried by fire unto the praise, the honor, and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, "Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls." These believers, these elect, have an incorruptible inheritance waiting for them in heaven. These persecuted believers were part of the elect, wrote Peter, "according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling (the meaning of "nazah") of the blood of Jesus Christ....Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." (v. 2, 5). The Greek word used to mean "last time" is the word kyros, meaning set time, specific time.

Those in the "last time" must expect persecution. In Lk. 21:9-36, Jesus described the signs of the last days before His return. Some of the signs He described included: wars and commotions of nations (ethnic groups), and kingdoms, great earthquakes, famines, pestilences, fearful sights and great signs in the heavens. Even before these signs and throughout them, there shall be persecution. Jesus also spoke that Jerusalem would be compassed about with great armies. "For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled." (v. 22). Jesus also spoke of Jerusalem being trodden down of the Gentiles, "until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." (v. 24). We are seeing these signs fulfilled, and the conclusion of the times of the Gentiles regarding Jerusalem in this generation. Jesus also said:

"So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." (v. 31-32).

When Jesus spoke of "this generation", He spoke of the generation living when the signs of which He spoke were coming to pass. We are this generation. Jesus went on to warn:

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare it shall come on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (v. 33-36).
Both Peter's letter to the persecuted believers, and Christ's prophecies regarding the signs of the last days before His return, refer to very specific and set times.
All of the events of Christ's life, His crucifixion, resurrection, the catching away of the Church, and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, are foretold in the Feasts of the LORD that He commanded for Israel to keep for all of their generations. Christ has already fulfilled the three spring feasts with His first coming. He will likewise fulfill the three fall feasts with His return. All of these feasts are assigned to very specific timing and set dates, as is the meaning of the Greek kyros, which we saw above.
The fall feasts are detailed in Lev. 23:23-37. These fall feasts of the LORD begin with the Feast of Trumpets, the sounding of the shofar, calling the congregation of the Lord to assemble, calling them to days of repentance. This Feast is set at a specific time: the first day of the seventh month, at the sighting of the new moon. To many in the Church, this feast is prophetically associated with and will be fulfilled in the rapture of the Church, which is also signified by the sounding of the Great Trump, the Last Trump, according to scripture.
During the next ten days, called The Days of Awe, the congregation spends time in solemn repentance. On the tenth day of this seventh month, the Day of Atonement, the people are to afflict their souls, and the high priest applies the blood of the atonement upon the mercy seat of God in the tabernacle or temple. Jesus is our blood of atonement. We are not to take His atoning blood lightly, or for granted. The tradition of the Jews during this solemn and holy time, is to gather in small groups with friends, examining each other for sin. Sins are confessed and repented. The third feast is Tabernacles, set on the fifteenth day of this same first month. This feast continues for seven days. To the Church, the late harvest and shutting in of Tabernacles, which is a joyful feast, is to be fulfilled by a final harvest of souls, and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, with His spotless Bride in heaven. These Feasts of the LORD are all designated as Sabbaths, wherein the congregation focuses their attention solely on the LORD, rather than other activities, and their offerings are made to Him by fire.
The LORD does all things by His set, specific times, as we have seen above. This same principle applies to the events of the end times as well. 
We are already seeing the signs, and many across the world are seeing the persecution that attends them, as Jesus foretold. We in this nation are not yet being persecuted to death, but we are seeing that Christians are being blamed for many of the ills being sighted by those who call themselves "Progressives", because, unfortunately, Christians seem to be supporting ungodly things. In America, we still have the liberty to practice our faith, but what are we doing with that liberty? We are not here to support either a Republican or Democratic political agenda, but a Godly, Biblical, Christ-like agenda.
Innocent people, like our son, Sean Stevenson, are being murdered, and no justice is coming forth. We, the people of God, need to call sin, sin and evil, evil, in these things. Is there a greater abomination before God than child murder? Yet many in the Church support it. The prophets and Jesus warned all, including religious leadership, regarding this compromise of truth saying, "Woe unto you...". Considering all of these things, are we shocked to see judgment and catastrophes fall?
The people of God need to pray, confess their sins, and turn from their wicked ways before God, so He will hear from heaven and heal our land (2 Chron. 7:14).

*The above is based upon the 8/30/20 message to the Church from Dr. Kenneth Stevenson. 

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior: Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Inscribe my name in the Lamb's book of life. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.
 

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Sukkot 2018: Final Fall Feast

  

 

In the beginning, Elohim, God in plurality, created all things in six days. On the seventh day, He rested. God would spend His Sabbath rest walking in the cool of the Garden, fellowshipping with His most wonderful creation, man. Man, unlike anything else He created, was made after Elohim's own likeness, and filled with His own breath. Man broke the possibility of that continuing fellowship as he chose to sin, and turn away from his Creator.

God, through His prophet Moses, called Israel to yearly holy assemblies, or Feasts of the LORD. The last of the fall feasts was the joyous Sukkot, or Tabernacles. It was through this feast in the seventh month, on the seventh day, lasting seven days, that God made a prophetic oath that He and man would again have the intimate Sabbath rest and joyful fellowship together that was once shared in the Garden. Through these fall feasts, the LORD sounded the trumpets of Yom Teruah to gather the people to attention. He called the people to ten days of self-examination, and to a day of atonement, Yom Kippur, for the sprinkling of the blood offering of reconciliation in order to prepare for Sukkot, Tabernacles, when the LORD would once again walk and dwell among them. All of the feasts of the LORD are to be kept forever, by all generations.

Ever since the days of Moses, the prophets have reminded Israel, through their darkest days and into the coming days of great tribulation, that God has not forgotten His promise of tabernacle with man. Let's follow that promise through the generations:

"And I will set my tabernacle amongst you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and ye shall be my people. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright."   Lev. 26:11-13

The LORD will do all in His power to keep His promise of the glory of tabernacle with men.

As the people of God were sent into exile, Jeremiah prophesied the return of the people to the land, which we are seeing fulfilled in this generation today, with a reminder of the oath of tabernacle:

"Behold, I will gather them out of all countries...and I will bring them again into this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: and they shall be my people, and I shall be their God. And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them...that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with my whole soul."

                                                                                                           Jer. 32:37-41

God's unbreakable oath of tabernacle ensured that the people would be brought back to the land, no matter where they had been forced to go. This was a prophetic promise that they could rely upon to see them through a most difficult time.

As Ezekiel prophesied a great war that will come upon Israel, which the rabbis call the Tishri War, the prophet reminds the people of the promise of tabernacle with God:

"Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore."   Ezek. 37:26-28

This prophetic reminder of God's oath for tabernacle with His people is the very covering that will cause His people to survive the coming calamity of the attack of many nations against them (see Ezek. 38-39). The description of that new temple that will exist among God's people begins in Ezekiel 40. As the exact nations prophesied by Ezekiel line up against Israel today, the fulfillment of the prophesy could occur at any moment. This same promise appears from the prophet Zechariah as he prophesies that all nations will come up against Jerusalem. The LORD Himself will fight. His foot will touch the Mount of Olives and the mount will be split. This is recognized as the promised returning Messiah, whom the people will see and mourn as an only son, as the One whom they have pierced (Zech. 12:10). As the people see this appearing, and experience this great trial by fire, again at the hands of the nations, the LORD makes a tabernacle promise:

"...they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God."   Zech. 13:9

Not only will Israel tabernacle with God, but ALL of the nations which fought against Jerusalem will be required to come up to Jerusalem to worship the King (the Messiah, Jesus) and observe the Feast of Tabernacles. If they refuse to come, they will receive no rain (Zech. 14:16-17). The LORD will keep His promise of tabernacle with men by any and all means.

In Rev. 21, the New Jerusalem, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, comes down from God out of heaven. A great voice out of heaven is heard 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."  v. 2-3

The prophetic promise of tabernacles is present from Genesis to Revelation.

David, declaring the tabernacle hope that lived in his heart, is also telling us what should be in our hearts:

"One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock...When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek."    Ps. 27:4-5, 7

As with all of the other feasts of the LORD, our Messiah, our Savior, is woven inseparably within Sukkot, Tabernacles, as we can see in the scriptures. The great fulfillment of Sukkot, began as Jesus, the Word made flesh, first dwelled and walked among men, and as He then sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in and among those who believe and become a living temple. Ultimately, He will bring Tabernacles to the whole earth as the returning Messiah King. He will fulfill the unbreakable oath of His Father to His creation, man. As the signs declare, it could be at any moment. Are you prepared? Have you heard the warning trumpets, examined yourself, and applied the blood of the sacrificed Son for your atonement and reconciliation with God? Does the hope of the glorious promise of Tabernacles live within your heart as it did in David's heart? If not, you still have time to receive and prepare, but that time grows short. God will keep His oath to joyfully tabernacle with men.

 

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior:Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.