October 12: Celebrate Yeshua!
Each of the celebrations of the Lord commemorates an event in Israel’s history. They also have their ultimate fulfillment in Yeshua.
October 12, 2020
Each of the celebrations of the Lord commemorates an event in Israel’s history. They also have their ultimate fulfillment in Yeshua.
As we complete the yearly cycle of the celebrations our focus is drawn to the finality of history and the eternal Kingdom of God. But until that day the celebrations remind us of the goodness and faithfulness of God.
Today the Jewish people have added another component to the feast called “Rejoicing of the Torah” שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה (simchat torah). To commemorate the completion of the daily reading of the Torah, there is a celebration in the local synagogue and the Rabbi dances with the Torah scroll offering it to the people to kiss.
Tonight at sundown the weekly holiday of Sabbath begins. This Sabbath we can look forward to the ultimate rest which the Feast of Tabernacles pointed to.
Two unique features characterize the Feast of Tabernacles:
Great joy. Three times God says to rejoice.
Number of sacrifices
Tabernacles (Sukkot) is the last of the pilgrim festivals, the celebration of the final in-gathering. Therefore we see its prophetic significance as the in-gathering of all the nations, to Jerusalem and to the Lord.
Eventually the prophets combined the two symbols of God’s presence (light and water) and applied them to the Feast of Tabernacles in the Millennial Kingdom.
Yeshua celebrated the feast of Tabernacles and used symbols of light and water to declare who He was – Israel’s Good Shepherd.
Water was crucial during Israel’s journey, first the parting of the Sea and then as they trudged through the desert.
There was a full moon the day Israel left Egypt. But the pillar of fire of God gave them light and protection.
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