My family just returned from celebrating the Feast of Sukkot or Ingathering this year. This is our celebration of the birth of the Messiah and the return of the King to tabernacle with us. It is a Feast in which we are commanded by God to be joyful:
Deuteronomy 16:13-15 (NASB)
13 “You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; 14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns. 15 Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
It is a Feast for all Israel including the stranger, the orphan, and the widow. If you do a search for it on Google, you will see it labeled as a Jewish Holiday. That is not correct according to Scripture. It is celebrated by Jews today, but it is a Hebrew holiday intended for all that are included in the commonwealth of Israel (Ephesians 1).
It was a wonderful time of communion with the Messiah and with the people of Israel. Our camp had almost 60% first-timers this year and this led to an amazing spirit of charity throughout the camp. I took over duties as the leader of the Washroom Warriors in charge of all bath houses and port-o-potties. I never lacked for volunteers the entire time and it was a blessing to serve the camp in that capacity. My buddy actually had to turn help away for kitchen clean up because he had too many volunteers. The entire camp truly understood loving their neighbor as themselves and the joy of putting others before themselves.
Sukkot is a Feast of joy and is the one vacation my family takes all year. My kids look forward to it the entire year and have a blast while they are there. We camped in a tent the entire time save the last day when we were blessed with the use of a travel trailer the night it rained cats and dogs. It went too fast and we can't wait till next year.
Celebrating the biblically given Feast of YHVH are truly joyful for our family. They are given by YHVH and not some pagan festival covered over by the church where you spend the whole time explaining that what matters is what you are celebrating in your heart.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?
10 “I, the LORD, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
It is a Feast for all Israel including the stranger, the orphan, and the widow. If you do a search for it on Google, you will see it labeled as a Jewish Holiday. That is not correct according to Scripture. It is celebrated by Jews today, but it is a Hebrew holiday intended for all that are included in the commonwealth of Israel (Ephesians 1).
It was a wonderful time of communion with the Messiah and with the people of Israel. Our camp had almost 60% first-timers this year and this led to an amazing spirit of charity throughout the camp. I took over duties as the leader of the Washroom Warriors in charge of all bath houses and port-o-potties. I never lacked for volunteers the entire time and it was a blessing to serve the camp in that capacity. My buddy actually had to turn help away for kitchen clean up because he had too many volunteers. The entire camp truly understood loving their neighbor as themselves and the joy of putting others before themselves.
Sukkot is a Feast of joy and is the one vacation my family takes all year. My kids look forward to it the entire year and have a blast while they are there. We camped in a tent the entire time save the last day when we were blessed with the use of a travel trailer the night it rained cats and dogs. It went too fast and we can't wait till next year.
Celebrating the biblically given Feast of YHVH are truly joyful for our family. They are given by YHVH and not some pagan festival covered over by the church where you spend the whole time explaining that what matters is what you are celebrating in your heart.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?
10 “I, the LORD, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
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