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Sukkot (Booths) - The Feast of Tabernacles or Booths
"The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord. On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it." - Leviticus 23:34 Just as Passover is a profound beginning to the yearly cycle of Biblical Feasts, so Sukkot brings each year to a powerful conclusion in the Tabernacle of the Lord. "Sukkot" means "Booths", and refers to the booths or sukkahs that the Children of Israel dwelled in during the journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. Sukkot is known as the Feast of Tabernacles because it refers to these temporary dwelling places in the wilderness, surrounding the Tabernacle of the Lord in the midst of His people. As God instructed us in Leviticus, today people all over the world dwell in booths for seven days during the Feast of Sukkot. It's a significant experience commemorating the journey from slavery in Egypt, to freedom and the Promised Land. It's a time of reflection upon the not so distant journey from the slavery of sin, to freedom in the Messiah. A journey of protection and empowerment by the dwelling, or tabernacling Presence of the Lord; and a journey that reminds us, we hold this Eternal Treasure - Yeshua, Jesus Christ - in earthen vessels; temporary dwellings of flesh and bone. Sukkot is a week of great celebration because Sukkot reminds us that God not only dwells among us, but within us! The Prophet Isaiah calls Him "Immanuel" - a Name which means "God With Us to Save" (Isaiah 7). Sukkot reminds us that the Lord is with us; that He is returning to tabernacle among us for 1000 years, and that He is establishing His Kingdom on the earth, as it is in heaven. "à and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:33)
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