on the feast of tabernacles or sukkot god instructed his people to build temporary
shelters or sukkot as they're called in hebrew it reminds us of the temporary nature of life and it
points to the world to come the dwelling of god is among men and he shall tabernacle among them they
shall be his people and god himself shall be among them and be their god i want to welcome you to
another special episode of pod for israel in the holidays and we're gonna jump into sukkot okay so
the feast of tabernacles and we've been kind of going through this interesting i mean again for
me it's a new perspective it's something i haven't seen this uh this way in the
way yeah we started we started we started with trumpets and could it be that yeshua's physical
return of our messiah when he comes the clouds of heaven it stays yeah and sticks around
we know there's going to be trumpets anyway yeah that we know for sure it says revelations there's
lots of different trumpets but this is the that that final trumpet where he comes physically it's
also a day that no one knows even the rabbis don't know the rabbis are having a hard time even in the
holiday it's obscured there's all these sort of layers it's beautiful then we went into yom kippur
yeah the day of atonement which is also kind of judgment day sentencing day you could say
verdict the verdict is read and for anyone who is proclaimed not guilty this is the best day
you've ever had for those who are proclaimed guilty the worst day you've ever had but for
us in faith it's it's not a somber day it's a day of rejoicing because we trust and behind the work
and finished work of the high priest exactly in the finished work of yeshua so now though we're
to sukkot yes four days after four days after yom kippur again we're looking to these events do they
happen on the exact time maybe maybe not but it is happening in the order i think if we look at
any eschatological view we'll see that these things as they're spoken of in revelation and
through the prophets they're actually happening in the order that these festivals are coming
so now we're in sukkot or the feast of tabernacles what insights does tabernacles give us into the
torah for the future to come yeah and by the way the the even the word itself sukkot
why do we why do why why was israel commanded to celebrate this holiday in remembrance of the
the redemption from egypt yeah a redemption and sitting in the desert sitting under the sukkah
under the tabernacle yeah it says in the in exodus the 12th chapter it says that after they left
egypt they they went to a place even the place was called sukhotha sukkot tabernacle yeah so they
were in the under a tabernacle in a place called they call the place tabernacle right because god
god knew that even when they would would take possession of the land eventually that that
he would want them to remember this in the past so all these festivals they have a remembrance
element of remembering the salvation that god you know did for our forefathers but also forecasting
forecasting looking forward for the future so it's it's both past present and future we're
remembering and we're looking forward to so on the feast of tabernacles or sukkot god instructed his
people to build temporary shelters or sukkot as they're called in hebrew it reminds us of
the temporary nature of life and it points to the world to come we look back to the tents that our
fathers dwelt in the wilderness like you said but it's also interesting to think of the time
after the great tribulation so think about it go along these plagues the wars just think of
it i mean read through uh some of the prophets of isaiah and so forth um and also in revelation we
see it's uh it's pretty bad pretty bad whoever's left over then oh man it's a tough it's a tough
deal i don't think that the the ritz carlton is going to stand we want the king david hotel
will not be a five star any longer okay um but but basically just think of it i was just like kind of
pondering this and like hey just in the context of as we read this like the land's pretty decimated
as god leads all these captives back home again isaiah speaks about how as the messiah returns
he's leading he's leading the children of israel back from the far reaches of the middle east
all these things happened the wars and threats and plagues
they took off everywhere you know and so so you know there's another aliyah yet to come and
uh it's it's horrible though events that lead to necessitating such aliyah but they're coming back
from all over the place he's leading them back to the land and so you know these temporary dwellings
is what they come back to after this exile yes it's kind of interesting to look at that
by the way you know and it says in the desert they were they were commanding this this holiday
sukkot tabernacle god tabernacled with his people yeah in the desert yeah so so god
made the tabernacle for himself in the in the oil in that in in the tent of meeting you know
so god was turbulent even then even before we read in john that god took a form of flesh even
before that we know that god tabernacled himself with the people of israel and had a journey with
them for 40 years until until he brought them to the promised land and you know like uh as we've
discussed on a bunch of different podcasts and times past there's there's some rabbinic
tradition that's like wow it's really beautiful some of it you gotta you have to use discernment
as we kind of dig through some of this stuff yeah but some of the interesting things to me
is like even looking at the sukkah you have uh a kosher sukkah according to the rabbis has only
one entrance yes there's only one door there's only one way into the to the wedding festival you
can't come any other way and so i mean i kind of look at what did yeshua say i'm the door i'm the
one there's only one way there's only one way you can't get into the wedding festival but through
and when you lift up your skies you have you have to you lift up your eyes you have to see the stars
yeah yeah so you have to lift up your eyes yeah if you shingle your roof in it's not a kosher sukkah
you gotta have you gotta have some holes which uh you know here in israel we don't have rain so much
during that time uh but in other parts it might be a little harrowing but um yeah so they were to to
uh build these temporary dwellings but the sukkot celebrations foreshadows what we call the wedding
festival of the lamb the great celebration of victory in the messianic age so i mean
again if you put it in the timeline of okay this happens this happens and this happens
we see kind of this after the judgment there's a joyous feasting in the sukkah we also remember in
nehemiah it describes ezra there was national repentance and you know after yom kippur
they were reading more and they were like and this shows you how much they were like you you could
say babes in the word of god because they were like discovering this fresh and new here you know
ezra's reading through and then they get to the point of of in the torah where it describes sukkot
the tabernacles and they're like hey let's go build some sukkahs let's go build some tabernacles
and they run off into the woodlands and cut down branches and and and they said it was the greatest
most joyous feast of celebration and again again you said that word and it's interesting that you
use the joy because it's the only holiday in the torah and we and we see it in in deuteronomy the
16th chapter when it says you shall be happy and joyful in this holiday it says it twice
twice for the for the holiday of sukkot of tabernacle the only holiday but it's there's
a command to be happy be happy be joyful exactly this is my commandment okay but but you know
further into this whole wedding festival of the lamb we see even even the rabbis speak about this
as the sages say with the cloud of ahupa and with the shadow of asuka israel will commune with their
god has a connotation for a wedding right okay let me describe so when a traditional jewish
wedding you have what's called a chupa and it's a temporary like a sukkah it's a temporary little
shelter yes usually with kind of the ability to see through it and it's got four posts and
and you kind of overshadow the bride and groom so that's a traditional jewish wedding has this
uh huppah okay and it's the bridal covering okay and it's supposed to symbolize god's covering
of this marriage but also the sages they're also saying that this sukkah is a hoopa for us
exactly it's god's hoopa to us it's it's his wedding covering for us how beautiful is that yes
and marriage is a covenant right marriage exactly is a covenant in in jewish thinking yeah again you
know i hope you guys have gotten this that this is not just some cold contract with a god of
you know religion and religious duties and rights no no this is a wedding this is a relationship
this is something god's looking for a relationship with mankind and so he speaks of this ultimate
wedding and end time in matthew 22 and also revelation chapter 21 pulling back the curtain on
the best and most joyous wedding feast humanity will ever know he says behold the dwelling of
god is among men and he shall tabernacle among them they shall be his people and god himself
shall be among them and be their god amen and and john as we as as we mentioned earlier john in the
first chapter of his gospel in verse 14 it says that when the word was the word was flesh and
tabernacle john uses the same word tabernacle among us as he uses in revelation god tabernacle
among us through yeshua yeah so i mean unlike the feast of unleavened bread or the feast of passover
which we know is seven days long this holiday lasts for eight days which symbolizes going
beyond completion into eternity overflowing right yeah resurrection and a new beginning so again you
know as we see these numbers have certain biblical themes and and foreshadowings uh the eight days uh
symbolizes eternity so this this wedding is not just a temporary gig you know yeah and by the way
we in the baby tradition they start reading the torah all over again in the the last day of sukkot
right so it's called simchatura the joy rewind the joy of the word of god yeah the word of the
god tabernacle right and again it's a beautiful thing you'll see all through israel and parks
and stuff you'll see the rabbis dancing with the scrolls and they'll be jumping up and down having
a great big party it's a beautiful time so just to recap we started with with yom to ah right the
beginning of repentance when yeshua we said yeshua could be returning then then yom kippur you said
the verdict after 10 days and then four days later there's the feast the joyful the joyful wedding
yeah right so we're and we're talking about that holiday tabernacle four days after yom kippur
all these festivals continued to be celebrated in the messianic kingdom to come
in fact this isn't just a one-time gig that you know we just do this thing and then that's over
zechariah 14. exactly zechariah speaks of that in the age of messiah all nations will come up each
year to jerusalem to present offerings to god so clearly you know i know that there are certain uh
groups of christians from all over the world that will come and celebrate the feast of tabernacles
but this is not fulfilled yet of course that's all great it's a foreshadowing of things yet to come
we're speaking that all all nations will come up each year to jerusalem to present offerings to god
and there's a blessing and a curse those who do not the that they don't if they
don't send ambassadors if they don't send a delegation what does it say in zechariah
there'll be no rain in their land so there's kind of a judgment for for those who would you know
in the in that uh messianic kingdom the the thousand year reign there's a judgment for those
who don't obey them of course well what if i'm not even a part of that what if i'm you know uh
just taken away to heaven or something like that it doesn't i you know i see all this is relevant
because god is teaching us through it so whether we're there for that or not it doesn't matter what
it is is seeing the beauty of god i guess also seeing how these prophecies and these scriptures
are intertwined together and to tell us the same story and it's the appointed times of the lord
right yeah the important feasts of the lord so it of course it must be important for every believer
so the glory of this kingdom is being celebrated in sukkot as well as the reconciliation of the
nations as ancient enemies become grafted into the family amen isaiah 19 speaks of the day of the
lord that there will be a highway from egypt to syria assyrians will go to egypt and the egyptians
to assyria and that they'll worship together and that day israel will be the third along with
egypt and assyria a blessing on the earth the lord almighty will bless them saying blessed be egypt
my people assyria my hand you work and israel my inheritance amen what a beautiful scripture
i mean especially i mean right now you know if you go to syria you're not going to be accepted
it's a one-way place for egypt is also dangerous for us as well it's not necessarily
the best friends down there um but god speaking of a day that that the nations are coming together
you know it's also kind of traditional at least inside of our family we we try to cook dishes
from ethiopia from we bring chinese food we do you know all sorts of inside those all over the world
we try to get all these different dishes from all over the world and
celebrate like the nations bringing their food and of course hey what's a good holiday without food
it's beautiful because for us as a family like we remember that all the nations will come amen and
and bring their best to the king and becoming one new man yeah the tabernacle of david being said
you can see hints for that even even today when muslims are are coming coming to faith in yeshua
we see we see the love for the jewish people from all over the world we see it in small in a small
it's like again foreshadowing what will happen in big time right so again you know whether
whether this is happening in this timeline or in our lifetime it doesn't matter what
view you hold on the timing we all agree that our last moment here on earth is the beginning of our
eternity we look to these events with expectation you know as it's even our forefathers in the past
are the apostles said you know even so lord come quickly you know like let's join in with john in
that and that call to lord maranatha and and again just just remind our listeners all over the world
why do we why should they even care we talked about the day of trumpet we talked about uh yom
kippur 10 days after the verdict yeah we talked and and and then we're talking about sukkot why
why should why should somebody even care for okay that's jewish festivals just traditions but
what do i care well why should why should we care because it's the story of salvation and we can see
inside of this the story of god's final redemption you know we see that through passover but we also
see that you know in in other words in the spring holidays but we also see it in the fall holidays
god is trying to tell us through every way just think of of the efforts that he's gone through
to share with us this great good news this gospel
think of the efforts throughout history like think of even how he penned
through historical fact the story of ancient israel for you to hear it today think of how
privileged we are to be in this time to hear these words of fulfillment right and to see
even the state of israel being fulfilled today so really again guys as we said in the last episodes
if you haven't stepped into a relationship with him don't delay take action now if you haven't
taken that faith journey with us let's join let's join in join in with binay israel we're grafted in
and he's inviting us to the wedding feast so let's come so our joy would be perfect in in
tabernacle right so we can really celebrate and be joyful on that holiday together hey
and for us we've taken that faith journey we can join uh with the heart cry of the early apostles
maranatha come lord yeshua your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven amen
you