{"id":1429,"date":"2020-09-29T11:31:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T11:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2020-10-03T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T11:42:15","slug":"getting-ready-for-sukkot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/getting-ready-for-sukkot\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready for Sukkot…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"On the Torah\u2019s calendar, there is a quick transition from the somber time of the Jewish High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur) to the week-long celebration of the festival of Sukkot<\/a> (called \u201cTabernacles\u201d in the Christian tradition). If the High Holidays focus on the LORD as our Creator, our Judge, and the One who atones for our sins, then Sukkot is the time when we joyously celebrate all that He has done for us. Prophetically understood, the seven days of Sukkot picture olam haba, the world to come, and the Millennial Kingdom reign of Mashiach ben David. If Yeshua was born during Sukkot (i.e., conceived during Chanukah, the festival of lights), then another meaning of the “word became flesh and ‘tabernacled with us” (John 1:14) extends to the coming kingdom age, when He will again \u201csukkah\u201d with his people during the time of his reign from Zion.<\/p>\n

Since it represents the time of ingathering of the harvest, Sukkot prophetically prefigures the joyous redemption and gathering of the Jewish people during the days of the Messiah’s reign on earth (Isa. 27:12-13; Jer. 23:7-8). Indeed all of the nations that survived the Great Tribulation will come together to worship the LORD in Jerusalem during the Feast of Sukkot (Zech. 14:16-17). The holiday season therefore provides a vision of the coming Kingdom of God upon the earth, when the Word will again \u201ctabernacle with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The festival of Sukkot is celebrated for seven days (i.e., from Tishri 15-21) during which we “dwell” in a sukkah — a tent or \u201cbooth\u201d of temporary construction, with a roof covering (schach) of raw vegetable matter (i.e., branches, bamboo, etc.). The sukkah represents our dependence upon God\u2019s shelter for our protection and divine providence. We eat our meals in the sukkah and recite a special blessing (leshev Ba-Sukkah) at this time.<\/p>\n

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