Tabernacles, Accidentally

On the first night of our first Annual Conference, I preached on the exiles coming home in Ezra chapter 3. In the course of the sermon, I noted that we were starting Annual Conference at the beginning of the Seventh month; Rosh Hashannah, and that 15 days later would start Sukkot, or Tabernacles, sometimes called Booths, because of the tents the Israelites would reside in during that feast, as a reminder of wandering in the wilderness. It comes at the end of the harvest in the Holy Land. I suggested it might be cool to have Annual Conference at Tabernacles, and for us to camp out. We could remember our Exodus and be thankful for how God has brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey.

Anyway… Nadia’s Fall Break was coming up, and we had planned on running over to grandma’s in Illinois for a couple days, which due to some exhaustion turned into a few more days to get some rest.

Jessie and I bought a tent, and we wanted to try it out. We figured it would be a good opportunity to do so on the farm. Then it hit me, it’s Tabernacles. I have been thinking it would be good for a church to look into the Feasts, to find the spiritual significance and strength in them. I am not celebrating Tabernacles with a bunch of knowledge going in; I am looking to learn by doing along with study.

It has already been a good time of rest these past few days. I have read Numbers through Ruth. It is the harvest season here in Illinois. There are constant visuals of God’s amazing blessing of America.

It’s interesting that Passover and Pentecost are part of Christian worship, but not Tabernacles. There is a lot to look into, a lot to learn.