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Tabernacles (Sukkot)

The Time of Our Joy

By Norman B. WillisTent Tents

Sukka Sukkot

(Different things)

2The purpose is toremind us of the timewe spent in the wildernesswith Yahweh.

3Passover = Pack your bags, be ready to go.

Pentecost = Receiving instruction

Tabernacles = A picture of life in the millennium (a celebration party).4Torah instructionsvs.Rabbinic traditions5Rabbinical rulings:Orthodox Judaism considers watering plants (even accidentally) a violation of the Sabbath. For this reason, some sources recommend putting flooring down if asukkahis constructed on grass, in case of spilled drinks.6Spring Feasts: (1, 7)Passover 1, ULB 7

Fall Feasts: (7, 1)Sukkot (Tabernacles) 7, Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day) 1

(mirror image of the shadow picture)7Spring Feasts:Passover: Israel stays in their houses for protection from Death Angel

Fall Feasts:Sukkot: Israel dwells in sukkotfor protection from the world8Rabbinical Tradition:

Sukkot appear in Scripturewhenever YHWHs people havejust escaped mortal danger9Esau came out to kill Israel (Jacob)

Breisheet (Genesis) 33:1-233:1 Now Yaakov (Jacob) lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.10Esau came out to kill Israel (Jacob)

Breisheet (Genesis) 33:15-1615 And Esau said, "Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me."But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my adon." 16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.11Breisheet (Genesis) 33:1717 But Jacob journeyed to Sukkot, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Sukkot.(17) | (booths/sukkot used interchangeably)12Rabbinical Tradition:

Israel also dwells in sukkotafter being freed from bondage.

(i.e., sukkot are a place of freedom.)13Shemote (Exodus) 12:36-3836 And YHWH had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. 14Shemote (Exodus) 12:36-3837 Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Sukkot, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. 38 A mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds a great deal of livestock.15Rabbinical Tradition: According to tradition, a sukka:-very flimsy-affords little protection(animals, weather, enemies)

16Jewish Tradition:Purpose of dwelling in sukkot:is to remind us thatYHWH is our only real protection

17Romim (Romans) 8:3131 What then shall we say to these things? If Elohim is for us, who can be against us?

(If YHWH protects us,we are safe in a sukka)18Tehillim (Psalms) 46:146:1 Elohim is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.

19If YHWH is not for us,who cares how strong the fortress?

If YHWH is with us, even a flimsy sukkagives shelter

20Jewish Tradition:Yom Teruah: Judgment (danger)Yom Kippur: Judgment (danger)Sukkot: Israel dwells in a place of safety and freedom(and therefore, rejoicing)

21Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:13-1713 "You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress.

(First tithe)

22Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:13-17 14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. (Third tithe for the poor,Two years in seven)

23The Second Tithe was so the people could go up to Jerusalem three times a year, and buy gifts (make it a joy).

24 TithePurposeFirst TitheSupport PriesthoodSecond TitheFor the People(Travel, Gifts)Third TithePoor, Widow, Orphan(2 years in 7)25Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:15-17 15 Seven days you shall keep a set-apart feast to YHWH your Elohim in the place which YHWH chooses, because YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.26Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:15-17 16 "Three times a year all your males shall appear before YHWH your Elohim in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before YHWH empty-handed.(second tithe pays for the trip)27Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:15-17 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of YHWH your Elohim which He has given you.

(1. Support the priesthood2. Children have fun3. Poor, widows, orphans [years 3, 6])28Tithes are not mandatory in the Renewed Covenant, but the principle isthat we should be eager to helpfurther Yahwehs work.(Great Commission, Fivefold.)29Sukkot: Seven days

Shemini Atzeret: One day

Eight days total30Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4433 Then YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, 34 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Sukkot for seven days to YHWH. 31Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4435 On the first day there shall be a set-apart gathering. You shall do no customary work on it.

(35) 32Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4436 For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to YHWH. On the eighth day you shall have a set-apart gathering, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to YHWH. It is a set-apart assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it. 33Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4437 'These are the feasts of YHWH which you shall proclaim to be set-apart gatherings ( ), to offer an offering made by fire to YHWH, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day, 34Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4438 besides the Sabbaths of YHWH, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to YHWH. 35Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4439 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of YHWH for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.36Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4440 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day;a. the fruit of beautiful trees (etrog), b. branches of palm trees, c. the boughs of leafy trees (myrtle), d. and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim for seven days. 37Rabbinic Interpretationa. the fruit of beautiful trees = etrog, b. branches of palm trees = lulav, c. the boughs of leafy trees = myrtle, d. and willows of the brook = willow

38Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4441 You shall keep it as a feast to YHWH for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 39Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4442 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,

(42) 40Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4443 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am YHWH your Elohim.'" (43) | 41

OT:3427 yashab; a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:42Interpretation:How do we dwell in sukkot?(How do we rest on Shabbat?)43Blowing the shofar: 3 Blow in the New Moon Day a shofar, in the kesehon the day of our pilgrimage feast.

(4) | 44Keseh is disputed:

OT:3677 (keh-seh); apparently from OT:3680;properly, fullness or the full moon, i.e.its festival: KJV - (time) appointed. 45 OT:3680 kacah (kaw-saw'); a primitiveroot; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy*):KJV - cladself, close, clothe, conceal,cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.Compare OT:3780.

(cannot be new moon, because it must be plump)46OT:3780 kasah (kaw-saw'); a primitive root; to grow fat (i.e. be covered with flesh):KJV - be covered. Compare OT:3680.

(so what does this mean?)47Blowing the shofar: 3 Blow in the New Moon Day a shofar, in the plump moon,on the day of our pilgrimage feast.

(4) | 48My Interpretation:Blow the shofarOn the pilgrimage festivalsWhen the moon is plump,(i.e., on Passover and 1 Sukkot)And on the New Moons.

(4) | 49

50Rabbinical Traditions:

Nehemiah 8:13-1813 Now on the second day the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Torah. 51Rabbinical Traditions:

Nehemiah 8:13-1814 And they found written in the Torah, which YHWH had commanded by Moshe, that the children of Israel should dwell in sukkot during the feast of the seventh month, 52Nehemiah 8:13-1815 and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.(different species) 53Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-4440 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day;a. the fruit of beautiful trees (etrog), b. branches of palm trees, c. the boughs of leafy trees (myrtle), d. and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim for seven days. 54Leviticus 23NehemiahFruit of beautiful trees (etrog) Olive branches Branches of palm trees Branches of oil trees Boughs of leafy trees Myrtle branches Willows of the brook Palm branches Branches of leafy trees 55Not exactly right,but better than before(It was an improvement).56Nehemiah 8:13-1816 Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of Elohim, and in the open square of the Water Gate and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim.57Nehemiah 8:13-1817 So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness. 58Nehemiah 8:13-1818 Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a set-apart assembly, according to the prescribed manner.(In accordance with Deuteronomy 31)59Sukkot in wildernessvs.Sukkot in cities60Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-1310 And Moshe commanded them, saying: "At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time (moed)in the year of release (Shemittah), at the Feast of Tabernacles,61Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-1311 when all Israel comes to appear before YHWH your Elohim in the place which He chooses, you shall read this Torah (i.e., Deuteronomy) before all Israel in their hearing. 62Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-1312 Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear YHWH your Elohim and carefully observe all the words of this Torah, 63Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:10-1313 and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear YHWH your Elohim as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.64Ezra read from the Torah:-may indicate that they knew it was a sabbatical year, -or it may have been a random start point.(We dont know.)65Nisuch HaMayim ( ), (or the pouring of the water.)Yochanan (John) 7:37-4137 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink! 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water!" 66Nisuch HaMayim ( ), (or the pouring of the water.)Yochanan (John) 7:37-4139 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Set-apart Spirit was not yet given, because Yeshua was not yet glorified. 67Nisuch HaMayim ( ), (or the pouring of the water.)Yochanan (John) 7:37-4140 Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, "Truly this is the Prophet."41 Others said, "This is the Messiah.68MISHNAH. HE 39 WHO HAS NOT SEEN THE REJOICING AT THE PLACE OF THE WATER-DRAWING HAS NEVER SEEN REJOICING IN HIS LIFE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST FESTIVAL DAY OF TABERNACLES THEY 40 DESCENDED 41 TO THE COURT OF THE WOMEN 42 WHERE THEY HAD MADE A GREAT ENACTMENT.6943 THERE WERE THERE GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS WITH FOUR GOLDEN BOWLS ON THE TOP OF EACH OF THEM AND FOUR LADDERS 44 TO EACH, AND FOUR YOUTHS DRAWN FROM THE PRIESTLY STOCK IN WHOSE HANDS WERE HELD JARS OF OIL CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY LOG WHICH THEY POURED INTO THE BOWLS. 4570FROM THE WORN-OUT DRAWERS AND GIRDLES OF THE PRIESTS THEY MADE WICKS AND WITH THEM THEY KINDLED THE LAMPS; AND 46 THERE WAS NOT A COURTYARD IN JERUSALEM THAT WAS NOT ILLUMINED BY THE LIGHT OF THE PLACE OF THE WATER-DRAWING.MEN OF PIETY AND GOOD DEEDS 47 USED TO DANCE BEFORE THEM71Yochanan (John) 8:1212 Then Yeshua spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."72Sukkot represents us(His temple / body).73Sukkot represents us:

Maasei (Acts) 15:12-1714 Shimon (Kepha) has declared how Elohim at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. 74Maasei (Acts) 15:12-1715 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written [Amos 9:11-12]: 16 'After this I will return, and will rebuild the Tabernacle of David, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up;

(quoting Amos 9:11)75Amos 9:11-1211 "On that day I will raise up the Tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages;I will raise up its ruins,And rebuild it as in the days of old;76Amos 9:11-1212 That they may possess the remnant of Edom [Ishmael], and all the Gentiles [Ephraimites] who are called by My name,"Says YHWH who does this thing.77Ephesim (Ephesians) 2:19-2219 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of Elohim.

Ephesim (Ephesians) 2:2020 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yeshua Messiah Himself being the chief cornerstone,(foundation: singular)

Ephesim (Ephesians) 2:2121 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a set-apart temple in Yahweh, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of Elohim in the Spirit.(one single building)

Well-ordered Temple/House:Evangelists conduct outreach Pastors and teachers serve the peopleFoundation of apostles and prophetsYeshua as the Chief Cornerstone

ProphetApostleProphetApostlePastorPastorPastorTeacherTeacherProphetEvangelEvangelEvangelYeshuaApostleProphetApostleProphetPastorPastorTeacherTeacherTeacherEvangelEvangelFuture Sukkot:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-61 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel, only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach." 82Future Sukkot:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-62 In that day the Branch of YHWH shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped. 83Future Sukkot:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-63 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called set-apart everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 84Future Sukkot:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-64 When YHWH has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, 85Future Sukkot:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-65 then YHWH will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering. 86Future Sukkot:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 4:1-66 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.(6) 87Future Sukkot:

Zechariah 14:16-1916 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, YHWH of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 88Future Sukkot:

Zechariah 14:16-1917 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, YHWH of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 89Future Sukkot:

Zechariah 14:16-1918 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which YHWH strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 90Future Sukkot:

Zechariah 14:16-1919 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 91Future Sukkot:

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 45:2525 "In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he [the prince] shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil." 92The Time of Our Joy:

Luqa (Luke) 2:6-116 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.93The Time of Our Joy:

Luqa (Luke) 2:6-117 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger (sukka), because there was no room for them in the inn. 94Luqa (Luke) 2:6-118 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.9 And behold, a messenger of YHWH stood before them, and the glory of YHWH shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 95Luqa (Luke) 2:6-1110 Then the messenger said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Messiah YHWH.96The Time of Our Joy:

Mattityahu (Matthew) 2:7-127 Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.

97Mattityahu (Matthew) 2:7-128 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also." 98Mattityahu (Matthew) 2:7-129 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.99Hitgalut (Revelation) 21:33 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of Elohim is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. Elohim Himself will be with them and be their Elohim.

100Tabernacles (Sukkot)

The Time of Our Joy

By Norman B. Willis