Joyous
Holy Day Greetings from HomeWorship 101™
“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, the LORD of hosts,
and
to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”
–
Zechariah 14:16
Humanity
is entering the final acts
of our CREATOR’S grand spiritual opera and it begins on the 15th day
of the 7th Biblical month. These
last two Holy Days have such wonderful spiritual symbolism and it is a
real tragedy that their meanings have been hidden all these centuries
– even most of the Jewish world has forgotten their true meanings.
Sometime in the future it is on these last two Holy Days that
humanity will finally enjoy their Covenant rewards, and it
begins on the 15th day of the 7th Biblical month (Monday, Oct.5).
In English it is known as the Holy Days of Tabernacles, called
in Hebrew, Hag Ha-Sukkot (Lev.23:33-44).
On the 8th day of the Tabernacles Festival (Monday, Oct.12), is
the last Holy Day called the Last Great Day, Hebrew. Sheimini
Atzert, (Lev.23:36). They
are combined to be the most joyous time of the year.
It is an 8-Day festival, a time to be merry, and give thanks.
Rejoice! Dance!
Be Happy! HalleluYAH!
We are under our FATHER'S protection and our reward is at hand!
“Rejoice
in the Lord, O you righteous!
For
praise from the upright is beautiful.
Praise
the Lord with the harp;
make
melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
Sing
to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.”
–Psalm
33:1-3
Generally
YHWH’s Holy Days are home worship events,
in ancient Jerusalem the faithful might have paid their respects at
the Temple, but afterwards they continued their worship at home with
family and friends. This
Holy Day week is different, here, we go out into the streets and
rejoice with the community. Sometime
in the future after the return of the Messiah, it will be a weeklong
global block party - as the whole world will honor YHWH and Yahshua.
“And
behold, I am coming quickly,
and
My reward is with Me,
to
give to every one according to his work.”
-
Revelation 22:12
In
the beginning of YHWH’s year He showed us His Ancient Path and we
have made the commitment to walk it.
At
times we may stumble and go off the Path,
but our caring FATHER shows us the way back.
In spite of the trials and tribulations we have held fast to
YHWH, walked the Path, and at the last Holy Day, the Day of Atonement,
we paid our tolls to YHWH. Now
YHWH’s toll gate is lifted and we will finish our spiritual journey.
It is time to rejoice because our “reward’ is near.
There are many references in Scriptures of our eventual
“rewards” for keeping the faith and heeding YHWH’s Commands, but
did you ever stop to consider just exactly what our reward would be
like? Many simply say our
reward is getting into Heaven or YHWH’s Kingdom.
Yes that is true but what is Heaven really like?
Will we be in some heavenly place singing praises to our
CREATOR for eternity? Or
will we be dancing in the clouds with angels for an eternity?
Reflect on it for a while, and if you are courageous enough to
consider some outside-the-box ideas, log on to my web page “The
Ruling Messiah” for a thought provoking, prophetic chronicle of the
Messiah’s Millennium Kingdom (which is also a shadow of things to
come of YHWH’s Kingdom): http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c11b_ruling_messiah.htm
"Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching
and admonishing one another
in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
-
Colossians
3:16
The
Tabernacles Holy Days
are a time to rejoice because it teaches us about two promised Kingdom
rewards. Sometime in the
future, almost tomorrow, our first Kingdom reward is when the
Millennium Kingdom of the Messiah begins.
After the thousand-year reign of the Messiah, the second
Kingdom reward is when YHWH’s promised eternal Kingdom begins.
The seven days of the Tabernacles Festival and the Last Great
Day, on the eight-day, is actually a two-stage spiritual lesson.
The first stage is when we are under a temporary Divine
protection for a short time (7 Days), while earthly preparations are
being made, and the second-stage is the 8th Day is when we
physically enter our reward – our new life in the Kingdom.
It
has always been believed
that during the fall season of Holy Days all the spiritual decisions
for the following year are made.
It is also believed that YHWH releases special favors, and
answers prayers during this season.
In the spring, the Holy Days officially began on the 15th
day of the 1st month as YHWH supernaturally protected
ancient Israel in their exodus out of the evil Egyptian empire and
took them to the “new promised land.”
He saved their physical flesh, their body, their soul,
and here on the 15th day of the 7th month, YHWH
saves our spirits. All
our prayers are answered as the faithful finally leave this evil world
behind, and take their first steps into the promised Kingdom while
under YHWH’S supernatural protection – YHWH keeps HIS Covenants.
Most
know that sending the Messiah
(the innocent lamb, who would be the redeemer to cancel the debt of
sin) was one of YHWH’s original Covenant promise.
Isn’t it a coincidental date that on the 15th day
of the 1st month (Days of Unleavened Bread), Yahshua
exactly fulfilled His mission as the suffering
Messiah when He was put to death and buried.
Now here on the 15th day of the 7th month
Yahshua will fulfill His role as the conquering
Messiah when He ushers in the Millennium Kingdom of peace - YHWH
keeps HIS Covenants.
(It is interesting to note, the 7th unit of time is also
considered Divine. The seventh day is a Sabbath. The
seventh year is a Sabbath
year. Seven times
seven years, is a Jubilee year. Is
it a coincidental date that the seventh millennium is a Sabbath
millennium under YHWH’s Messiah, Yahshua?)
“And
it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth
do
not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,
on
them there will be no rain.
If
the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in,
they
shall have no rain;
they
shall receive the plague
with
which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up
to
keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
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.”
–
Zechariah 14:17-19
Critical
thinking is a lost art. Oftentimes
when I talk about the Biblical Holy Days, many people look at me a
little puzzled and ask, “aren’t those the Jewish holidays, what
does it have to do with us?”
It is the preprogrammed – knee jerk - response from most of
the Christian world because their leadership teaches that the Old
Testament is for the Jews and the New Testament is for the Christians
- they couldn't be further from the truth.
The above Bible verse clearly states that during the
Millennium Kingdom of the Messiah, a-l-l the nations of the world will
celebrate the Holy Days of Tabernacles – not just the Jews.
(One would think, since the Bride
will be the Messiah’s helper during the Millennium that they would
know more about it – but Satan has been busy.)
As a matter of fact, this Holy Day is so important to the
Messiah that if the nations do not come to Jerusalem to honor it then
there will be dire consequences.
What does that mean you might wonder.
It doesn’t mean that Yahshua will send in the military jets
and bombers, the Messiah has the power to control nature and He will
simply stop the rain, and bring some very uncomfortable plaques on
them. Then people will
become unhappy and they will want their leadership to comply with the
Messiah’s requests.
Sir
Isaac Newton,
a
great scientist and a student of prophecy stated:
“About
the time of the end,
a
body of men will be raised up
who
will turn their attention to the prophesies
and
insist upon their literal interpretation
in
the midst of much clamor and opposition.”
Many
folks hear me and wonder,
is it courage or naiveté
to put myself out there and kindle what I hope will be constructive
debate. My
focus is intellectual honesty, not defense of tradition (Act.17:11).
What I mean by that is that some traditions are good, and some
are wrong and need correction. But
that doesn’t mean we all must march in formation.
YHWH
calls HIS
people to unity, not uniformity, and the Holy Days of Tabernacles are
a good example.
Today this example is played out by the International
Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
They sponsor an annual Tabernacles parade through the streets
of Jerusalem in which many nations participate.
To see the variety of colorful ethnic costumes, flags, and
people, is a beautiful thing to behold.
The idea is that we all celebrating the same Holy Day, but we
all bring our unique cultural style and prayers to the event.
Spiritually,
it is about time to let intellectual honesty prevail and
agree that all the Holy Days listed in Leviticus ch.23 are universal;
as I have outlined all year, their spiritual depth is undeniable, and
they are more then just Jewish tradition – they light our Ancient
Path. If we watch these
annual Holy Days we see their multilevel interlocking
spiritual lessons pointing to YHWH’S
Kingdom. We acknowledge
the Holy Days out of respect to our CREATOR.
And sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, Yahshua will be teaching
a-l-l humanity their higher spiritual lessons.
Understanding the lessons will bring humanity peace.
Peace of the mind, peace of the heart, peace
for the growth of the spirit, peace in our house, peace
in our communities, and peace in our nations.
"...I
am God, and there is none like Me.
Declaring the end from the beginning.
And
from ancient times
things
that are not yet done..."
-
Isaiah 46:9-10
I
often say, one cannot fully understand prophecy
until one learns YHWH's Holy Days, because the Holy Days teach us
prophecy and YHWH’s Heavenly designed prophetic timetable
affecting the entire world. If we learned our Holy Day lessons
correctly, the Passover season teaches us about our CREATOR’S peace
and protection - if we accept it.
The Feast of Pentecost teaches us about our CREATOR’S
knowledge and power - we should respect it.
And now the prophetic season of Tabernacles
teaches us about our CREATOR’S rest - if we want to keep it.
All
of YHWH’s prophetic spiritual lessons come together
in this early-fall Holy Day season.
The first prophetic promise YHWH made to Adam and Eve (and
a-l-l humankind), was of a future Messiah, and the prophecies are
fulfilled in this Holy Day season beginning on the Day of Trumpets.
Many of the faithful miss the fact that the spiritual symbolism
of Yahshua/Jesus is much richer in this Holy Week then the winter
Christmas season. To
begin with, scholarly studies point to this time period as the actual
time of Christ’s birth, and a Biblical hint is given in John 1:14.
In the verse, the
word dwelt is derived from the Hebrew word tabernacle.
Some Bible translations will read “...and tabernacles
among us.” Christ’s-mass
is really during this Tabernacles week!
The
prophecies of the suffering Messiah became history
when they were fulfilled in the life of Yahshua during the spring
season of Holy Days. On
the first day of this Holy Day season, the Day of Trumpets teaches the
heart that can see, to await His return as the conquering
Messiah. And on the
Day of Atonement, the righteous-faithful need not fear the Messiah's
Judgment of the Nations, or YHWH'S Judgment of a-l-l humanity on the
universal Day of 'Reckoning' at the end times (Rev.20:6).
“Now
I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…”
-
Revelation 21:1
The
prophetic hope of the faithful will finally be realized
during these Days of Tabernacles.
Sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, humanity will be under
the protection of YHWH'S Anointed One, as He renews and prepares the
earth for planetary peace, protection, and rest, for 1,000 years.
This is generally known as the Millennium Kingdom of the
Messiah (Rev.20:4). And
sometime in the future, after the 1,000 years are finished, a-l-l
humanity surviving YHWH'S Great White Throne Judgment, will enter into
HIS supernatural protection while the Earth is being cleansed from the
curse of sin (Rev.21:1).
The
Tabernacles protection is temporary
while permanent arrangements are made.
To symbolize this, observant
Jews worship in temporary structures called Sukkots.
It is something like a little “lean-to” built outside
against a wall of the house, or in backyards or patios, and it looks a
little like the nativity manger.
The Sukkot is decorated in a fun and festive, organic
atmosphere. They are
built of tree branches and palm leaves.
The inside is decorated party-style, with a small table and
some chairs or large pillows to relax on after dancing hard in the
streets.
~
The Last Great Day ~
Behold,
Fireworks Jerusalem Style!
The
last act in our CREATOR’S grand spiritual opera
is on the 8th day of the Tabernacles festival called the Last Great
Day (Lev.23:36), (Friday, Oct. 5).
Knowing that Christ had a 3½ year ministry and was put to
death on Passover, it is believed that He began His ministry with His
stunning proclamation on the last day of this Holy week.
The Apostle
John records in 7:37, “On the last day, that great day of the feast,
Yahshua stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him
come to Me and drink.” Yahshua’s
symbolism was loaded with meaning to the Jews who witnessed it.
The tragedy today is that most in the church haven’t got a
clue. (Log
on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/fyi_two_candles.htm
)
“When
filled with holy truth the mind rests.” —
C.H. Spurgeon
“…and
find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah
6:16 ESV. On this Great
Last Day we will see the Prophet Jeremiah and we will all enter our
“rest” together. This
Last Great Day of the Feast is the day when humanity enters their
Kingdom rewards. In
ancient Jerusalem, the day was celebrated with the spectacular Festival
of Lights emanating from the Temple - it was fireworks Jerusalem
style, and a stunning wonder to behold.
The Holy Day pictures the ‘last day’ of this Earthly
existence under the Curse of Sin.
It is a ‘great day’ because we are beginning a new life.
On this day, under the Messiah, the surviving nations will
return to their lands and humanity will enter the Millennium
Age of the Messiah. And
sometime in the future, after the Millennium rule, a New Jerusalem
will descend to Earth from the Heavens, bringing our FATHER'S Kingdom
back to recreated Earth for eternity (Rev.ch.21-22).
Our CREATOR YHWH, and our Messiah Yahshua, will finally dwell
amongst the creation. We
are immortal! And we are
21 again! What a Great
Day it really is!!!
“…the
holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband.
And
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying,
“Behold,
the tabernacle of God is with men,
and
He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.
God
Himself will be with them and be their God.
And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;
there
shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
There
shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
-
Revelation 21:2-4
Closing
Note: I would just like to take this moment to thank you for all your
emails of support and sharing your stories – it keeps me going.
The
website hits are growing, and the biggest comment I always receive
from readers of my website is that they feel alone in their beliefs,
and happy to finally find someone of like mind.
I know how you feel (and so does YHWH, 1Kng.19:18),
but someday my friends we will celebrate together in Jerusalem.
Here in the western world, it’s not easy to follow the Holy
Days when the rest of the world doesn’t even pay attention or care.
I do not feel superior because I have been called to learn
them, I am humbled by it and I feel sad that the rest of the world
does not appreciate the spiritual wonders that these Holy Days show
us. It has been a long
hard road living in this evil world, but rejoice our spiritual journey
is almost complete.
“If
any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who
gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to
him.”
–
James 1:5
Enjoy
the journey of learning.
>
http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c11b_ruling_messiah.htm
>
http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall.htm
>
http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall_observance.htm
>
Ancient Path http://www.homeworship101.com/NL_2008_01.htm
Please
remember to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and for all those who
stand with Israel (Ps.122).
Wishing
all a joyful Tabernacles blessings.
You
faithful servant in Yahshua, Errol.
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Mueller, chronicler extraordinaire
e-mail: errol@homeworship101.com
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