Newsletter: 2010-11 On the 15th day… A Time To Rejoice \o/ - Feast of Tabernacles

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 (Saturday, Sept. 25, begins on the eve of the 24th). 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 (Saturday, Oct.2), 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.

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 annual Holy Days officially began on the 15^th day of the 1^st 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 15^th day of the 7^th month, YHWH’s Conquering Messiah will save us and keep us under His protection as He makes preparations to have humanity enter the promised land of the Millennium Kingdom. And after the thousand years are finished all our prayers are answered as YHWH will return to save our spirits. While under YHWH’S supernatural protection the Faithful finally leave this evil world behind, after cancelling the curse of sin, YHWH once again renews the face of the earth and the Faithful will take their first steps into the promised Kingdom – YHWH keeps HIS Covenant promises.

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- 1Corinthians 2:9

In the beginning of YHWH’s year He showed us His Ancient “Hebrew” 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 on 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 life in the Messiah’s Millennium Kingdom (which is also a shadow of things to come of YHWH’s Kingdom, whose wonders we can only imagine): http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c11b_ruling_messiah.htm

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 first given to Noah. Isn’t it a coincidental date that on the 15^th day of the 1^st 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 15^th day of the 7^th month Yahshua will fulfill His role as the conquering Messiah when He ushers in the Millennium Kingdom of peace - YHWH keeps HIS Covenant promises. (It is interesting to note, the 7^th 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?)

"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

When one makes the decision to accept our CREATOR-YHWH and have faith in HIM, then one begins their walk with HIM on HIS Ancient Path “crossing over” to HIS Kingdom. The faithful travel on YHWH’s ancient spiritual path when we choose to cross over into His Kingdom because that is where HE shows us HIS power, teaches us about HIS Kingdom and HIS plans for humanity. As I tried to point out in the last two Holy Day newsletters, all the Holy Days of the 7^th month celebrate prophecy as they are loaded with dual prophetic meaning beginning with the conquering Messiah and leading to our final reward, we may learn about them as we walk the Ancient “Hebrew” Path but they are universal in nature. The Holy Days of Tabernacles draws our attention to the soon to fulfilled prophecies of the conquering Messiah and His promised future Millennium Kingdom (Rev.20:1-6). And when the Millennium rule is finished the prophecies show us YHWH’s final Judgment Day and our final reward as we enter our promised eternal life in New Jerusalem (Rev.20:11-15; ch 21-22)

~ The Dual Prophecies of Tabernacles ~

The Tabernacles Holy Days are a time to rejoice because it teaches us about two promised Kingdom rewards – Divine protection and entering our rewards. The seven days of the Tabernacles Festival and the Last Great Day, on the eighth-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 8^th Day is when we physically enter our reward – our new life in the Kingdom.

~ The Conquering Messiah's Divine Protection~

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.”
- Isaiah 11:6

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).

Bigotry, violence and the guns of war will be silenced, as the righteousness and justice of the Messiah’s Millennium Kingdom will finally be experienced in this world. In the aftermath of the Great Tribulation and the terrible Battle of Armageddon there will be an enormous need to rebuild a ravaged planet. When the world is in such turmoil from the past seven years of tribulation, there will be a tremendous amount of work needed to restore the basic essentials of food, water, shelter and psychological reassurance to the people. Yahshua comes to save humanity and protect them while He cleans up the mess of Satan’s planetary war.

Yahshua will change the Earth to accommodate the new civilization. He will lower the mountains, raise the valleys, bring water to the deserts and they will become fertile. The Dead Sea will be alive again and filled with a great multitude of fish (Eze.47:9). He will raise the riches from the oceans (Isa.ch.35). Even the animal kingdom will experience YAHWEH's original peaceful form of nature; “...The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox...” (Isa.65:25). He shall repair the waste cities (Isa.61:4), and He will straighten out the races according to their lands (Isa.27-6; Deu.32:8-9; Act.17:26).

~ YHWH’s Divine Protection ~

“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…”
- Revelation 21:1

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new,” Rev.21:5. 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 – it will be a sight to behold (Rev.21:1).

As I have said, 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 s ukkot 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 Dual Prophecies of 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), (Saturday, Oct. 2). “…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. (Log on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/fyi_two_candles.htm )

~ The Messiah’s Millennium Kingdom ~

“…They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.”
- Isaiah 2:4

On this day, under the Messiah, the surviving nations will return to their lands and humanity will enter the Millennium Age of the Messiah (Rev.20:4). 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 – but soon all the world will drink of Yahshua’s Divine wisdom and the result will be a thousand years of universal prosperity, and happiness (Jer.31:12-14; Jon.10:10; 3Jon.2),

A perfect and just peace will flow from Jerusalem called "the City of Peace" because the Prince of Peace will rule forever (Joe.2:28-29; Isa.2:2-4,19:23-25; Mic.4:1-3.)

~ YHWH’S Eternal Kingdom ~

“…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

Sometime in the future, after the Millennium rule, on this Holy Day 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!!!

~ In Closing… ~

“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 will have 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 like the Romans. 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, the different flags, and variety of 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.

“When filled with holy truth the mind rests.” — C.H. Spurgeon

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 than just Jewish tradition – they light our Ancient “Hebrew” 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, Trumpets, and Atonement, 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!

“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

A personal 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.

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

> Hebrew 101 http://www.homeworship101.com/NL_2010_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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Errol Mueller, chronicler extraordinaire
e-mail: errol@homeworship101.com
website: www.homeworship101.com
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WSC Newsletter 2010-11, posted 09/21/10.

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On the 15th Day... A Time To Rejoice \o/ - Feast of Tabernacles

Joyous Holy Day Greetings from HomeWorship 101™