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Shmeni Atzeret pictures God wanting to be with mankind

Richard Agee
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Shmeni Atzeret (Convocation of the Eighth Day) pictures a just God beyond human understanding. His goal is that all of mankind be with Him. [read more]

God’s three harvest festivals

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Sukkot day 7 — The three great pilgrimage festivals of Israel — Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles — are prophetic of the Day of the LORD harvest of souls, when the divine command goes forth for mankind to stand before God. [read more]

Why did Yeshua quote ‘blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD’ from Psalm 118?

Richard Agee
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Sukkot day 3 — The annual seven-day festival of Tabernacles, סֻכּוֹת Sukkot in Hebrew, is the feast all about the final, great ingathering of people into the Kingdom of God. In the modern world we are living in, there are certain things that Messiah said that are targeted to us and our time. [read more]

Offerings of Sukkot foreshadow God’s change of our hearts

Daniel Agee
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Sukkot day 1 — Symbolism of the various offerings for God’s appointed time of סֻכֹּת Sukkot (Tabernacles) reveals the changes of heart each person and ultimately all nations will bring to God on the Day of the LORD. We are supposed to bring God offerings — everything that we are — in joy, without grumbling or complaining and not expecting anything in return. [read more]

Two weddings and a funeral — Wedding Feast of the Lamb

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Sukkot is a harvest festival, and harvesting involves cutting plant material, separating it from its previous environment on a branch or stalk and starting its journey of transformation to something else. That something else could be decorations for a sukkah, which looks forward to God’s setting up a permanent home for the Kingdom of God on Earth. Today’s we’ll explore two weddings and a funeral found in Scripture. [read more]

Blessings of the statutes and judgments

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Moses’ final words about the “statutes and judgements” have a particular significance for us during Sukkot. There are no amendments to the statutes of God. And we aren’t allowed change or alter God’s judgements. We should read them not to challenge them but to understand them, wrestle with them and apply them to our lives. [read more]

The gospel according to King David

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When we look in the Tanak to find examples of the Messiah, we ususally look to the “good” men in the TaNaK (Torah, Prophets and Writings), men such as Moses, David and Solomon. However, there is an “evil” son of King David whose final hours gives us clues about the life, death and resurrection of the Messiah. The clues of the final hours of Absalom were so important that the Apostles allude to them when teaching and writing about the Gospel to their communities. [read more]