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In God’s instructions for remembering Sukkot (Festival of Booths or Tabernacles), God said to gather foliage from four types of trees. Part 1 of this study reveals how these four species symbolize four types of people. Part 2 explores how the sukkah made from the trees teaches about the Yeshua’s 12 apostles, the “fruits” of the Spirit and the dwelling place of God.
Lev. 23:39-44 part of the command of the Sukkot celebration is to gather up the “foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.”
All the components of Ezekiel’s temple (and the Temple in Revelation) are spiritual representations of different types of people that makes up God’s temple:
- Palm symbolizes the Torah. Righteous people bend under adversity, like a palm in a gale, but don’t break.
- Willow symbolizes the heart, like David’s in Psalms.
- Myrtle is associated with Esther’s fasting and prayer. Her Hebrew name, הֲדַסָּה Hadassah (Strong’s lexicon No. H1919), means myrtle.
- Olive represents the light of God, His eyes, the prophets of God. Later in Israel’s history, olive branches became part of the Sukkot decorations (Neh. 8:15).
- Fruit trees symboizes with the 12 apostles and the “fruits of the Spirit.”
Recorded during day three of Sukkot 2013 in Occidental, Calif. Speaker: Daniel Agee. Summary: Tammy.
Banner photo: Sukkot symbols of four species of trees are encapsulated in the Lulav (palm frond, willow and myrtle) and etrog (citrus). (HALLEL FELLOWSHIP PHOTO) 2008