© 6 October 2017 Revive Israel Ministries

Succot - Hosting the Nations

Jonathan Moore

God commanded Israel to keep certain appointed times.  One of these holidays we are even supposed to make temporary dwelling places and yet again remember leaving Egypt.  It's been an awfully long time since leaving Egypt.  And we already have Passover to remember our deliverance... so WHY?!

Why do we need a Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) and what relevance does it have to you and me?  Let's first remember that it had a few purposes even in the days of Moses:

1. Cancelling of debts

...“At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of cancelling debts, during the feast of Sukkot (Deut. 31:10).

2. Coming before God

When all Israel comes to appear before Adonai your God in the place He chooses...Gather the people... (Deut. 31:11, 12)

3. Reading the Word

...you are to read this Torah before them in their hearing (Deut. 31:11).

In congregation Ahavat Yeshua we gathered together during Sukkot as a congregation every year at least once to celebrate.  But this year in addition to coming together and reading from our Torah scroll we took another step in fulfilling the Biblical significance of Succot.

The prophet Zechariah foretold of a time when all nations will ascend to Jerusalem every year to "worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep Sukkot". (Zech 14:16)

Last year we noticed that so many visitors came to join us during this appointed time that we could hardly fit in our meeting hall.  So this year we took a leap of faith and rented a facility more than twice as large as our normal space... with great success!  We estimate about 300 people attended our service which normally has about 100-120 people.  We departed from our normal practice of only speaking Hebrew from the stage by providing English from up front.  It was an amazing privilege to host the nations and see the beginning of prophecy fulfilled.  So while Israel may not need another holiday to remember leaving Egypt, we do see that this holiday is meant for connecting the nations to Israel and giving us the opportunity to host all our friends!

We will definitely host the nations every Sukkot.  Maybe you will join us next year?

“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.” We put a lot of stock in Matthew 23:39, but can you build an entire theological view on just one verse? Or is there more to it?

Watch here.

A diverse group of Israeli, Messianic leaders have come together to gather a remnant from many nations to “Welcome the King of Glory.”    

Please pray for this conference as the nations come up to Jerusalem for this special gathering during Sukkot 2017.   

Avi Mizrahi—Tel Aviv; Tony Sperandeo—Kfar Saba; Shmuel Birnbaum—Bat Yam; Israel Pochtar—Ashdod; Benjamin Berger, Asher Intrater, Eddie Santoro, and Ariel Blumenthal—Jerusalem; Tal Robin—Maale Adumim

Please find all info at wtkog.com