Friday, March 12, 2010

Table or Booth?

Leviticus 23: 33-44

Five days later the festivities continue. Apparently coinciding with the end of harvesting, this marks the beginning of the Feast of Tabernacles, one week in length. Day one... you guessed it, a day of rest- no regular work. They were supposed to pick fruit and rejoice. The day following the celebration (day eight for those of you doing the math) is also a day of rest. Day eight consists of a sacred assembly and fire offerings, no mention of fruit consumption. It is referred to as the closing assembly.

All the days in between consist of fire offerings to the LORD as well. Being an Israelite would be a pyromaniac's dream. This festival is to be a lasting ordinance- for generations to come.

Finally they are admonished to live in booths for these seven days. I have no idea what this means. Are they hanging out at Wendy's? What would these booths be? Whatever they are, God wanted future generations to know that He had the Israelites live in booths after coming out of Israel.

I'm sure these booths are significant in some way. But I haven't a clue how.

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