Christianity can be condensed into four words: Admit, Submit, Commit and Transmit. -Samuel Wilberforce
As followers of Yeshua/Jesus it is only natural that we would want to celebrate His birth. We can know when Yeshua was born by looking at God’s appointed times for clues. John was describing the first coming of our Messiah by using terminology which is simple, yet profound: “And the Word was made flesh (a human being), and dwelt [literally, “tabernacled”] among us.
Zechariah 9:9 talks about the first coming of our Lord and Savior. So let us look at what this verse tells us about the first time Jesus came to the earth.
“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles (Sukkot).” Zechariah 14:16
We know that all of God’s appointed times have a prophetic significance for believers in Yeshua (Jesus). Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), the last feast mentioned inLeviticus 23, receives special emphasis in the Scriptures. All the other feasts will have already been fulfilled when Tabernacles takes its rightful place in God’s timetable.
Distinctive to Sukkot is the fact that seventy oxen were sacrificed in Temple days (Numbers 29:13-24). These oxen were to be offered for the proverbial seventy Gentile nations of the world. Hence, Sukkot is the one feast that is international in nature.
Why would all the nations keep the Feast of Tabernacles?
Answer: Sukkot/Tabernacles is seen as a representative of the Kingdom of God coming to earth. God will finally complete His plan of dwelling in the midst of His people through the person of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus).
Because of the prophetic meaning of Sukkot/Tabernacles, we can celebrate the Kingdom of both Jewish and Gentile believers in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah). Messiah is coming soon to dwell with us.
Are we ready for the celebration? I am. All of the feasts are for all people. They are the feasts of the Lord not the feasts of the Jews. The feast teach the first and second coming of Messiah. That is for everyone. I celebrate all seven feasts plus Hanukkah and Purim. . So much fun.
John 1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
As followers of Yeshua/Jesus it is only natural that we would want to celebrate His birth. We can know when Yeshua was born by looking at God’s appointed times for clues. John was describing the first coming of our Messiah by using terminology which is simple, yet profound: “And the Word was made flesh (a human being), and dwelt [literally, “tabernacled”] among us.
The message of Messiah coming to tabernacle with us is connected with Sukkot. Yeshua’s (Jesus’) birth, in the late fall, is a perfect picture of the Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot. Sukkot is the ideal time to celebrate that God, in the Messiah, was born to tabernacle among his people!
Zechariah 9:9 talks about the first coming of our Lord and Savior. So let us look at what this verse tells us about the first time Jesus came to the earth.
Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”Rejoice greatly-tells us that this is during the time of Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles also called the “season of our joy” and Jesus was born at the feast of tabernacles.
Zion speaks of prophetic Jerusalem.
Shout is associated with the wedding and we are now betrothed to our Messiah.
O’daughters-refer to the un-walled cities in Israel and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (an un-walled city) and He traveled to all the cities around Jerusalem. Zechariah was saying, behold (which means look, pay attention) your King is coming, He is just (Holy) and having Salvation (Yeshua means Salvation) riding on a donkey. (Matthew 21:5)
We know that 2,000 years ago this prophecy was fulfilled when our Lord Jesus was born in Bethlehem and died for us on the cross at calvary. The first time He came lowly and riding on a Zechariah 9:9 talks about the first coming of our Lord and Savior. So let us look at what this verse tells us about the first time Jesus came to the earth.
Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upodonkey, the next time He comes He will be riding on a horse to concur, rule and reign as King.
Zechariah 14:5 “…….and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee”
Zechariah 14:5 tells us that we (saints) will becoming back with Jesus at His second coming.
So let us continue to look up, and lift up our heads; for our redemption draweth nigh. In short, Our King is Coming.Feast of Tabernacles is when He was born and it is normally our September/October
Julie Elaine Page, from F.B.
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