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THE EIGHT RUDIMENTS OF CELEBRATION
THE EIGHT FEASTS OR FESTIVALS OF ISRAEL
The Feast Of Tabernacles
Leviticus 23:33-44
(festiv8.doc)
*1146:  "Renovated And Repaired"*
 
        Dr.
Harry Ironside frequently emphasized to his friends and relatives that he didn't want an elaborate funeral or an expensive tombstone when the Lord took him to Glory.
He requested that his final resting place be marked only by a plain, wooden slab reading:  *Harry A. Ironside, sinner saved by grace, moved out until renovated and repaired!*
As a humble servant of Christ, he was firmly committed to the cardinal doctrine of the resurrection of the body.
Where will you spend eternity?
Where will your eternal dwelling place be?
What will be your *eternal home*?
Those of us who know Jesus Christ have another tabernacle not made with hands, which is eternal in the heavens!!!
This brings us the Feast of Tabernacles.
I am preaching a nine message series on the rudiments, skills, or principles of celebration.
*  God has been showing me that humanity needs celebration.*
*  He has been showing me that celebration is a very important part of the Christian life!*
*  He has been showing me that celebration is of special significance and importance to African-American Christians.*
Life is a struggle for everybody, no matter what your color or nationality, but for African-American people life is even more of a struggle because of the residual effects of slavery.
Therefore, it is important that we take a time out from the futility of the world and plug into the meaning of life, the dignity of life, and the vibrancy of life that is provided through a worship celebration.
The importance of celebration is illustrated in the Old Testament in Leviticus the 23rd chapter.
My purpose in looking at celebration from various cultural perspectives is not to embarrass or alienate anyone, but to educate both Blacks and Whites about the similarities and differences between us.
We are an integrated church that is becoming more integrated.
Our church is becoming a microcosm of heaven, and I love it.
*But we must learn to acknowledge, accept, and appreciate our similarities and our differences.*
·        Seven messages ago, we began to deal with the eight feasts or festivals which God commanded Israel to celebrate.
These festivals were holy convocations, conventions, or celebrations which God invoked upon His people.
There is a major rudiment or skill which is taught in each festival, which will yield a principle that we can learn and apply to our own modern worship celebrations.
·        In the first two messages, we covered the *weekly* feast of the Sabbath.
The major skill of celebration involved was *resting* from our worldly labors.
·        In the third message, we studied the feast of the Passover.
The major rudiment of celebration involved was *remembering God’s redemption*.
·        In the fourth message, we studied the feast of unleavened bread.
The major rudiment of celebration involved was *removing* all sin, worldliness, and filthiness of the flesh from our lives.
·        In the fifth message, we studied the Feast of First Fruits.
The major principle of celebration involved was *rendering* sacrifice to thank God for His blessings.
·        In the sixth message, we studied the feast of Pentecost.
The major rudiment of celebration involved was *rejoicing* over the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the harvest of the Church.
·        In the seventh message, we covered the Feast of Trumpets.
The major skill of celebration involved was *regathering*.
When we gather for worship celebration on the Lord’s Day, we should look forward to the gathering of The Rapture.
·        In the last message, we covered the Feast called The Day of Atonement.
The major rudiment of celebration was *repenting* for a whole year's sins.
/(Let's wrap up this message by covering the final rudiment of celebration, which is found in verses 33-44.
The final rudiment of celebration is:)/
 
VIII.
REMINDING.
This final festival in Leviticus 23 is The Feast of Tabernacles.
“This Feast is primarily agricultural in its character.
*It is a joyous occasion.*
The harvest has been brought in from the fields, the groves, and the orchards.
Barns and sheds are full.
Hearts, too, are full of praise and thanksgiving for God's bounties.”[1]
“This was the last of Jehovah’s feasts, a season of great joy and rejoicing, a kind of harvest-home, after the harvest had been gathered in.”[2]
        "The Feast of Tabernacles is the equivalent of the American or the Canadian `Thanksgiving Day' when the harvest is brought in and the people rejoice at the goodness of the Lord.”[3]
“So the Jewish people could look back and be thankful for God's provision, protection, and direction.”
God had provided specific blessings for His children:
 
·        “They once lived in booths--now they were living in houses.
·        They once had to wander--now they were settled down.
·        They once had to ask Him for water--now they had plenty of water.
·        They could rejoice over past and present mercies from the generous hand of God (1 Timothy 6:17)."[4]
*To summarize then, "The Feast of Tabernacles was a reminder to the Jewish people that everything they had came from God*.”[5]
 
/(What is the application for us?)/
 
        *Our celebrations should include reminders of what God has done for us, because “God wants us to be grateful and for the past and present blessings*."[6]
*Thanksgiving is so important to our celebrations, and thanksgiving is facilitated by being reminded of and recounting the blessings of God!!!*  God has blessed us with so many spiritual blessings:
 
·        *substitution*, i.e.
Jesus took our place upon the cross and we took His place in Jehovah God;
·        *imputation*, i.e. having the righteousness of Jesus Christ credited to our account and our sin credited to His account;
·        *propitiation*, i.e. the satisfaction of God on the basis of the death of Jesus Christ;
·        *expiation*, i.e. having the debt of our sins canceled;
·        *redemption*, i.e. being purchased in the slave market of sin, taken from the slave market of sin, and permanently released from the slave market of sin;
·        *justification*, i.e. a legal declaration of righteousness;
·        *regeneration*, i.e. being born from above by the Spirit of God;
·        *reconciliation*, i.e. being brought back into fellowship with God;
·        *salvation*, i.e. deliverance from sin;
·        *illumination*, i.e. the light of the Holy Spirit shinning in our innermost being for fellowship, direction, and holiness;
·        etc., etc., etc.
 
        *We also have so many material blessings in the area of food, clothing, and shelter.*
What more do we need?
“Apart from its agricultural character, the Feast of Tabernacles also commemorates God's mighty deliverance of His people from Egypt and their 40 years of wilderness wandering, when they dwelt in tents and tabernacles.
Israel must never forget that for 40 years they were led by the hand of God, nor that they were pilgrims traveling to a better land where God dwelled."[7]
\\         *The ritual of this festival would remind them of their former dwelling places.*
For seven days all the residents of Israel left their homes in order to dwell in temporary booths.
The purpose of this was that the people should have constant reminder of the forty years when the nation dwelt in tents¾wandering in the wilderness with no home.
Oh, how the Lord had provided them with every good thing, dwelled in their midst and led them by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
*There was a reminder of their past wandering in those temporary booths.*
*They were not to forget the difficult times, when God sustained them.*
*Let us not forget the difficult times when God sustained us!!!*
 
Thru many dangers, toils and snares I have already come;
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home!!!
 
        "The Feast of Tabernacles, like the other feasts of Israel, focuses the attention of God's people both on the past, on what God has done, but also on the future, on what God will do.”[8]
"The Feast of Tabernacles speaks of the time when God shall give His people the kingdom that He promised in the Old Testament prophecies."[9]
*There was also a reminder of the future, when they would wander no more.
God is going to bring the Children of Israel home one day.*
This was a feast of seven days.
“The feasts which were of seven and eight-day continuance, point to the outcome of these acts, and their results in blessing to the people of God.”[10]
The length of this feast points out *the results of being home!!!  *The results will be no more wandering, no more tribulation, no more persecution, no more trials, no more traveling for the Children of Israel.
/(But there is more than a prophetic message to the Jews intimated here, there is also a prophetic message to the Gentiles, i.e. the church.)/
“The prophetic message of the Feast of Tabernacles is that there is shelter in the Tabernacle of God under the wings of the Shekinah glory, for the Jew First, and also the Gentile nations."[11]
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