“Shemini Atzeret” literally means “the 8th day of Assembly”. Sometimes it is called the 8th day of the Feast or the 8th day of Sukkot (Succoth), but it is actually a separate festival, as the Feast of Tabernacles is only 7 days (Lev 23:34). We saw before that 7 plays…
Hopefully, you are being fed good food during the Feast, both physically and spiritually. As the Feast winds down, I hope you have re-grasped the wonderful vision of what the world will be like under Christ’s rule. Have you ever considered why a thousand years? Why not a hundred? You…
During a recent discussion on this blog, we were talking about how some thought HWA’s writings may one day be part of the Bible. Frankly, I don’t believe that for various reasons that I won’t go into right now. However, right around the time of that discussion, I had come…
[Disclaimer: This was written beforehand, so it is not a reaction to any particular message at any particular Feast site. However, I find it helpful halfway through the Feast to be reminded of some things.] Sometimes you hear people talk about either getting or not getting “good meat” at services. …
Today, we come to the last of the 3 distinctives of the Feast of Tabernacles. We explored the Biblical mandates of living in booths, temporary dwellings, during the Feast and the palm and fruit branches. Now, we need to look at the sacrifices offered during the Feast (Nu 29:12-38) because…
We covered quite a bit about the fruit and palm branches yesterday, so I won’t spend a lot of time on this today. Whether or not the fruit and palm branches were intended to be used to build the sukkah or ceremoniously carried around deserves more study. There were many…
Perhaps the most distinctive of the Feast of Tabernacles is that you are to live in temporary dwellings, or literally “booths”. Sometimes this word is translated “tent” or “tabernacle”, but it is actually a broader category than that. Three things specially marked the Feast of Tabernacles: its joyous festivities, the…
“Why are you keeping a Jewish holiday?” she asked. “Weren’t those rituals done away?” For me, this is not an uncommon question to get asked whenever the subject of religion comes up. And, let’s face it that this is a lot more preferable than, “Oh, that’s the Old Testament!” as…
Most will be heading to one of the Feast of Tabernacles sites today, if you haven’t left already. I want to wish everyone a blessed and enjoyable Feast! At PhiloLogos.org, there is an interesting reference to the Feast of Tabernacles in the online book The Temple: Its Ministry and Services:…
I heard on the radio and read on Yahoo! News that the “Best-selling Bible to undergo revision”. It will replace the more controversial Today’s New International Version (TNIV). Languages are not solid objects, and words change their meanings over time, so it isn’t unusual for a translation to be revised….