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THE FEAST OF WEEKS AND OF TABERNACLES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11
Deuteronomy 16:9-15

Hebrews 10:1-7

 

“For the law having a shadow
of good things to come,

and not the very image…”

 

THE FEAST OF WEEKS AND OF TABERNACLES
 
The Feast of Weeks is also called Pentecost, which in Greek means fifty days. It was observed seven weeks from the beginning of the harvest season. In this, Israel was to give tribute of freewill offerings to the Lord according to the blessing of the Lord upon them. The whole family was to keep the feast including their menservants and maidservants.
 
The Levite who was within the gates of the family would also be included. It will be remembered that the tribe of Levi was not given inheritance in the Promised Land but were to live among all the tribes of Israel because they attended to the spiritual matters of the people of the nation of Israel. Priests were chosen from among them.
 
The Feast of Tabernacles was also to be kept for seven days after the gathering of corn and wine. In this Feast, the children of Israel were to make for themselves temporary booths and dwell in them for the duration of the Feast. Many years after Israel had settled in Canaan and when they had returned from Babylon, it is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah (Neh 8:14-18) that they read the Law and kept the Feast. It became part of Israel’s annual calendar since Moses promulgated it. The entire household was also required to keep the Feast. It was a time of rejoicing and blessing. Though the Feast was ceremonial in nature, it was a reminder of how God had brought them out of the land of Egypt and provided for all their needs. Everyone looked forward to it and it was a joy as the Lord had commanded it.
 
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself and the Apostles gave full exposition of the understanding of those feasts that Israel was told to keep. The blessings that they had received were by the grace of God. That grace is to be extended to those who are needy in the midst of God’s people.
 
THOUGHT: The feasts of the Lord are pictures of His saving grace.

PRAYER: Father, grant me the eternal joy of Thy feasts.

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