Good Morning Sukkot Friday...
Father Thank You for this NEW Day. Please grant us TRUTH, WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, UNDERSTANDING, and KNOWLEDGE. Father we ask this so that we will not be conformed to this world, but TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our MINDS. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST'S Name we pray. Amen. - THE BIRTH OF THE KING! YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST! Our Father’s 7th Feast - The Great Feast: The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) Pt. 3 We have always been told Our Savior, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, was born in a manger, but what if it was in... a Sukkah (Singular of Sukkot (temporary dwelling/tent/booth)? Let's take a journey today in: 1.) solving a Biblical Mystery 2.) sharing the excitement of knowing when Our King, The Word, became “flesh” and 3.) discovering how special the information is in God Our Father's Holy Feasts (Rehearsals). Let's get started. Our investigation begins with Zacharias (the father of John The Baptist) in The Gospel of Luke. Take note of "the division of Abijah" in our first verse as it will be important later on. Let's take a look at The Word of Truth: “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.” Luke 1:5 An angel visits Zacharias: “Then an angel of The Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.” Luke 1:11 By the scripture stating that, "an angel of The LORD appeared to him" by the "alter of incense," we can see that Zacharias, a priest, was in The Temple. This means that Zacharias was fulfilling his priestly duties and because we know from Luke 1:5 Zacharias was from "the division of Abijah" in the Levitical Priest’s line, we will be able to ascertain exactly when he was serving there. We will come back to this. Now, The Angel Gabriel explains to Zacharias that he and Elizabeth, his wife, will bare a child and they are to name him John. Let's move forward a little: “So it was, as soon as the days of his service were completed, that he departed to his own house. Now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying, “Thus The Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.” Luke 1:23-25 As we can see, "after those days" in which Zacharias finished his Temple Service, he traveled home where him and Elizabeth conceived a baby. It tells us Elizabeth "hid herself for five months," so now we need to place the date when Mary gets pregnant with Our Savior. We need only look a little further in this chapter to find the answer: “In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a Son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called The Son of The Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of his father David, and He will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; His Kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:26-33 What do we have so far? 1.) Zacharias and Elizabeth conceive a son as soon as Zacharias gets back from his priestly duties at The Temple. 2.) 6 months later Mary gets pregnant with Yeshua, Jesus. 3.) This should mean that Mary gives birth six months after Elizabeth has John The Baptist. All that is left is to figure out when Zacharias came back from his priestly duties with the "division of Abijah" while serving in The Temple. This should give us the exact time of when Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our King Was Born! Let's take a look at what The Word can tell us about this division of priests.: “the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as The LORD God of Israel had commanded him.” I Chronicles 24:10, 19 Going back farther into 1Chronicles 24 it explains that the priests were divided into "divisions" and took turns serving in shifts during their time at The Temple annually. Their were 24 divisions and served one week at a time twice during the year. Now we know on The Biblical Calendar, which started on Passover during the Exodus (Exodus 12:1-2), starts on Nisan 1, or our modern day calendar 's March or April. This date is from when the Levitical Priests began their priestly duties or "divisions" of duties. From there all we need do is count forward eight weeks as given to us in 1 Chronicles Chapter 24. This puts us near the last week during the month of Lyar. We cannot pinpoint the exact day on which Elizabeth conceived, but from The Scripture we can see it was directly "after those days" that Zacharias served and the next verse tells us Elizabeth "hid herself for five months." With all this information, and knowing the gestation time for a baby is 40 weeks, we can deduce that John The Baptist was born that next spring exactly when The Feast of Passover began! How amazing, right?! Our Father's Word never ceases to amaze and show new ways to reveal Biblical Mysteries! Furthermore, ancient Israel always knew that "Elijah" would come during Passover. In fact, many people, as a tradition, still leave a chair and a cup out for him at Passover and symbolically invite him in the front door. How wonderful is it to know...he has come! Now we know when John was born, so figuring out Yeshua, Jesus Christ's birth only takes simple math. In the Gospel of Luke we are told that Mary was 3 months pregnant when John was born, so now we just move forward 6 months and we have the Birthday of Our King. Is it not amazing that this puts The Messiah's Birthday right at the beginning of The Feast of Tabernacles! He Tabernacled Among Us! So, John The Baptist was born on the First Feast Day and Yeshua was born on the Last Feast. No wonder it is called The Great Feast! Traditionally The Great Feast was the biggest party of the year with all of Israel headed to Jerusalem to celebrate, and though they didn't realize it, they really had a greater reason than ever to celebrate that year. 🎯🔥 More Evidence Of Yeshua, Jesus Christ Being Born On Sukkot: 1.) In Luke 2:8 states that the shepherds were in the fields caring for their flocks. In December the shepherds would NOT have been out in the fields due to the cold, they would have been close to shelter and warmth. This puts them in the field September/October right during The Great Feast, Sukkot. 2.) Ceasar Augustus of Rome called a census that year, it is the reason Joseph and Mary were traveling to Bethlehem, and he would not have called it in the winter months when it was hard to travel. When would people have been traveling to Jerusalem and when would it have been convenient to take a census? During the Feast of Sukkot. It was commanded that every man go to Jerusalem twice a year by Our Father Yahweh, one of those times being Sukkot. 3.) Bethlehem translated in its literal form means "House of Bread." This was the village where Levitical Priests: a.)made the Holy Bread for The Temple b.) made the Olive Oil for the Light of The Menorah c.) raised The Goats for The Day of Atonement d.) raised The Lamb for Passover. Bethlehem was also the birthplace of David, the place where Rachel was buried, the threshing floor of Ruth and Boaz, and a military outpost. Something Else Amazing To Ponder: Is it possible that Our Savior and Messiah Yeshua, Jesus Christ, was born in the same exact barn or Sukkah that was THE LEVITICAL BARN where THE PASSOVER LAMB and THE DAY OF ATONEMENT GOATS were raised? Could Yeshua, after birth, been put into the feeding trough (manger) that THE Passover Lamb was fed from? Could it be that The True Passover Lamb (Yeshua) was born and put in The Passover Lambs feeding trough?! Amazing right? I believe with everything in me, after this study, the answer is a big YES! Our Father has an Amazing Way of connecting-the-jots. I had no clue Bethlehem was so rich with other clues pointing to Our King, but thanks to Our Father In Heaven... now we can all know! 🔥 It all makes perfect sense now when in God's Word it says, "It Is The Glory of Kings to Search a Matter Out (Proverbs 25:2)," because “searching this matter out,” this amazing revelation of Biblical Prophecy, has been more than glorious. What's more amazing is that there is more...I just can't fit it into this devotion! May each and every one of us allow The King to Tabernacle with us and let His Light Shine to all the world during this time of Sukkot...and for the rest of our days. Our Father's Rehearsals (Feasts/Appointed Times/Moedim) can show us so very much about Him, Our Savior, and us, His children. I pray this message has blessed you and I pray you continue on your own path to become closer to The One True And Living God, Our Father. May God Bless Each and everyone of you on the other side of this screen and may each of you have a wonderful Yeshua, Jesus Christ The King-Filled Day!
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