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Sukkot 2021

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Hebron comes alive during Sukkot.  


It comes into its own during this moed (appointed time/festival) in particular.  We come together for fellowship, for obedience, for worship and joy.
Not everyone is always able to make it to Hebron, but for those who were able, we enjoyed the sukkah - albeit weather dependent.
The sukkah (tabernacle) is the central theme of Sukkot and when we obediently observe Sukkot (feast of tabernacles) we are putting our hope in the coming of Yeshua the King, who will raise up the fallen sukkah of David.

We don't only look behind us in observing Passover and Shavuot (pentecost), we moreso look forward to the end of this age.  Yeshua is our tikvah (hope) and our reward.  This is the wisdom and joy that YHVH has set into creation itself.  Christmas and Easter do not, and can never, fully testify of the kingdom of YHVH.  The torah and cyclic nature of the moedim (appointed times/festivals) is the perfect map of His redemptive plan.  

As the days become increasingly difficult we will be more in need of a solid community.  A community that is unflinching and uncompromising.  A community that has been tested, refined and empowered by the Ruach.
This year YHVH, our Creator and Father, met us and in His love and kindness challenged us to match our lives and characters to His Word.  This process is never comfortable but essential for growth, maturity and preparation.  How we respond to the Ruach in these times determines our future and how His love is expressed - either the blessings of obedience or the consequences/curses of disobedience.  This is His wisdom and His kindness, or what is mistakenly termed grace. 
After the last car left down the driveway and I was sitting on my deck with a cuppa to watch the rain and rainbow I could only give thanks for the week that was.  We leave our home comforts and preferences for a short time to come together and we leave richer for it.  How blessed we are to have Hebron to experience His goodness.

Praise YHVH and blessed be His Name!

 

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