Skip to main content

Sukkot 2023 - The Winter is Past...

By

 The voice of my lover.  Behold, He is coming

Leaping over the mountains, springing over the hills

My lover is like a gazelle or a young buck among the stags

Look!  He is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows

Peering through the lattice.

In response my lover said to me, "Get yourself up, my darling

my pretty one, and come.  Come!

For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over, it's gone.

Blossoms appear in the land and the time of singing has come... 

Song of Songs 2

*   *   *

What a blessed time we had over Sukkot here at Hebron.  A few weeks before the start of the festival I was impacted by the understanding that our Creator and Father anticipates meeting with His children more than we anticipate meeting with Him.  His love, His desire to meet with us individually and as a fellowship far surpasses ours, to a degree that it is impossible for us to comprehend.  And meet with Him we did.

The moed are His.  His appointments with people who call on His Name, obey His torah and love Him in return.  These appointed times are not mysteries but they are exclusive.  Exclusively His and kadosh.

 We were blessed with a visit from a brother from the US in the weeks prior to Sukkot and his time with us set the tone for Sukkot.  Thanks for your obedience to the voice of YHVH, Jonathan!  

 Over the week we had daily scripture study and prayer in the sukkah, we laughed, we sang and praised and we dealt with the giants in the land.


 18 years ago when we were scouting out the land to find the property that YHVH had earmarked for us we knew from His admonitions that we would name it Hebron and have to deal with the Anakim.  On the first visit to check out this property we discovered the owner had named it Anunakah - dead set give away there were giants we would have to deal with.

Over the years we have had battles - some we won and some we lost - but we felt a clear direction that this week we needed to make a stand and see YHVH's victory.  So we burned the two old Anunakah sign posts that we still had, and symbolically stoned Goliath.  Everyone entered into the spirit of it and made sling shots (some were epic creations!) to piff stones.  It was a lot of fun but we were sending a very real message to the enemy.  It's not by might but by the Ruach of YHVH that we stand in victory.

 Next year Sukkot may look different here at Hebron - different faces, different activities, different emphasis - but there will be the same spirit of fellowship and the same overshadowing love and care of our Father.

We are so blessed to join with Israel as adopted children to share in the joy of Sukkot and the anticipation of that great day when the Messiah returns on the clouds with a great shofar blast. 

Labels:

Comments

  1. BrendanOctober 10, 2023 at 12:02 PM

    What a wonderful week we had at Sukkot, thanks Annette.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Christina POctober 10, 2023 at 4:44 PM

    It was indeed a fantastic Sukkot time at Hebron. I've loved every minute of it. MIss you all. Next one will be Pesach 2024. :-)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the Hebron Herald.

Shalom

Popular posts from this blog

Where Your Treasure Is.....

By
Life has changed for our community and we are now split between two geographic locations - Salem and Mildura - with a few of us coming and going between them.   When the scripture says we are an 'unusual people', that certainly has an added layer for our community!      We are full of anticipation of what YHVH will pour out for the people of Australia, particularly the towns along the Murray River and Victoria.     But coming home to Hebron is always so good for the soul. Open skies - Open spaces   So lovely to see water in the top dam, grass emerging and  paddocks been sown for this year's hay crop.     I have been reflecting more on the truth and freedom of Yeshua's command:   Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth,  where moth and rust destroy,  and where thieves break in and steal.   But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,  where neither moth nor rust destroys,  and whe...
3 comments
Read more

2025 Moedim - Appointed Times

By
Here in Australia it's spring but in the northern hemisphere the feasts at this time of year are known as the 'fall feasts' - Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot.   Yom Teruah Teaching It's new moon, Yom Teruah and we are anticipating Yom Kippur and the joy of Sukkot.  It's time for shouting, rejoicing, repenting and preparation - all in expectation to meet our King, our Messiah!  We put up banners, decorate our sukkah, fill the fridges and light the fires.   We will rejoice, we will enjoy each other's company but most of all, we know we will bless our Father with our obedience and He in turn will bless us. See you there! 
Post a Comment
Read more

Practical Deeds .... Spiritual Dividends

By
The practical outworkings of our worship and obedience may look different from one individual to another, one family to another or one fellowship to another.  Here at Hebron it's a matter of looking after the land, stock, home and infrastructure to ensure that things are ticking along as they should in a timely manner; creating a refuge and oasis, now and for the future.  This week the flock were treated to some mineral blocks, which will provide necessary salts and minerals that they need to remain in tip top shape while they're lambing in the summer months.  The smaller top dam is well and truly dry but this would be the perfect time to get the tractor in there and dig it deeper, which would also have the bonus of providing good dirt for the vegie patch.  This dam is not spring fed so having it deeper would provide more water for next summer, provided it fills during the winter months. The vegie patch, or as I prefer to call it at times, the battlefie...
7 comments
Read more