Posted on 11/26/2003 6:26:35 PM PST by WhatNot
Khag Sukkot was the original name of the Hebrew celebration that means the Feast of Tabernacles. This was because during the Feast, every worshiper lived in a Sukkah, or Booth, or Hut, under the skies of Jerusalem. They all camped out, but the strange thing was they were home. They were in the Promised Land. You don't camp out when you're home. But God wanted them to remember their days when they journeyed in tents, and when they journeyed and camped out with them.
The Promised Land speaks of Heaven, and the wilderness of this present life. So the children of God must always remember that the wilderness is not the place to build their houses. We are not here to settle down or get weighed down. We're only camping out. There, in the Promised Land you'll settle down dwelling places that never pass away. When you look back at all your circumstances of joy and sorrow, you'll see them just as tents in which you slept the night. And you'll give thanks and say, "How lovely were your dwelling places" because God was there with you through your journeying, when you camped out with God in tents.
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