What does it mean to be set apart? This time is to be set
apart. This is a time of a special thanksgiving to the Lord. This is why we eat
out side to remember that our ancestors had no homes. It remembers God’s sukoth
of Clouds and fire. America’s Pilgrim Fathers recognized this harvest festival,
but it also recognizes how temporary life is. Prayer normally is started with
thanking God for His many blessings. It should be noted that this Thanksgiving
is after Yom Kippur, the time one gets right with God. It is bound to joy
because it is proof of Grace, but Jonah is read on the great Day of Atonement
but the last chapter of Zechariah which is a declaration of judgment is on
Sukkoth. Both describe shalom.
The culmination
of seeking the messianic rule is Sukkuth, four days after Yom Kippur. By the
water ceremony, it is also called the Feast of Living Water. The last of
Maimonides 13 articles of Faith states, “God will send a
Messiah to bring freedom and peace. In His great
mercy, God will grant life to the dead; praised be His
glorious name forevermore.”John 3:16-17 says:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.KJV
But,
when Yeshua finally reviled his messiah-ship, the scribes demanded justice not
mercy. They sought to destroy Him the
messiah responded by accusing them. “John 8:1-11They came with design to accuse
him, but they were forced to accuse themselves. Christ owns it was fit the
prisoner should be prosecuted, but appeals to their consciences whether they
were fit to be the prosecutors.(from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole
Bible: New Modern Edition, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1991 by
Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.)” After the accusers left her he told her “Neither
do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” John 8:11KJV
This is never to be taken to question the horribleness of
sin for Isaiah 53 graphically shows the penalty for sin that the Messiah
offered on the Cross. The Major and Minor Prophets declared the adultery that
Israel did to the One that brought her out of Egypt. God set His Sukkoth in
Jesus to atone so that men may be the Sukkoth of HaShem. Rom 8:9 says “But ye
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell
in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.KJV”
