Thursday, September 26, 2013
Thankful For The Great Day
There are many great moments in scripture that could qualify for this “Great Day”. don’t you think? Abraham’s choice to go into the wilderness after hearing from God, the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt, birth of the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), the resurrection, and on and on. In my reading this morning I found a place in scripture that actually used these words. It is John 7:37, John refers to the last High Holy Day of the Feast of Tabernacles as that great day of the Feast. I agree with John, this is a great day to me. Let me explain why.
Today is the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles. In Zechariah 14 we see that once Jesus (Yeshua) returns, we will all go to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus (Yeshua) was in these scriptures keeping this Feast which has a High Holy Day on the first and the eighth day, both of which would be considered Sabbaths. And since this Feast lasted eight days, there would be at least one weekly Sabbath during this time period. Near the beginning of the Feast, Jesus (Yeshua) healed the lame man in John 5:8-9 on the Sabbath, for which the Jewish leaders condemned Him. this is where it gets interesting!
In the John 7:10-24, just prior to the “great day” scripture, Jesus goes up to the Feast in secret. In the middle of this week long Feast, He teaches in the temple. When He was challenged by the leaders, He spoke to them about Moses calling for a man to be circumcised on the eighth. He then says if a man is circumcised on the Sabbath so the law is not broken, then they should not be concerned that He made a man whole on that day. For those of us that believe the scriptures show that Jesus (Yeshua) was born on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles (yes, this can be shown in scripture), then that means HE was the man He was talking about – Jesus (Yeshua) was circumcised on the eighth day, the High Holy Day. I suggest that this is why God had this day be a High Holy Day, as a foreshadowing of Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) circumcision.
For me, this is a great day. Our Messiah was born during this Feast, was circumcised during this Feast, preached during this Feast, made the lame to walk during this Feast, and kept the Feast according to the commandments of God.
Yes, this is a great day indeed!
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You as the Most High. We thank You for these Feasts and ask the You always help us to keep them. We ask that the New Covenant, the Law written in our hearts, would help us to seek Your face every day. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.