Fruitfulness Recovery Transformation

Walking in Spiritual Reality by Relating with God through the Lord’s Feast of Tabernacles

TRUTH AND PURPOSE

Sukkot, Tabernacles, is the most joyous of the feasts. It is celebrated over an eight day period, and is designed to facilitate active times of celebration and relating with God and one another.

RELEVANCE

It, in essence, served as a shadow pointing forward to the type of life and dynamic fellowship experienced by the early believers as recorded in Acts. They had simple hearts, childlike faith, and walked in childlike obedience to God.

They pursued an active, passionate relationship with God, and strong dynamic, covenant relationships with one another. The high level of engagement they maintained with God and one another further points forward to the great wedding feast of the LORD and His Bride—the marriage supper of the Lamb. (Revelation 19:9)

As a result of the active engagement with the Holy Spirit, the prophecy in Isaiah 61 began to be fulfilled: good tidings were preached, many broken-hearted and lame were healed, those in captivity to sin were set free—God was glorified!

God’s community of faith, therefore, grew by leaps and bounds. People were certainly witnessing His wonders. Revival broke loose. God still seeks such vibrant, active communities of believers glorifying His name and accomplishing His purposes in the earth. 

These disciples knew they had realized and experienced something very special. They now had an expanded view and revelation of the fullness of God’s intended purpose and vision spoken to Moses regarding His delivering the children of Israel out from the bondage of Egypt and into the liberty of a revived relationship with Him.

I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will take you as My people, and I will be your God.  (Exodus 6:6-7)

They now understood the true value of being rescued. Their lives had been recovered by God from the corruption of the world—spiritual death—to recover what had been lost—real dynamic spiritual and eternal life in Messiah by the Holy Spirit!

As an eight-day celebration, we celebrate more than a complete recovery (signified by the number 7), but new character traits and fruit of a transformed life—personal growth; the evidence of the Holy Spirit’s work in our life. Even more, we celebrate a transformed eternal life in Messiah!

REFLECTION, REALITY AND RESPONSE

How can you maintain an active engagement with God?

In what of kind of dynamic fellowship can you participate? 

How do you think your community of faith can grow?

In what ways do you think you can experience such a dynamic life and witness the power of God in your midst? 

How do you measure personal growth and transformation of character?

REFERENCES

The book of Acts

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