Howdy, from Gene & LaVada!
Can’t believe it’s November already! It doesn’t seem that long since we were in beautiful Colorado at Bear Trax Ranch celebrating Sukkot…the Feast of Tabernacles. Shown here is a picture of the Sukkah from last year with the fire pit in the foreground. Hopefully, I’ll get some pictures from this year uploaded soon.
I cannot adequately describe the joy we experienced in getting together with friends, who seem more like ‘family’, to participate in this “appointed time” as instructed in Leviticus 23:34 (NASB)… “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying , The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.”
[Hover over scripture reference to see complete verse.]
In fact, did you know that these feasts were given by our Father in Heaven, to Moses, “as a statute forever in your generations.” (Lev. 23:41 NASB) The Feast of Tabernacles is to serve as a “reminder” that the Children of Israel slept in “booths” or tents (temporary dwellings) as they traveled through the wilderness after God (Elohim) delivered them from bondage in Egypt. It is the Father’s way of teaching us to depend on Him for everything! And what a fun way to learn and teach our own children! We hope you will do some ‘biblical investigation’ on your own and find out about these “Feasts of the LORD”. As born again believers in Jesus (Yeshua, in Hebrew), we are “grafted in” to the Olive Tree (Israel) whose root is the Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus! (Romans 11:17 NASB)
If you have questions about the Feasts of the LORD or the Hebrew Roots of your faith in Jesus Christ (Yeshua ha Mashiach), please contact us or check out our website. (http://www.menorahmusic.com/ ) We have many resources available for further research that we would like to share with you! Also, check out the links on the right sidebar of this blog for several resources there.
We had a great time with the folks at Kendalia Community Church recently….shared some of our songs and Gene gave a stimulating message on, Our Purpose Should Be to Grow in His Word. He told us that God is eternal, He does not change (Malachi 3:6); that Jesus/Yeshua was ‘in the beginning’ (John 1:1) and He tells us ‘the end from the beginning’ (Isaiah 46:9-10). He talked about being in the Last Days and watching prophecy unfold before our eyes in the Daily News Headlines, mentioning 2 Peter 3:8-9 (NASB) and Joel 3:1-2 (NASB). We need to know and understand our connection with Israel and pray for and support the “Apple of God’s Eye”!!
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We leave you with this…
“I AM the Way, and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) The Torah/Law is the Way – Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 119:1; Proverbs 6:23 The Torah/Law is the Truth – Psalm 119:142; Romans 2:20 The Torah/Law is Life – Proverbs 6:23; Psalm 19:7 (NASB) [“soul”=Nephesh: “life”]