Sukkot: A Shadow of Things to Come

It's finally here: Sukkot 2013!

My son is a running, racing toddler and will enjoy the fun and festivities fully this year. Last year he was only crawling, so it was a real challenge to enjoy the Feast and keep up with him at the same time. 

It is a really sad thing that the Church doesn't celebrate these wonderful feast days, even though they were created by our Heavenly Father. 

Daniel speaks of this future changing of the Law and the Feast Days: 

(Dan 7:24)  ‘And the ten horns are ten sovereigns from this reign. They shall rise, and another shall rise after them, and it is different from the first ones, and it humbles three sovereigns,

(Dan 7:25)  and it speaks words against the Most High, and it wears out the set-apart ones of the Most High, and it intends to change appointed times and law, and they are given into its hand for a time and times and half a time. 

Zechariah mentions the Festival of Booths (Sukkot) being performed in the New Yerushalayim in the end times as well:
 
(Zec 14:16)  And it shall be that all who are left from all the gentiles which came up against Yerushalayim, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the Sovereign, יהוה of hosts, and to observe the Festival of Booths.
(Zec 14:17)  And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow himself to the Sovereign, יהוה of hosts, on them there is to be no rain.
(Zec 14:18)  And if the clan of Mitsrayim does not come up and enter in, then there is no rain. On them is the plague with which יהוה plagues the gentiles who do not come up to observe the Festival of Booths.
(Zec 14:19)  This is the punishment of Mitsrayim and the punishment of all the gentiles that do not come up to observe the Festival of Booths. 

Paul also speaks of the Feast Days:

Colossians 2:16-17 – “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an feast day or the New Moon, or of the Sabbath Days; which are a Shadow of things to come." …

They really are a shadow of things to come. 

Sukkot represents the Messiah coming to dwell/tabernacle with us during His 1,000 year reign on this Earth, rulling from the New Yerushalayim. It is a shadow of things to come.

Every Prophet, except for one, writes in extensive detail about the 1,000 year reign of the Messiah, whom they call a Prince. They give the dimensions of the New Yerushalayim:

“And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.” [Ezekiel 40:5] – this continues through to chapter 42:20.

“The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.” [Revelation 21:16-17]

It is sad, that even though time and time again, Believers are told throughout Scripture to observe these Feast Days, as they directly correlate to the Second Coming of the Messiah. 

THEY ARE ABOUT HIM! ...so why aren't you observing them? Why will you continue to cling to pagan festivals such as Easter, Halloween, and Christmas? Aren't we told "learn not the ways of the heathen"?

There will be a punishment for those not obeying. For the "virgin brides" not being prepared, not having "oil for their lamps" when the "Bridegroom" comes...they will be left out of the wedding feast.

Let's get far away from these "guys in ties telling lies" and get back to the Word. Read it all the way through, without any commentary or anyone whispering in your ear...be prepared.

Behold, The Bridegroom Cometh. Are you ready? 

Counting the Days: Baby #2

I have 62 days left until the birth of my second child.

It's a little daunting.

I keep asking myself, "how am I going to manage two?"

Once I've panicked a little, a softer voice in the back of my mind reminds me of some things:

I have done this before. I can birth a baby without pain medication. I can breastfeed my baby. I know how to do it, so it won't be this learning experience all over again. I know how to take care of children, in sickness and in health.

I have stayed on top of my oldest's discipline and training, so I have the advantage of him being able obey. I feel really sorry for women who are chasing down their toddler who is screaming and running away from them with another baby in their arms. I am really thankful that 'Son, come to mama' is enough and that I don't have to raise my voice or sound nasty to get my child to listen.

R-e-s-p-e-c-t...it goes both ways. 


Sometimes I worry about the mild case of postpartum depression I went through (it lasted three months) and I wonder if it will return this time around.

But then that voice reminds me, yet again:

I've done this before. Last time was harder -- there were job stresses and now you're in a comfortable position. You had NO idea how to keep a house last time and now you know what you're doing. You actually know how to use a baby wrap/carrier this time...that is going to be extremely valuable when you're getting housework done/spending time with Little Loo.

And you know that you can loose all the baby weight...because you've done it. Face it, you're one hot mama.

So, deep down, I really do know what I'm doing, I guess it's just fear of the unknown. 

Hopefully, I will deliver this child in the safety of my own home. I know labor isn't going to last 31 hours like last time. I know what contractions feel like and I know that they are nothing to be afraid of...because really, pain is useful and makes us wiser, as long as we don't turn it into a "suffering" mindset.

I can't wait to immerse myself in birth, to just completely give in this time and let my body do it's thing. I can't wait to greet my son or daughter with open arms...at home, with my family.