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Take a Listening Heart to the Feast By David Palmer When you see or hear the word "feast," what comes to mind? To members of our Church, the word relates to a wonderful yearly festival, the biblical observance of the Feast of Tabernacles.
et's consider for a moment the word "feast" itself. Most modern dictionaries will describe "feast" as a "joyful religious anniversary, an annual village festival, a sumptuous meal, especially in public." The biblical expression "feasts of the Lord" in Leviticus chapter 23 emphasizes the importance of the feast as a festival observed as a fixed time or season, an assembly convened for a definite purpose.
"It was one of the designs of the greater solemnities, which required the attendance of the people at the sacred [tabernacle], that the oneness of the nation might be maintained and cemented together, by statedly congregating in one place, and with one accord taking part in the same observance." The dictionary then goes on to state: "To keep the people's consciousness alive to God's way, to revive, strengthen, and perpetuate it, nothing could be so well adapted as these annual feasts." Solomon's request should be our own
When Solomon replaced his father David on the throne, God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, "Ask! What I shall give you?" (1Kings 3:5). Solomon asked for an understanding heart, better translated as a hearing or listening heart, that he might better judge God's people and be a better king. "The speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing" (1Kings 3:10). Solomon was blessed not only with the wisdom of a listening heart, but great physical blessings as well.
The chance to grow closer as a family
God's people meet many personalities at the Feast, some who are quiet and shy, and some who have a hard time communicating. What better way to get to know God than by getting to know someone else God has called? After all, you and that new person you talk with may well be in the Kingdom of God forever. So why not take the opportunity to get acquainted while attending the Feast of Tabernacles? For more information about the Feast of Tabernacles and the rest of God's annual Holy Days, please request the booklet . Copyright 2007 by United Church of God, an International Association All rights reserved. |
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