Eighth Day Reality

There's a lot of interesting truths to be learned from the "eighth day".

by Stephen Jones:

"The basic law of the Feast of Tabernacles is found in Leviticus 23:33-44,

33 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD. 35 'On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. 36 'For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

37 These are the appointed times [Heb. moed] of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present offerings by fire to the LORD.

God gave Israel a vision of Tabernacles from the beginning of their journey. Their instructions were to dwell in booths during their sojourn in the wilderness. This was designed to keep them from becoming too settled in the wilderness. For the Church under Pentecost, this lesson tells us that we should not become too settled and comfortable in our own 40-Jubilee sojourn, lest we build denominational houses and think we are now in the Promised Land. (Jesus was tempted in the wilderness for 40 days....every day representing a Jubilee (50 yrs.) so 50 x40= 2000......Jesus was patterning the last 2000 yrs. of the churches' wilderness journey.

Throughout the Age of Pentecost, the Church should remain in "booths" and keep the vision of Tabernacles alive. In our journey through the wilderness, we should carry the bones of Joseph with us. That is, we must understand that we have not yet reached immortality, but are still in the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1). Nor have we come to the second coming of Christ, (corporate) which we will later see as a Joseph work, where He comes with His robe dipped in blood (Rev. 19:13; Genesis 37:31).The wilderness is the place where we carry around the bones of Joseph.

In other words, we will exchange one body for another. Our present "house" or "tabernacle" is mortal and imperfect, limited by many earthly factors. In the Feast of Tabernacles we exchange this house for another. We move from our present earthly house to a house depicted by the booths made of tree branches. The booths are made of materials that are LIVING. In the redemption of our body, the LIVING body that we lost through Adam will be redeemed. This is our true inheritance, our true Promised Land on the highest level of meaning."