The document describes the biblical Feast of Booths as outlined in Leviticus 23. It discusses that the feast is also known by other names that highlight different aspects of the celebration, including Tabernacles, Booths, and Ingathering. The feast involved Israelites living in booths or temporary shelters for seven days to commemorate God providing for them during their wilderness wanderings. It also looked forward to God continuing to protect and provide for his people as well as the future ingathering of nations. The feast celebrated the completion of the harvest and anticipated the coming of the Messiah to fully establish God's kingdom.

2. Leviticus 23:33-35
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On
the fifteenth day of this seventh month and
for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the
Lord. On the first day shall be a holy
convocation; you shall not do any ordinary
work.
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3. Leviticus 23:36
For seven days you shall present food
offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day
you shall hold a holy convocation and
present a food offering to the Lord. It is a
solemn assembly; you shall not do any
ordinary work.
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4. Leviticus 23:37-38
“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord,
which you shall proclaim as times of holy
convocation, for presenting to the Lord food
offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings,
sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its
proper day, besides the Lord’s Sabbaths and
besides your gifts and besides all your vow
offerings and besides all your freewill
offerings, which you give to the Lord.
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5. Leviticus 23:39
“On the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you have gathered in the
produce of the land, you shall celebrate the
feast of the Lord seven days. On the first
day shall be a solemn rest, and on the
eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
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6. Leviticus 23:40-41
And you shall take on the first day the fruit
of splendid trees, branches of palm trees
and boughs of leafy trees and willows of
the brook, and you shall rejoice before the
Lord your God seven days. You shall
celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven
days in the year. It is a statute forever
throughout your generations; you shall
celebrate it in the seventh month.
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7. Leviticus 23:42-44
You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All
native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that
your generations may know that I made the
people of Israel dwell in booths when I
brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am
the Lord your God.” Thus Moses declared
to the people of Israel the appointed feasts
of the Lord.
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9. This feast is known by Tabernacles, Booths, or
Ingathering, each name has different NUANCES to
it highlighting different ASPECTS of the feast.

10. This feast is known by Tabernacles, Booths, or
Ingathering, each name has different NUANCES to
it highlighting different ASPECTS of the feast.
The tabernacle was to make possible the
PRESENCE and GLORY of a holy God among His
unholy people.

11. This feast is known by Tabernacles, Booths, or
Ingathering, each name has different NUANCES to
it highlighting different ASPECTS of the feast.
The tabernacle was to make possible the
PRESENCE and GLORY of a holy God among His
unholy people.
The Jews linked this feast to the anticipation of
the GLORY of God with the coming MESSIAH.

12. Booths adds the nuance of
PROVISION and PROTECTION

13. Booths adds the nuance of
PROVISION and PROTECTION
The booths were a VISUAL reminder of
God’s care through the TEMPORARY
wilderness trials of the past, as well as God’s
provision in the PRESENT.

14. Booths adds the nuance of
PROVISION and PROTECTION
The booths were a VISUAL reminder of
God’s care through the TEMPORARY
wilderness trials of the past, as well as God’s
provision in the PRESENT.
The water ceremony looked back to how
God provided and FORWARD to the
OUTPOURING of God’s Spirit.

15. Ingathering looks to the
completion of the HARVEST

16. Ingathering looks to the
completion of the HARVEST
The completion of the harvest ANTICIPATES
not the ingathering of grapes and olives, but
the NATIONS of the world.

17. Ingathering looks to the
completion of the HARVEST
The completion of the harvest ANTICIPATES
not the ingathering of grapes and olives, but
the NATIONS of the world.
Jesus says come to Me that I may provide
you with living WATER, pursue Me that I may
be a LIGHT for your path, that I may bring
you into the final INGATHERING of God’s
people.

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