Sir Winston. Dry Bones

As with each of the other Fall Holy Days, with Sukkot we look forward with eager anticipation to the future fulfillment of this Feast.

While exiled on the island of Patmos, the aged apostle Yochanan received the following revelation about the age of come:

From night one of the festival of Sukkot, when that first meal is enjoyed with family and friends; to each succeeding night when the lulav is waved and Praise Psalms chanted; to the Feast's finale with Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah,  the prevailing tone of the Holiday is one of JOY!

In Yeshua's day, a common practice during the seven days of Sukkot was that of a Nisuch Ha-Mayim (Water Ceremony).  The custom consisted of the High Priest "[leading] a procession to the pool of Shiloach (Siloam) where he would fill a golden pitcher with water and then return to the courtyard of the Temple" (John Parsons).   The High Priest would then proceed to "pour out the water," and as he did so the people would "wave their lulavot" as they sang from Psalm 118: "Save now, I pray O LORD; O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity" (v. 25).

For those of you who have attended, a Rosh HaShanah service (or watched one here on the Shalom Adventure magazine), a prominent practice you will observe is the blowing of a shofar, or ram's horn.   This practice is largely derived from the Biblical injunction in Leviticus 23 to observe this day with "blast of trumpets."  At many Rosh Hashanah services, it is not uncommon for the shofar to be "blasted" upwards of 100 times!

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Colossians 4:5