Have you ever wondered
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what the Feast of
Tabernacles is all about?
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Well, if you join us
today you will find out.
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And welcome once again
to "Back to our Roots."
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I'm your host
Pastor Alex Schlusser
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and my co-host-- Rachel Hyman.
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And we want to welcome you,
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we are so happy that
you have joined us today
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on Back to our Roots.
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Today, we have a
very interesting topic.
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We are gonna be talking
about the Feast of Tabernacles
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or as it is known
in the bible Sukkot.
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So, Rachel, when
we talk about Sukkot
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what kind of things
does that bring to mind.
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What do you know about Sukkot?
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You know, when I was growing
up in Jewish neighborhoods
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I always remember the Sukkah in
the backyards of Jewish family.
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And what's the Sukkah?
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Sukkah is a representative
of, you can tell us.
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Well, it's that little building,
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right that they make.
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That with no roof on it.
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Exactly, exactly, it's a
little temporary structure
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that's put up during
that time of the year
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and the idea is to remember
that our life here is temporary
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that the real permanent
things are the things of God.
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As you mentioned
you know, it's a little,
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little building
that has no real walls
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and the roof is see through
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because you want to be able
to see the stars. Very fragile.
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Exactly, because you
know that's the way life is,
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but there is
definitely some very strong
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biblical origins to Sukkot
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and may be more importantly
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boy, there is some
pictures of our Messiah of Jesus
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that is found in the
whole idea of Tabernacles
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that we are gonna explore today.
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So before we go much further
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I'm going to invite our
brother Alexander Bolotnikov,
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we call him our
scholar Dr. Sasha to join us
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and we are gonna begin
our discussion for today.
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Sasha, how are you today?
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Hey, Alex. Hey, Rachel.
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Hey, Sasha. Good to see you.
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So Sasha, today we
are talking about Sukkot
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and we want to jump
right in on what the Bible,
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what the Torah has
to say about Sukkot?
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Well, Sukkot first of
all has been presented
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as one of the three
pilgrimage festivals.
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First it appears
in Exodus Chapter 23
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as three festivals
on which every Israelite
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is supposed to come
before the Lord to Jerusalem.
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Second of all, this festival
is connected with full harvest
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which in Israel is the
harvest of olives and grapes.
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And of course, third,
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Sukkot commemorates
the events of Exodus
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during the
Sukkot it is commanded
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for Israelites to
live in booths and--
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Which is where
we get that the name
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that it's actually
called right, the Sukkah.
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Sukkah is a
little tent, little booth
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in a more fancy Tabernacle.
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You know, so, this basically
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and people are also told
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to take the beautiful
leaves, willows trees.
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Like the myrtles.
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The myrtles, they
make such a kind of,
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what is it like a
bouquet or a ranch.
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Probably the
best way to explain.
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Yeah, known as a lulav
and then they have a citron.
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Citron looks like a lumpy lemon.
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Yes. You know, interesting.
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I mean, that's what it
looks like a big lumpy lemon.
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And what's a
citron. That's etrog.
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It's a type of fruit.
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Because the scripture says that
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you are supposed to take
the beautiful fruit, right.
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And I think there have
been a tradition was is that
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it has this really nice smell
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as well as it's like
the-- it's the taste, yeah.
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Yes, it kind of
taste like a lemon,
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but it's just beautiful.
But the smell is really good.
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I remember that you
scratch the skin very lightly
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and it has this
really nice smell to it.
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So are these more of
like rabbinical traditions
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that were taken to--
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Well, it's the--
I guess we would say
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it's the
rabbinical interpretation
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of what the Bible said.
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Yeah, because the
Bible says, the Bible says,
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beautiful fruit and
that's how Rabbi is showed
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that's the
beautiful fruit. Makes sense.
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So, and the other aspect is that
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Sukkot actually concludes
the ritual year of the sanctuary
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with a big celebration
and you go to you know,
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we talked about Exodus 23,
we talked about Leviticus 23,
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Exodus 23 is the pilgrimage.
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Leviticus 23-- Is the feast.
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Is the
description, the booth and--
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And Sukkot comes right
on the hills of Yom Kippur
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on the Day of Atonement.
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And as we talked
in our other program
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in fact after the
end of Yom Kippur,
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that's when the sound,
the Shofar, the ram's horn
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and that's ram's horn heralds
the coming of the Messiah,
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so Sukkot is kind of
a big messianic feast.
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Which we are gonna get
way into that as we move on.
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And so, in the Book
of Numbers Chapter 29
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they show all kinds of
sacrifices there you know,
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you start with rams and
bulls and you go 15 bulls
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and you go all
the way down to seven,
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which makes a lots of sacrifice.
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Yeah, yeah. Really.
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So, I want to jump way ahead now
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because I-- today, I have been
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really excited
about this program.
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I want to spend the majority of
our time now talking about Jesus
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and how He is engaged in
Sukkot and it's just amazing.
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I need to set this up though
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and talk just a little bit about
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what the celebration of Sukkot
was like in the first century.
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There is a lot of writings.
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Now, let me make it clear
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that that the
celebration that took place
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and I'm gonna
describe is not biblical.
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This is rabbinic
tradition, but nonetheless
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this is what was happening
at the time that Yeshua,
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Jesus was walking on
the face of the earth, okay.
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It was a very old
tradition that goes way back.
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And that's very
important to demonstrate it
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because when you start looking
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at the description of
the Sukkot in John Chapter 7
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and you compare with
Book of Numbers-- They don't--
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They don't match and for
many years I was studying this
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and I couldn't
understand, what is Jesus doing?
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Because it is interesting that
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John 7 gives a little
reference very abbreviated.
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So let me set the stage
before we get ahead with John 7.
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So what is written and the
description that were given
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is that on
Sukkot-- In the Mishnah.
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In the Mishnah,
which is rabbinic writings.
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I mean it's our best
snapshot of what the history
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and what the worship practice
was like during that time period
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that Sukkot was
considered a great celebration,
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right, a time of rejoicing
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and on the temple, the
temple mount as it were
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the description is that
there was four giant candelabras
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they had four bowls containing
oil with many gallons of oil.
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That the wicks were
the shredded clothes
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the cloths of the
priest that have been worn out
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would be turned into wicks
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that young boys would
climb up great ladders
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and would fill these bowls
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and these menorahs or these
big candelabras would be lit
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and it's said that
for miles and miles
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you could see the mount
that Jerusalem would be lit.
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Because remember,
it's not like today
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where you have
city lights or anything.
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It would be
basically pretty dark,
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all they had where
these little oil lamps.
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So during that celebration these
great candelabras would be lit
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and everything
would be illuminated
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which one was an amazing thing.
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You could see
Jerusalem from miles away lit up
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and then it culminated
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with what they call
the water libation ceremony
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where the priest, the
high priest would lead
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a cast of all the priest
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and they would do
all types of acrobatics
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the scripture or the Mishnah.
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Talks on
scriptures, the Mishnah said
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that they
juggled, that they dance
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that they did all these things
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as they paraded down the steps
to the Pool of Siloam, okay.
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And the high priest
would take a pitcher
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and would dip in and
bring this water, right
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and they would proceed back up
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where they would
begin to pour out the water.
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So I want to turn it over--
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Upon the altar. Upon the altar.
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So I want to turn over to Sasha,
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because there are
some biblical illusion
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things that are happening
here with the water libation
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before we move on to Jesus.
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Sasha, why don't you
take it at this point?
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Well, it is interesting
that they were pouring the water
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upon the brazen
Altar of the temple.
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It's old--it's against
what is written in Leviticus 6.
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In Leviticus 6, it says that
the fire of the burnt offering
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upon the altar cannot go out.
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So on Sukkot, the fire actually
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would be
extinguished with that water.
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And so in the Talmud it is--
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Which again is
rabbinical writing.
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Yes, it is
written, why are they--
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on what biblical
grounds do they do this
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and they bring the
text, it's Isaiah 12:6,
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you shall pour out the water,
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draw out the water from
the springs of salvation. Wow.
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And if you look
at this text alone
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you don't get
what they are saying
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but you have to
see not only one verse,
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you have to see it in a context.
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The context of
this is a beautiful
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prophetic oracle of Isaiah
that starts in Isaiah Chapter 11
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and where it
talks about the roots,
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they shoot from the
root of Jesse that comes
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and the Sprit of the
Lord-- Will rest upon Him.
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Shall rest upon Him.
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And then it says that,
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that resting of
the Spirit of the Lord
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leads to the
opening of the kingdom
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where lion shall
lie with the lamb.
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You know, so this is what--
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this is the
conclusion that Isaiah 12--
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I don't know who put
this number 12 on this chapter
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but, that's the conclusion,
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that's the final like
finale of this great oracle.
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You know, that's
like a final quote,
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you shall draw the water
from the springs of salvation
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so it definitely talks about
the great messianic kingdom
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and by the way the
Hebrew word for salvation
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is Yeshua and that's the name.
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His name. That the name Jesus.
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Which is the most
amazing thing because, you know,
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not to digress too much
but when the angel tells Mary
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you shall call Him, doesn't
say you shall call Him Jesus.
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You shall call Him Yeshua,
for He shall save His people.
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And even in his
name is salvation.
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So, let's jump forward, Sasha,
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because we are
setting up the stage
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for this amazing
scene that's played out
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and told to us in
the Gospel of John 7:37.
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Now let me read
this passage, Sasha,
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then we are gonna talk about it.
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This is again John 7:37,
"On the last day of the feast,
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the great day, Jesus
stood up and cried out,
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If anyone thirst, let
him come to me, and drink.
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Whoever believes in
me, as the Scripture says,
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'Out of his heart will
flow rivers of living water.'"
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So, now, let's put
that back in the context
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of what we just shared
with the water libation ceremony
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its connections to Isaiah 11.
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And Sasha, when this
scripture opens up and says,
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on the last day of
the feast the great day,
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what is that talking about?
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Well, again we have to
go to rabbinic tradition,
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that's a literally
citation in Greek language
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translated from
Greek into English
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but the original
comes from Hebrew.
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That's the last day of Sukkot,
It's recorded in Numbers 29
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it's called the Hoshana Rabbah.
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So and now, that's the great day
and we get from that this word.
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Hosanna Hosanna, right.
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So most people when
we say the word Hosanna--
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We think of like a
praised type of word.
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Yeah, exactly.
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But in the reality the word
Hosanna or in Hebrew Hoshana
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that's the same root
the same word as Yeshua
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but it's in the verbal form
so it's like save us please.
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Yeah, or save us now. Wow.
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Emphatic, so when the people
cried out Hosanna or Hosianna
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what they were saying
in essence is save us.
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Save us. That's awesome.
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Save us, isn't that amazing?
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That's why it's
called Hoshana Rabbah.
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You know, like--
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And it's the
great day of salvation.
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Yeah, the great
day of salvation.
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Rab that's our
make, Rab means great.
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Okay, so great day of salvation.
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That's the
great-- great salvation.
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So then listen
to what Jesus said.
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So He is there on the
last great day Hoshana Rabbah
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and He says, while the water
libation ceremony is going on
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they are pouring out
the water on to the altar
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and can you imagine being there
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and Jesus may be
points up in that direction
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and He says, if anyone thirst
let Him come to Me and drink
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because whoever believes
in Me as the scripture says,
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which He is
referring to Isaiah. Isaiah 6.
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Out of His heart will
flow rivers of living water.
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I get goose bumps,
when I think about that.
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And it's interesting
they go you know the song,
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you Rachel, even sing this song,
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Oo-shav-tem ma-yeem b'sa-sone
that's exactly the text.
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And that means?
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You shall draw the
water, draw forth the water
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with rejoicing from
the spring of salvation.
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So, imagine this
procession goes up to the hill
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from the Pool of
Siloam up to the temple mount
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and Jesus stands by and
say, I'm here, your salvation.
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I'm here, you want to drink,
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you don't go to
that pool, you go to Me.
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And what I recently discovered
when I discovered that in -
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it's actually a Jerusalem Talmud
which is one of the authentic--
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Again, rabbinic
writing. Rabbinic writing.
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I start, I found this
interesting commentary
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because it says there
that the water of libation
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that was poured upon the altar
represented the Holy Spirit.
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It--my jaw
dropped when I read it.
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That the rabbis used the
word Holy Spirit literally,
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they would use you know, they
sometimes used the divine spirit
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you know like Ruach Ha-Kodesh,
this one the Holy Spirit
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and they say referring to
one of the rabbinic authorities
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who says, if anybody
did not visit Jerusalem
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during the ceremony of libation
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he does not have
the Holy Spirit. Wow.
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And so it's like
I was reading this
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and the Book of John
says, when he talks about
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from His mist the flow
there will be water flowing
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and Jesus is-- then
the next verse says,
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Jesus was speaking
about the Holy Spirit
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that the believers
were supposed to receive
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but not yet have received this.
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Not until He is
crucified and died
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and He sense the
whole-- He talks about.
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But, that you can see
that what Jesus is telling
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is very well known to the Jewish
community that is you know,
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we are going to be talking
about this in our next show,
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this is, Jesus is not bringing
something absolutely new.
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Oh, no, they
completely understood
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and then as we
progress in the Gospel of John,
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Jesus is going to begin--
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He is talking about
I'm the light of the world.
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In the same context
of being able to point up
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to these great candelabras
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which was the
only time of the year,
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that something
like this would happen
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where all of Jerusalem
would be lit from these
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and He is declaring.
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And by the way-- I'm the Lord.
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And by the way
the tradition of light
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you know, often its--
people confuse the statement
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I'm the light of
the world with Hanukkah
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but the tradition
of light on the Sukkot
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is connected
with idea of creation.
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Let there be light,
I'm the light to the world,
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you know, and it's in line
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with what John records
in his gospel, you know.
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John refers to Genesis 1
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from the very
beginning of his gospel.
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In the beginning was the
word, he talks about creation
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the next statement is
light, exactly as in Genesis 1,
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Let there be light.
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So in Sukkot this is
definitely an understanding,
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Jews understand that this
is not just a commemoration
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of their
experience in the desert.
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This is also looking
forward for earth made new,
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you know, let
there be light you know,
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everything and
Jesus, I'm that light.
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So would you say that
Christians should also
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kind of may be
celebrate feast like this today,
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since we are also
looking for the Messiah.
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You know, whether
the idea of celebration,
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but certainly to
connect and understand
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how can they not be
excited when they put it
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in the context of exactly
how Jesus revealed Himself
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through what was
going in the Sukkot
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but when we take it
even a step further.
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Sasha, let's talk
about how Sukkot is revealed
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or spoken off at the very end.
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I'm speaking of in
Revelation Chapter 21,
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it talks about Sukkot
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and specifically
there is a statement,
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"Behold the dwelling
place of God is with man,
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He will dwell with them
and they would his people
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and God himself will be
with them as their God."
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So, is that--
that idea of dwelling
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that would be you
know, Sukkot, the tabernacle?
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Exactly, this is-- it
say, the dwelling place
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they translate it in
different way the word Shekinah
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and Shekinah is actually
often referred as a Sukkah
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as that tent which
God-- in which God sojourned
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with His people
through the desert.
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And so now this image
of that tent of the meeting
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is transferred on to its
untied typical fulfillment
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which is New Jerusalem
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and New Jerusalem is called
that place of God's dwelling,
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place of God's present
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and that's basically
what Sukkot is all about.
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We in this season
we are going through
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three pilgrimage festivals,
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we went, we talked
about the Passover,
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we talk about Sukkot,
two pilgrimage festivals
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there is also Shavuot
but the Passover, you know,
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It's like in a spring Passover
indicates points to the Calvary
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which is the
beginning of salvation
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that's our
source of forgiveness.
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Sukkot points to the
conclusion of salvation.
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So, Sukkot has always then
had this messianic expectation,
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this messianic
fulfillment attached to it
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even from a very
Jewish perspective, right.
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Absolutely, Absolutely.
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Which I think,
kind of brings around--
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I wanted to talk
just a little bit
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because I have always been
intrigued by Mathew Chapter 17,
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it's typically called the
Mount of Transfiguration, right.
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And we know the
story that Jesus--
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He takes Peter
and James and John
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and Jesus goes up
this hill or this mountain
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and scripture says literally
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that He is
transfigured before them
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but I have always
imagined that this is like
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the glory of God in that moment
beginning to break out of Him
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and He begins to shine
with the glory of God, right.
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And it literally says,
that His face shown like the sun
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and His cloths
became white as light
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which really
sounds like descriptions
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we find in Revelation, you know.
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And Peter says to Jesus,
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now I have always
tried to picture this,
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you know, here is Peter looking
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and seeing Jesus
like and he says,
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Lord, is it good that we're here
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but if You wish I
will make three tents,
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I will make
three Sukkahs, right.
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I will make three
tabernacles for us,
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one for You and one for
Moses and one for Elijah
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because the scripture
says that Moses and Elijah
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appeared along
with Him in that moment.
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And I think so often
people have looked at Peter
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and like, oh, poor Peter
He just didn't understand.
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But in a way there
was a connection there.
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Right, Sasha?
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Yeah, there was a connection
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because what Peter
sees, first of all he sees
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two biblical
heroes that have not died.
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Right, the law and the prophets.
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Yeah, two prophets you know,
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he sees Elijah who was
translated to heaven alive
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and see Moses whose body
in the grave was never found.
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So here they are alive.
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So, Peter thinks that Jesus--
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and here they see
Jesus as you know,
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literally divine Jesus,
all right, I'm all ready.
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This guy is
definitely the Messiah.
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Yeah, I'm already in heaven
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so why not we
celebrate the Sukkahs.
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We make the Sukkahs and
this is it, we're all done.
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Yeah, so as we say we
have come once again to the end
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and it's my turn
today to bring a song.
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So I'm going to get ready
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and you guys can talk
about that just a little bit.
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This song is Latter Rain
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and Latter Rain is
what actually provides
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and solidifies
the harvest in Israel
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and since Sukkot is the
feast of the last harvest
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the full harvest
that song is right there,
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appropriate, so
let's listen to Alex.
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I love you, Lord
with all my heart
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I offer You thanksgiving
00:24:37.80\00:24:44.90
You have called me for Your own
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It's through You that I live on
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Oh, and I will sing
Your praises once again
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Oh, I love you,
Lord with all my soul
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I offer You Thanksgiving
00:25:19.13\00:25:25.90
You inscribed upon my heart
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Remove the stony part
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Oh, Lord redeem
Your people return again
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And I sing praises to Your name
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Your glory is my refrain
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Oh, Lord, pour on
your people the latter rain
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Oh, I love you,
Lord with all my mind
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I offer You Thanksgiving
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And I sing praises to Your name
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Oh, Your glory is my refrain
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Oh, Lord, pour on
your people the latter rain
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Oh, Lord, pour on
your people The latter rain
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Lord, we do pray
that You would pour out
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upon all of Your
people the latter rain.
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You know Sukkot is all
about this temporary time,
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this expectation that there's
got to be so much more, Rachel,
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that God is going to pour
out His spirit upon His people.
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And we just pray that
you would be so blessed.
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So may the Lord bless
you and may He keep you
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and may the Lord make
His face to shine upon you
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and be gracious to you.
00:27:50.19\00:27:51.37
May the Lord lift
His countess upon you
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and bring you His peace.
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Bless you and join us
again on "Back to our Roots."
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