The reference of ‘three days’ occurs 75 times in the bible. Whereas it only refers to five days three times. It’s always wise to notice when God places emphasis on something repetitively…and certainly 75 times is worth noticing! In Scripture the number three is one of the so called “perfect … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Sukkot or Christmas?
The Gospel writers either did not know when the event happened or they did not feel the information was important enough to pass along. We can only speculate. Some speculate that the church associated the birth of Jesus with the winter solstice and assume that the church chose December 25 … Continue reading
What’s in the Sukkah anyway?!
Shraga Simmons teaches that for seven days, during God’s appointed time of Sukkot, we symbolically move out of our wall-to-wall carpeted, air-conditioned house, into a little hut or booth called a Sukkah. But how is this supposed to make us happy?!… [and what’s in it?] The lesson is that the … Continue reading
The Importance of Sukkot
Sukkot, comes four days after Yom Kippur, (starting on the fifth day) and lasts for seven days. During that time, we remember the protection God gave to the people during the forty years they spent travelling in the desert. Sukkot, is also referred to as the Festival of Booths and is the last festival … Continue reading
The Four Days Between Yom Kippur and Sukkot
There are four days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, which is the biblical holiday that commands to make a Sukkah. Some bible scholars say that the influence of Yom Kippur and its power to expiate sins extends into these four days. Just as before Rosh Hashana we are given a minimum of four … Continue reading