Fall Feast Times
Fall brings the change in the color of the leaves on the trees and a reminder that winter is just around the corner. Flowers start dying off and the grass doesn't grow as much. Leaves fall and raking starts. For many folks, Yahweh's Seventh Month which comes in the fall is very much looked forward to. It is a time we are commanded to live in temporary dwellings for a whole week. This could be a motel or a camper or a tent and it is an entire week of celebration in His Word. If your family goes away to a place with other Believers, you will find there are fun things going on all week. Of course, there is a very serious side to all His Days and the most solemn (serious) day of the entire year is called the Day of Atonement. This is a day when many do not eat any food all day--it can be difficult until you learn how to do it. There are four special times during this month, but two of them comprise a WHOLE WEEK! Here are some verses that deal with His Seventh month:
Leviticus 23:23-28, Then YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to YAHWEH.’" And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying: "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to YAHWEH. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before YAHWEH your Elohim.
Leviticus 23:39-43, 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of YAHWEH for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before YAHWEH your Elohim for seven days. You shall keep it as a feast to YAHWEH for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am YAHWEH your Elohim.’"