Leviticus 23:33-43 (ESV Strong's)
33 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “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. .... 42 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 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.”
A Feast in Booths!!
In these chapters of Leviticus, Moses is outlining the many feast and festivals that were given to the nation of Israel. Each one of them had special significance to the message of the Gospel. One of the feast they were instructed to celebrate would be the last feast of the fall, the Feast of Booths. The Feast of Booths might be like our Thanksgiving. The nation was actually supposed to leave their houses and go live in huts made out of straw and sticks and leaves. They were to live in them for seven days. The reason? Moses gives them the reason: To remember it was not their own strength that got them where they were, but the grace, mercy and power of the Lord. Once they secured the promise land and began to live in houses they did not build or cities they did not construct, God did not want them to have pride and arrogance. The Feast of Booths was a time for them to remember that it was God that brought them where they were. We ought to begin each day with a Feast of Booths mentality. We ought to end our day with a Feast of Booths mentality. And, in the middle we out to live our day with a Feast of Booths mentality. We ought to be in constant praise and thanksgiving for the grace and mercy God has demonstrated to us. Notice how Paul ends the first eleven chapters of Romans and begins the more practical side of living out our faith in chapter twelve:
Romans 12:1 (ESV Strong's)
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
We can only present ourselves as living sacrifices if we understand it is only possible by the “mercies of God.” This is the point of the Feasts of Booths.
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