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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

When was the Word made flesh (part 3).

 

  1. Feast of Tabernacles honors the King of kings and Lord of lords

If one so far is not yet convinced that the date of Jesus’ birth is not a secret and that they have been deceived and lied to, I hope that this point clarifies everything. This may be the first time you hear about the exact date of Jesus’ birth but regardless of how long it took you to learn of it you have absolutely no excuse for it is written; “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!" (Romans 10:14-15).

Now that you hear it the onus is on you personally to believe or not to believe because we are responsible for our own decisions and we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

 So then, since the reason why the Word became flesh and dwelt among us was to be King as testified by Jesus Himself who said to Pilate; “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

Now there is a yearly festival which is stated as follows; “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 the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a Sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a Sabbath-rest” (Leviticus 23:39; Judges 21:19; Hosea 9:5).

Please note carefully that the directives are to keep the feast of the Lord, signifying that this feast pertains to the Lord, it is His feast to be observed in His honor. I therefore beg to ask the question, what is the objective and the rationale for observing the feast of the Lord?

To native Israelites their objective for observing this festival is stated as follows; “You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD 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 the LORD your God” (Leviticus 23:41-43).

But what is the objective and rationale for observing this festival in our New Testament dispensation? In our New Testament dispensation, the objective and rationale for observing this festival is to honor the birth and circumcision of the King of kings and Lord of lords. Because remember the title and honor of King was attributed to Jesus Christ from birth and as indicated by the prophet Zachariah worshiping the King the Lord of hosts and keeping the Fest of Tabernacles are intertwined, they serve the same purpose.

For thus it is written; “And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles” (Zechariah 14:16-18).

So as one can clearly see, observing the Feast of Tabernacles and worshiping the King of kings and the Lord of hosts are synonymous because, to observe the Feast of Tabernacles is to worship the King of king and Lord of lords and in the same token, to worship the King of kings and Lord of lords is to celebrate the Feast of tabernacles, a title and honor which was bestowed on the Lord from birth.

To those who are still doubtful and skeptical due to their delusions and their love to the traditions and customs of men rather than the commandments of God, I can still give three more historical proofs as to when the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

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To be continued, stay tuned

With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph


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