A Poem - God's love for the lost

O, that You would rend the heavens and come down!

To see Your blazing eyes of love
to see Your tear stained face
to watch Your arms enfold each one,
and touch them with Your grace.

Regard the lost with tenderness;
Ignore the lost – no way!
I put before them stepping stones
I lead them in the day.
My light before, My fire at night;
My torch within will shine so bright and
lead the blind straight to the light!

The deaf will hear, the lame will walk,
and from their mouths they all will talk,
and tell of My amazing love;
My light, My heart, My zeal!
The lost and lonely wanderers
drawn in among the fields.

So let the fire and embers glow
a beacon in dark night;
Yes let the fire and embers glow
ablaze with Love's pure light.

                      Given by inspiration of Holy Spirit 11/20/2023
                             Victoria Rose

Tabernacles 2023 : General Info

The Feasts of the LORD are divine appointments. They are opportunities to draw closer to Him, to fellowship in His presence and to enjoy the community of other believers. During these gatherings we remember the LORD and His goodness toward us. We also want Him to remember us.

There is this promise in Malachi about being written in His Book of Remembrance.

Those who feared the LORD spoke to one another. The LORD took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared the LORD and had high regard for His name.

“They will be mine,” says the LORD of Armies, “My own possession on the day I AM preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him. So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him. Malachi 3:16-18 CSB

The Feast of Tabernacles is a joyous celebration - a week long reminder of God's deliverance, protection, provision, and faithfulness.

We will begin on the evening of Friday, September 29, with a time of fellowship as we share and pray together. Join us at 6 pm as we look forward to the week ahead of us.

Through the week, beginning on Saturday, we will have a potluck fellowship meal at 4 pm each day. Followed by sharing, songs and messages as we are led by the Holy Spirit.

Meal plan:

      Saturday, the 30^th. Main dish is roasted turkey. Please feel free to bring any side dish to add to the meal. (suggestions: vegetable, salad, potatoes, bread)

      Sunday, October 1. Enchiladas and tacos. (suggestions to contribute – salsa, chips, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, beans, etc.)

      Monday through Friday we will continue to share a light meal every day at 4 pm. (sandwiches, cold cuts, potato salad, coleslaw)

[Any questions: call or text Randy or Kathy at (928)263-0249 or email kleigh56@aol.com]

During the week of Tabernacles, the Israelites would eat and sleep in their temporary dwellings. It was a looking back, a reminder of their wandering through the desert for 40 years as God watched over and protected them.

As New Testament believers we see this as a time to look forward to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We currently reside in temporary bodies of flesh, but we anticipate the change that will come at His return.

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this corruptible body must be clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body must be clothed with immortality.

When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

Where, death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting? 1 Corinthians 15:50-55 CSB

Every year the LORD reveals a bit more of the mystery of the plan He has had for us since the beginning of creation.  During this time we are asking for a greater understanding and looking forward to His answers.

But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”  Daniel 12:4 ESV

 

He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.  Daniel 12:9-10 ESV

 

Then He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
Luke 24:44-45 ESV
 

TABERNACLES 2023

 

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous! Psalms 118:15 KJV

September 16, 2023, was Rosh Hashanna – the beginning of the new year on the Hebrew calendar. The trumpet was blown at the sighting of the new moon for the festival known as Yom Teruah – the Feast of Trumpets.

We are now in the midst of the Ten Days of Awe which will conclude with the Day of Atonement on September 25. It is a time of introspection and repentance.

This will be followed by the seven day festival of the Feast of Tabernacles (also known as the Feast of Booths or Sukkot). It is a time of celebration, remembering all that the LORD has done and looking forward to what is to come. There will be rejoicing as we fellowship and share, knowing that this is an appointed time that was scheduled by Our God, the Creator of the Universe. 

 

And He desires to spend time with us!

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations (dress rehearsals); they are my appointed feasts (appointments).” Leviticus 23:2 ESV

 

On Friday, September 29, we will finish setting up and enjoy an evening of Praise, Worship and Fellowship around the fire. The first day of Tabernacles this year is on Saturday, September 30.  All are welcome to join. If you would like to camp out, there is plenty of room.  

Next Post: General Info about Plans for the week

Directions

We are located about 20 miles east of Kingman.  And 2 miles northwest of the intersection of I-40 and US 93.

Traveling west from Kingman on I-40, take exit 71.  Take a left to go north over the I-40 overpass and take your first right onto Round Valley Road.  Travel north to the mailboxes and stay to your left.  Follow the road around to the west side of the El Paso gas pumping station.  Turn left (west) and go approximately 1 mile.  Continue a short distance on the private road to the location on your left. 

Click for Map of 939 S. Lode Rd.

Prayer and Declaration for a Move of God in Our Community

On March 26th, 2023 we will each be where the Lord has directed us to be.  At 9:45 am we will start a Zoom meeting. At 10:00 am we will pray the following prayer, declare the scriptures and play the first 3 minutes of the song The Blessing. Then we will return to our homes or wherever we plan to go and start a new Zoom meeting for bible study. Afterwards we will have a time of fellowship and a pot luck for those who are able to attend.  Please pray for a true unity of the Spirit. When we are in unity with His Spirit we will be led by His Spirit. 

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Heavenly Father, we come before you in the name of Jesus, sanctified by His blood and washed by the water of His Word. We thank you for the victory you have already accomplished. We desire to be in complete obedience to you and to be led by your Holy Spirit. As you have positioned us today to declare your word across the land we believe that it will not return to you void but will accomplish that which you please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto you sent it. Amen

As we prepare for the Passover gathering on April 8, we believe the Lord has directed us to proclain His Word over the areas He has assigned to us. He has put us where we are and has purposed us "For such a time as this."

Est 4:15 For if you remain silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish [since you did not help when you had the chance]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this for this very purpose]?” 

Just as Isaiah felt unfit, sometimes we feel inadequate for the Lords work, so we have to remember our sins have been purged by the blood of Jesus and we just need to be obedient. 

Isa 6:5  Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 

Isa 6:6  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 

Isa 6:7  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 

Isa 6:8  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 

We believe God is preparing His army compelled by His Spirit to complete the tasks He has set before them.

Acts 20:22-24 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me. But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

So we will be the voice crying in the desert, "prepare ye the way of the Lord". And from the North, the South, the East and the West, with one voice in the unity of the spirit we will declare the the Word of the Lord. 

Isa 62:10  Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. 

Isa 40:3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 

Isa 40:4  Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 

Isa 40:5  And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

We say, (Eph 5:14 37:2) Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light.

Eze 37:1  The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 

Eze 37:2  And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 

Eze 37:3  And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 

Eze 37:4  Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 

Eze 37:5  Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 

Eze 37:6  And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 

Eze 37:7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 

Eze 37:8  And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 

Eze 37:9  Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 

Eze 37:10  So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 

We believe if we humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways, He will hear us and heal our land.

2Ch 7:14  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

2Ch 7:15  Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 

We believe the greatest bessing is to know Jesus Christ  and  ...that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue will confess (joyfully and gladly) that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Php 2:10-11  

We also believe we are called to be kings and priests and as priests are to bless his people.

Rev 1:5  And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 

Rev 1:6  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?  Ecclesiastes 8:4 KJV

Num 6:22  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 

Num 6:23  Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 

Num 6:24  The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 

Num 6:25  The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 

Num 6:26  The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Play "The Blessing"

The 8th Day

This morning the LORD drew our attention to the significance of the 8th day of Tabernacles.  For 7 days we camped out and fellowshiped together.  Yesterday we prayed and broke camp. But this morning we were prompted to consider the 8th day which is also a part of this Feast. 

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.  Leviticus 23:39 KJV

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.  John 7:37-38 KJV

(When He said "living water," He was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in Him.  John 7:39 NLT

We were reminded that at the time of Pentecost the disciples received an earnest or a down payment of the Holy Spirit.

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.  2 Corinthians 5:5 CSB

When the disciples received the Holy Spirit and the baptism of fire, they walked with boldness and started the work that we are to complete.  How much more do we need that baptism at this time.

On the last great day of the Feast (John 7:37-39) Jesus tells us to come to Him for such a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit that it will flow out of us like a river.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.  Matthew 7:7-8 KJV

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?  Luke 11:13 KJV

And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all people; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. I will even pour out my Spirit on my servants in those days, both men and women and they will prophesy.  Acts 2:17-18 CSB

Today is the day.  Ask, Believe and Receive.

Spend time today in prayer, asking the LORD to pour out His Spirit on you as He prepares you for the work in the days ahead.

Tracing the Glory to the fulfilment of Tabernacles

When reading through the Old Testament we are admonished to remember the fact that "These things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come."1 Corinthians 10:11 CSB

Three times in the year the LORD has set aside specific appointed times to meet with His people.  (Exodus 23:14)

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.  Leviticus 23:1-2 KJV

The words feasts (H4150 mo'ed) and holy convocations (H4744 mikraw) come from two Hebrew words meaning an appointment and a dress rehearsal. 

But what is the location where God instructs His people to celebrate the feasts (keep the appointed times)?

The book of Deuteronomy gives the following information:

Deuteronomy 16:2 KJV  Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 16:10-11 KJV  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

11  And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 16:13-15 KJV  Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

14  And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

15  Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

Deuteronomy 16:16 KJV  Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

These appointed times/meetings are held where the Lord has chosen to place His Name, as evidenced by the presence of His Glory.

The first place was at Shiloh.  But the people fell into sin and idolatry.

Psalms 78:58-60 CSB  They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.

59  God heard and became furious; he completely rejected Israel.

60  He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he resided among mankind.

Then He moved to Jerusalem.  But once again they turned away from Him.  This is His declaration to the nation:

Jeremiah 7:12-14 KJV  But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

13  And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

14  Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

God told the people that He was going to remove His Name from His house in Jerusalem.  Ezekiel witnessed this in a vision.

Ezekiel 10:1-4 KJV  Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

2  And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

3  Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

4  Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

Ezekiel 10:18 KJV  Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

Ezekiel 11:22-23 KJV  22  Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

23  And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

The Samaritan woman who spoke to Jesus at the well questioned Him about where to worship.  She said:

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.  John 4:20 KJV 

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22  Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

23  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.  John 4:21-24 KJV 

Jesus let the woman know that worship was no longer going to be tied to a certain location.

Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus ascended from the mountain east of the city.  (The location seen in Ezekiel's vision)  The Glory departed with Him.  And then returned ten days later as evidenced by the tongues of fire resting on the 120 disciples gathered in the upper room.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.  Acts 2:1-4 KJV 

God's glory and His name now rests on the believers who are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV 

We are the living stones that make up His temple.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.  1 Peter 2:5 KJV  

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

20  And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21  In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22  In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.  Ephesians 2:19-22 KJV

And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.  Revelation 22:4 KJV  

This is the place that God has now chosen to place His Name.  We are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  Where we are, there He is.  No matter what our physical location is, we can be united in spirit and in truth; worshiping in agreement and unity.  During this appointed time our prayer is that the Lord, whom we seek, will suddenly come to us, His temple.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.  Malachi 3:1 KJV 

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7  And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.  Haggai 2:6-7 KJV 

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.  John 7:14 KJV  

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38  The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”  John 7:37-38 CSB 

Let us drink of the fullness of all that He has for us!

This year the Feast of Tabernacles begins the week of October 9.  The LORD has already marked His calendar to spend time with you.  

Will you keep the appointment?