The entire seventh month of the calendar year was special (which corresponds to the middle of September to the middle of October in our calendar). It began with special offerings and the blowing of trumpets. Ten days later was the day of atonement, celebrated with fasting and special offerings. And then, five days after that, a festival that lasted eight days, the festival of booths. During the festival the Israelites lived in booths to remember the time they spent in the wilderness. It was accompanied by special offerings throughout the week, and a day of rest at the beginning and the end. The festival of booths would remind the Israelites of God’s care (for 40 years), God’s faithfulness (in bringing them to the promised land), and God’s punishment (letting an entire generation die out because of their faithlessness).
Thought for the day: Jesus used the festival of booths to proclaim a profound truth about Himself!
John 7:37-38 (WEB) “Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.’ “
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