REVIVAL TALK

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem Psalms 122             This Psalm is a Psalm of David.  In these scriptures he writes about the joy of going to the House of the Lord.  Verse 1 reads,  “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’”   He continues in verse 6 with this admonition.   “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you.’” Why does the Bible encourage us to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem?”  Jerusalem was the one place among the twelve tribes of Israel that God chose to place His name.  Deuteronomy 12:5 reads,  “But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.” The Lord promises blessing to those who are a blessing to His covenant people.  God spoke these words to Abraham in Genesis 12:3,  “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” The

The Feast of Tabernacles In the Twenty-third chapter of Leviticus the Lord spoke to Moses about establishing seven major feasts.   Leviticus 23:1-2 reads, “And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘ Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:   ‘the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.’” The first of these seven feasts is Passover. Passover always comes in the first month of the year on the Hebrew religious calendar.   The seventh and last of the feasts comes in the fall of the year in the seventh month.   It is the Feast of Tabernacles. Although there are a total of seven feasts (the divine number for perfection or completeness in the Bible), God divided the seven festivals into three major festival seasons. Every male was to present themselves before the Lord three times in a year in each festival group.   The Jewish male would travel to Jerusalem for Passover in the spring, Pentecost at the end of spring, and the

In the Twenty-third chapter of Leviticus the Lord spoke to Moses about establishing seven major feasts. The first of these seven feasts was Passover. Passover always comes in the first month of the year on the Hebrew religious calendar. This month is known as Abib in the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy, but later came to be known as Nissan after the Babylonian captivity.   Although there are a total of seven feasts (the divine number for perfection or completeness in the Bible), God divided the seven festivals into three major festival seasons. Every male was to present themselves before the Lord three times in a year in each festival group.   The Jewish male would travel to Jerusalem for Passover in the spring, Pentecost at the end of spring, and the Feast of Tabernacles in the fall.   The fall festival season consisted of Rosh Ha Shana (Trumpets), The Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. Rosh Ha Shana comes on the first day of the month of Tishri and begins the Ten Days of Awe