REVIVAL TALK

--> 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 is 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

Psalms 2:8 – “Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.” We often quote this Scripture when we speak about world missions.   This is an important Scripture for our ministry, it is a theme verse for our mission’s emphasis.   We believe God is giving us the nations for our inheritance.   This also includes our nation, the United States of America.   My desire is to witness and participate in a Christ Awakening.   I want to see our nation set ablaze with the fires of revival.   We are called to cry out in prayer for our nation. We pray because we are living in what the Apostle Paul prophesied as “perilous times.” These are times of difficulty. 2 Timothy 3:1 reveals, “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.” These are times of deception. 1 Timothy 4:1 says, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirit

1 Corinthians 11:27-28 – “Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks  this  cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.”             All of us have taken exams as students.   Sometimes we were allowed to use our books or notebooks for the examination.   The book we will use for this open book exam in the Bible.   The letter to Corinth was written by the Apostle Paul to address the problems they were experiencing in their fellowship.   There are a number of problems he addresses to bring correction.             Corinth was a city known for immorality, prostitution, and idolatry.   Many of these problems had crept into the church.   The Greeks of Paul’s day were known for their divisive philosophies, litigation, and the rejection of a bodily resurrection.   Like Corinth, many of the problems of our culture have filtered into the church.