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| CHRISTIANITY'S JEWISH ROOTS Pitching Tents in the Holy City |
| 2004-10-04 |
| CBN.com -- Every year, despite bomb threats and the tense political atmosphere, thousands of evangelical Christians from more than 100 nations come to Israel to celebrate "Sukkot," or the Feast of Tabernacles. This biblical holiday, also called the "Feast of Booths" is still observed in Israel thousands of years since God commanded Moses and the Jews to "Live in booths for seven days
so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God" (Leviticus 23: 42, 43). Sukkot is also a harvest festival called the "Feast of the Ingathering," a time to rejoice before God and give thanks for the freshly gathered Autumn harvest. Traditionally, it is also a time to pray for rain. |
| Posted by:dennisw |
| #6 On a grimier note, we must admire Bill France and his courage for destroying the title race. It had to be done of course, but if only we had shown this courage in Falluhjah. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-04 4:50:55 PM |
| #5 It worries me that Christians would want to go to Israel too... it's like the Cubs trying to get the World Series, it's just stupid. Be content with the Loop and let it go. I will for myself declare that all posts dedicated to bringing together ancient faiths will be treated like a Red Sox October wet dream, and yes Barry Bonds was on the hammer and should be put up against the wall for betraying the dream of a Giant World Series. There. Coherent, but stupid. See how it's done? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-04 4:48:18 PM |
| #4 While, in other posts here, I have questioned the motivations of Christians coming to Israel, it does not lessen the importance of whatever reconciliation between these two ancient faiths might be obtained from any mutual experience. Too long has the false and vicious blood libel tainted relations between Christianity and Judaism. On a much more grim note, without wishing direct harm to befall anyone, should Christians in Jerusalem for Sukkot find themselves receiving the Palestinians' unwanted attentions, perhaps they will become a lot more sympathetic and outspoken with respect to how Israel is obliged to ruthlessly thwart any and all terrorist attacks. That the American Episcopal and Presbyterian churches have denounced Israel's handing of the Palestinian crisis heralds a new low-note in inter-faith understanding. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-10-04 3:15:35 PM |
| #3 So THAT'S what that the booth in the Daley Center in Chitown is all about! Trailing wife, I had to clean out the drain pipes yesterday! Ah, but the satisfaction while looking at clear water coming out at the bottom! |
| Posted by: Chicago Mike 2004-10-04 2:19:27 PM |
| #2 is still observed in Israel Not to mention by religious Jews around the world across the spectrum from Orthodox to liberal Reform. Why is this being presented as a quaint local custom? I do apologize for my querelousness today. I moved the better part of a truckload of woodchips from the driveway to my garden path on Friday (my husband is highly allergic to the stuff), and I still ache all over. And, I have the rest of the pile staring at me, still. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-04 11:13:34 AM |
| #1 This is the origin of hunting camps. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-04 10:03:27 AM |