21 September 2013

שבת חול המועד

(Shabbat Chol haMoed-Sabbath falling within the Festival)

Torah
Exodus 33:12-34:26Numbers 29:17-22
Haftarah
Ezekiel 38:18-39:16
It is significant that theHaftarah readings for both the first day of Sukkot and for the following Sabbath include calamitous occurrences of the last days when nations will unite to come against Israel. In the holy, divine judgments released at that time, the LORD ".will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am YHVH, the Holy One inIsrael (Ezekiel 39:7; Emphasis ours). Israel will come to know the holy name of her God in her midst (Yeshua- a name which historically most of Israel has refused to know, means "Yehovah Saves")-and nations will be required to acknowledge that this Holy One still chooses to identify Himself with and in the land and people of Israel. The Zechariah passage teaches that this acknowledgment will be exemplified by the nations coming annually to Jerusalem to participate in the Feast of Sukkot(Zechariah 14:16-19).