Are you keeping the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem this year? Probably not? but the time when we can all attend the Feast together is coming soon! At least I hope it?s soon.

Jesus observed the Feast of Tabernacles during His life and we are to follow His example. His attendance at the Feast of Tabernacles is recorded in John 7:2-14.

The mention of the Feast of Tabernacles in 1 Kings 12:19-33 shows us that the observance of this festival was an important event for God's chosen people. The Feast of Tabernacles was a time when the entire nation gathered together to worship and offer thanks to God in a place where God had chosen to place His name (Jerusalem at this point in history).

God tells us He is present within the body of believers... especially when they are gathered together (Matthew 18:20). Today the Feast of Tabernacles is best kept by gathering together with the other members of the body of Christ and presenting ourselves before God for seven days as instructed.

The Feast of Tabernacles starts on on the 15th day of the seventh month on the biblical calendar and lasts 7 days (Leviticus 23:34). Today most of us use a different calendar (invented by Julius Caesar) that means the Feast of Tabernacles is celebrated in the fall of our calendar year (usually in September or October) depending on how the cycles of the two calendars match up.