Jean Stepnoski (30 Jan 2007)
"Sukkot, Trees, and Deliverance"


 
      There were 120 years before the flood as a time of preparation for the family Noah. They worked on precise instructions on how to build the tri-level ark from the trees of gopherwood.These trees help save them as later the wood of the tree of  the cross was used by the Christ in saving us. In counting back 120 days from the eve of the Feast of Trees on 2-2-07[a full moon], we started on the eve of the Feast of Sukkot on 10-6-06[a full moon]. A sukka, an impermanent dwelling, is made from tree branches. The Christ/Messiah is called The Branch. A sukka is symbolic of the fleeting life of a human being. Each of us wants a more permanent house of being in an eternal body. On rapture day the heaven dwellers leave the earth dwellers- those rooted into earthly things and values. The book of Revelation calls the unbelievers in the hour of tribulation the earth dwellers.
      Another motif in progress is where readings are in The Word.It is about a double season of deliverance now. The weekly reading from the Torah, on an annual basis, is now in Exodus. The current reading from chapters 10-13 is about the last three plagues and Pharoah is about to command that the people leave Egypt. Exodus is a great deliverance season story and so is the story of Queen Esther and Purim. The bride of Christ/Messiah is prepared daily to leave the sukka life [tree branches] with faith in the beloved Ark of Provision of the Christ on his tree of life cross[a tree] for the eternal life in Heaven. The spiritual lasting life in Abba Father, Son, and Spirit is greater than the earthly, tree, and sukka life. We are in preparation for amazing deliverance. A world of praise, awe, and wonder is ahead. Bless you John Tng and all the Doves  as we prepare for the transformation before us.

With Love and Shalom,
Jean Stepnoski