The Feast of Tabernacles is also called the Feast of Ingathering for a very good reason. "You shall keep the...Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field." [Exod.23:15,16] “And you shall observe...the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end." [Exod.34:22] "Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day [Day 15] there shall be a Sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day [Day 22] a Sabbath-rest." [Lev.23:39]

The First Day of this Feast falls on Tuesday the 9th of October, 2018, according to the Creator's Calendar. The Field in the above text represents the World. Our mission in the World is to labor diligently to understand the Word of God so that we can acquire the truths we need from it to produce the fruit of righteousness. Our fruit are all the good things we speak, write and do, from sincere love, towards our spouses, our children, the brethren and all people in general. This is how we prepare for the Rapture, which is the Day of the Messiah. Paul wrote "And this is my prayer: that your love may more and more overflow in fullness of knowledge and depth of discernment, so that you will be able to determine what is best and thus be pure and without blame for the Day of the Messiah, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Yeshua the Messiah..." [Phili.1:9-11]

Through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit we're going to continue to gather into our souls the fruit of righteousness, until the evening [Jerusalem Time] of the first Day of the Feast of Tabernacles, on Tuesday the 9th of October, 2018. The Feast of Tabernacles represents our rejoicing and our being glad before the Lord for blessing us abundantly with the fruit of HIS righteousness. Hence we read: “You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter...Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in THE PLACE which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice." [Deut.16:13-15] "The place" the Lord has chosen to keep this feast is in US!!! Glory to God!!!

The Lord can only receive our praise and worship because He's made us righteous and upright through the indwelling presence of His Holy Spirit. Hence we read: "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!" [Psalm 32:11] "Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!” [Psalm 40:16] "Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name." [Psalm 97:12] "Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises." [Psalm 98:4] "We will rejoice in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners!"[Psalm 20:5]

The spiritual essence of the righteousness we practice daily is the holy fire of the love of God. And it's this holy fire, within our praise and worship, that's going to instantly cause us to receive our glorified bodies. This is why the Apostle Paul wrote: "On that Day, when he comes to be glorified by his HOLY people and admired by all who have trusted, you will be among them..."[2 Thess.1:10]

For 7 Days we're going to praise and worship the Lord. We're going to glorify Him until we receive our glorified bodies on the Day of the Sacred Assembly on Tuesday the 16th of October 2018. This is when, after the resurrection of the saints, "...we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." [1 Thess.4:17] See you at the Wedding Banquet. Your brother in Christ. OLA