And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. - Zechariah 14:16
Yesterday, we had our lunch under the Sukkah(pronunciation is like soo-kuh, not sucka, as in "I'm gonna get you sucka"). A Sukkah is a temporary shelter that was used during the Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot. Sukkot is the holiday that God instructed the Israelites to observe to remember the forty years of wandering in the desert after Moses led them out of Egypt.
Sukkot reminds us of both God's provision during the wandering and how man's sinfulness led to the wandering in the first place. According to Zechariah, all the nations that opposed Israel will celebrate this holiday every year in the future.
So it doesn't start until Tuesday, but at the new building they put one up this weekend so everyone could share a meal in the sukkah, since most have jobs and such during the week.
We also built a sukkah for our tortoise. Well, a den, kind of like a hobbit hole. Apparently, they need one to hibernate in the winter.
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