Zechariah 14 (Feast of Tabernacles - God with Us)

The ultimate good end to victorious Israel (people of God) is the Feast of Tabernacles. This message explains why this feast was chosen above all other Jewish holidays: it celebrated the journey through the wilderness and the constant presence of God. This picture is much like the picture of new Jerusalem in Rev. 20 where God is ever present and there is nothing that defiles (no Caananite in the land) and kings and nations bring their glory into it.

Christ, Emmanuel (God with us), was present in human flesh. In Him was life and only in Him is eternal life. Likewise to the conquered foes of Israel in Zech. 14, they came to the presence of God on His terms or no rain fell on their land and they perished.