Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles)

Pr Ela Antonio

22-09-2018

John 7:37-39 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [a]believing in Him would receive; for the [b]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

At the peak of the Sukkot celebration, Jesus is talking about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Hosea 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Let us know,

Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.

His going forth is established as the morning;

He will come to us like the rain,

Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

It is now (Jewish New Year) 5779. It is time to give birth. It is a place where revival is conceived and it is a time to give birth to revival.

It is also the 70th year of Israel as a nation. The time of slavery ends.

This is a time to give birth to revival.

Sukkot is a joyful celebration.

Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of Atonement to fast and ask for forgiveness.

Sukkot is a celebration of joy.

The Lord says there will be a covenant meal.

Give a treat to someone who is not called a beloved and he/she will be called a beloved and someone who does not belong to God and he/she will belong to God.

This is a week of joy and food. Feed them.

This week where ever you go, turn on your Bible. Let us fill the air with the Word of God. This week of celebration is where the Word of God is read in Israel so that a generation who does not know the Lord will learn to fear Him.

Fill the air with the Word of God.

Sukkot is a commandment to be celebrated to remember the journey that Israel went through the wilderness from Egypt to the Promised Land.

They had to be very watchful to where the Spirit of God is moving.

So do we.

Cry out to the Lord. Let Malaysia be thirsty. God, fill our lives because we thirst for You and we come to You.

Let this be a beginning where we will see the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 

Let the streets of Malaysia be highways of repentance.

We are thirsty for You, Lord Jesus. Cry out from the depths of our hearts.

The lame will walk. The blind will see. The deaf will hear.

Those who do not have eyes will have eyes. Those who do not have organs will have organs.

Nothing is impossible for the Lord.

O God, create a New Malaysia with new dreams and desires.

Lord, be creative with this land.

Acts 4:10-12 New King James Version (NKJV)

10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11 This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

There is no other name but the name of Jesus. There is no other way but the One who is the way, the truth and the life. (John 14:6)

Philippians 2:9-11 New King James Version (NKJV)

9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Let everyone confess that You are Lord and You are King.

Let the heart of the Father return to His child.

Let the heart of Malaysia return to the Father.

We declare that all of our descendants who are called by Your name will submit to the Lord of lords and the King of kings.

Come, Holy Spirit, and move in this nation. Come, Lord Jesus, and take Your place and sit.

The latter rain will pour out in Malaysia.