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Available MP3 Download: Why We Tabernacle In The Wilderness, by Gary Hargrave. This message was spoken in Honolulu, HI on Wednesday, October 19, 2016.
Why We Tabernacle In The Wilderness
God brought the Israelites into the wilderness, a place where there was nothing except Him and what He would provide. For God, the wilderness was to be a time of great impartation and blessing where they would become a unique people who know Him — to such a degree that they would be able to distinguish between what is Him and not Him. For the Israelites, the wilderness experience was a difficult time during which they longed for their former life as slaves in Egypt. In God’s mind, the wilderness was meant to be a detoxification experience for them. He wanted to cleanse them, physically and spiritually, of all the effects of slavery. In order to accomplish this purification, God had to be the only influence on them, and they had to be sustained by only what He Himself would provide. As we celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, we cry out for our own wilderness experience. As we build our sukkahs, let us willingly separate ourselves from the influences of the world. God is about to give us the clearest picture of Himself. When our wilderness experience is complete, He will have the great witness of Himself to the nations: a people who live according to His ways. This Word changes our entire approach to the concept of the wilderness and to our celebration of Tabernacles.
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