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    Attention all brethren: as exciting as the Feast of Tabernacles and The Eighth Day are each year, it had to end, or did it? Now that we are back in our respective hometowns and jobs, we can still share the glow of the Feast, now looking forward to Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread. We can share the good experience with others, and we ourselves can face difficult situations with a steadfastness in Messiah.
   We can do this because of the recharging of our batteries, so to speak, a renewing of our first love, which we are not to forsake (Rev. 2:4). Not that we couldn’t face difficulties before, but there is a determination that comes from within when keeping Yahweh’s Appointed Times, of which the Feast of Tabernacles is just one. There is joy and happiness when spending time with like-minded brethren. The Bible confirms this: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Psalms 133:1. (The King James Version 1900 is used throughout unless otherwise noted.)
   Sometimes there are difficulties, but we must follow our instructions and deal with any difficulties appropriately. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, Ephesians 4:2-3. At the Feasts of Yahweh, this is always a goal and, when done, produces the proper fruit of the Spirit that Yahweh desires in us all. It is accurate to say that this behavior among brethren is the product of the Spirit within us.
   As we see the concern of people and the troubles that seem to be getting worse in the world, we have more opportunities to be a beacon of light. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid, Matthew 5:14.
   Many family members and employers know when we are gone for a week. It is no secret what Yahweh’s people are doing, yet the world does not understand. When we come back, many cannot deny there is something different in our countenance; we are more joyful in our overall attitude. It’s an after-the-Feast glow.
   It’s something that we can continue to have with close contact with Yahweh through Yahshua in studying the Word and in praying in the Spirit given to us. Not all of us have the ability to fellowship regularly with like-minded brethren, but all of us in Messiah can go to the very throne of Yahweh every day.

Shining Bright
    We may remember Moses is the one who went before Yahweh on the mountain and came down with a facial glow. Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him, Exodus 34:29, NKJV.
   We’re not saying you’ll have a glowing face after going to Yahweh’s throne in prayer. We know it’s true that Moses’ glow was on the outside, but he didn’t have the Spirit within as we do, and our glow comes from within and comes out in our attitude.
Something interesting to note from the above verse is that Moses didn’t even realize there was something different about himself. Moses did not know his face was shining, but the people sure did!
   Today we might not notice what close contact with Yahweh does for our countenance and attitude, but others will.
   Some years ago, a man left an image with me even though I had only seen him for a few minutes. To describe him, I’d have to say it was as if he had just won the lottery but was keeping the information to himself. His appearance was one of calm joy from within. In other words, he glowed. And after just coming out from Yahweh’s presence (Matt 18:20) at the Feast of Tabernacles and The Eighth Day, rejoicing with other brethren, we, too, glow from within. As Leviticus 23:40 says, “ye shall rejoice before Yahweh, your Elohim.”
   Let’s hold on to that joy by continually going before Yahweh’s throne in prayer and occasionally fasting to draw even closer to Him through Yahshua, the Messiah, and fellowship with like-minded individuals, if possible. Yahweh can make a way.
   You may not be able to do this every Sabbath, but the Feast days should be the exception. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching, Hebrews 10:24-25.

-Elder David Brett


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