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uplifted, inspired, filled with joyous anticipation, enjoying a real FEAST on
the
SPIRITUAL WORD OF GOD!
Think how important this Festival is! After the return of King of kings
Jesus
Christ, "It shall come to pass, that every one...shall even go up from year to
year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles"
(Zech. 14: 16).
And there shall be plagues and severe punishment on nations that neglect
or refuse to attend! People will be compelled to be happy! Of course, that is
speaking of mortal people then left alive--not of Christ's saints who then will
be
immortal and in the very Family of God.
But you and I are, now, still mortal--and the above scripture shows us
how
very serious in God's eyes it is that we attend this wonderful Feast this year.
For
we may be attending it as immortal-born children of God before this present
decade is out! That certainly is a likely possibility.
We have undoubtedly entered the most explosive decade in the history of
man. But it is possible that God will cut short the days of great tribulation
ahead
and bring us into the wonderful and glorious Kingdom of God before this decade
is out. Again, remember, Jesus said no man will know the day or the hour. But he
did say we may know by world events when it is near--even at the door!
This will be my 58th year of keeping the annual Fall Holy Days. We did
not
come to realize the meaning and need to keep the entire Feast of Tabernacles
until
1945, though my wife and I began keeping the annual Sabbaths in 1927.
The Feast of Tabernacles pictures to us year after year the glorious
thousand
years, just shortly ahead now, of world peace, happiness and opportunity for
eternal salvation for all not previously called! It will be a world without
Satan! It
will be a world with Jesus Christ ruling with love!
It is a time for us to get away from the dreary routine of daily life in
Satan's
world and enjoy eight wonderful days with brethren in Christ and their families!
It
is the only time in the year that God provides a time when we may get away and
rest from our daily regular duties--to be with brethren in Christ to worship him
and look forward to his utopia!
This year we shall have 25 Festival sites in the United States and
Canada.
Worldwide there is a total of 80 Feast sites in 47 countries.
Brethren, as God shows us the importance of attending this Feast, it is