Where did the tradition of brush arbors come from?
A brush arbor is temporary shelter that consists of a roof constructed out of tree branches or brush that are held up by poles.
Early American Christians held brush arbor meetings until false teachers taught them to abandon the custom and substituted man-made holidays for God's Holy Days.
In the Old Testament brush arbors were called booths
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.’ ” ~ Leviticus 23:40-43
In the New Testament "booths" can be any temporary shelter, i.e., motel, camper, tent, etc.
The
Old Testament or Old Covenant was made with physical Israelites. The
New Testament or New Covenant is made with spiritual Israelites... anyone
who believes that Jesus is the Christ is adopted or grafted in to the
Commonwealth of Israel. (the family of Israel, NOT the country called Israel. We are saved by GRACE not RACE. Old Testament Israel was for our example. ~ 1 Corinthians 10:1-11
The name Israel means "overcomer with the Mighty One." New Testament
Israelites are to dwell in "booths" for seven days during the Feast of
Tabernacles each autumn at God's appointed time to remind us we were
brought out of the bondage of sin.
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The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
To
learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true
meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's
Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
To
learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true
meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's
Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
