FEAST OF TABERNACLES 2007
September 27 - October 4, 2007

     As I sit here tonight in a small truckstop in Oakwood, Illinois, the memories of the Feast of Tabernacles 2007 still remain fresh and vivid. According to Yahweh’s Word, “Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. Be joyful at your Feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, the Levites, aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. For seven days celebrate the Feast to Yahweh your Elohim at the place Yahweh will choose.  For Yahweh your Elohim will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy shall be complete,” Deuteronomy 16:13-15.

     Having celebrated the Feast now for most of my life, this being my 45th observance, I can relate to you, the reader, the standards I look to in this holy convocation to make my joy complete at this sacred time. It seems like a balance needs to be kept in order for the Feast of Tabernacles to attain the stature Yahweh ascribes to it in His Word.

     There is to be praise, worship, fellowship, and instruction in righteousness. While I find all these elements to some degree in the many Feast sites I have been to, the Feast of Tabernacles at Rocheport, Missouri, in my opinion, seems to keep the best balance on all these disparate elements. Some places emphasize praise at the expense of teaching, others sacrifice fellowship and brotherly interaction for the sake of teaching, and others are just social gatherings where little if any teaching or praise in worship is done.

     This being said, permit me to share with you my impressions of the Feast of Tabernacles at Rocheport this year. The balance necessary to have a meaningful, worshipful atmosphere was attained, and the consequence of it was the resultant Spirit of love and unity, integral elements of Yahweh’s nature.

     The messages given by the elders were insightful, instructive, and illustrative of our necessary transformation from this mundane existence to one where we view our existence from Yahweh’s timeless perspective.

     The theme of the Feast, “Prepare the Way,” was incorporated into many of the messages, giving the assembled brethren a sense of common purpose in working as a family to accomplish the will of Father Yahweh among men. There was a plethora of Bible Study time available: for those who are early birds, the early morning Bible Studies were held and biblical topics reviewed.  For the late night folks, there were evening Bible Studies for their Scriptural enrichment.

     Several services were also devoted to Praise and Worship, where special songs by the brethren were presented as offerings to Yahweh and Yahshua. I hope this is not sounding too much like an infomercial, but I believe the Rocheport brethren deserve much credit for putting together a time of devotion and worship to Yahweh as we experienced this year.

     For the approximately 350 who were there in attendance, the smooth running and preparation made this a truly memorable Feast. It is my personal opinion that Yahweh is about to begin moving in a mighty way. When you have that many brethren united in purpose and spirit, great things will result if we stay the course.

     I have also received a report from the leader of the Assembly in Kenya, and he told me there was just about the same number assembled there (350-400). Friends, there is much good to be seen among Yahweh’s people! A desire to work together, a sense that Yahshua’s preparation of His Body is taking us to the cusp of the next step in preparing the Way for His return, and the news around us in the world should make it abundantly clear that great things are on the horizon. It will take prepared hearts and minds focused upon the fulfillment of everyone’s personal ministry to work shoulder to shoulder with our beloved Savior and take this message of salvation to a lost and dying world.

     Do you want to be a participant in the fulfillment of Bible Prophecy? Yahshua has extended the call. Will you heed the invitation? I know it is extremely difficult to shed our earthly cares and focus upon the reality of eternity, but that is part of the hope to which we have been called. As I write this report, my refrigerated trailer is burbling behind my sleeper, keeping the food it contains fresh and at the peak of perfection. Do we devote the same effort in our lives to the Bread from Heaven as does an inanimate mechanical unit for that which is temporary and passing away?

     The Feast of Tabernacles is intended as a time of spiritual infilling and preparation for the long winter to follow. It’s why I encourage you to make an effort to attend these observances in order that you receive the blessing inherent within them. Our salvation is nearer than when we first believed! The lessons in working together as a family when we come together under the banner of Yahweh Nissi cannot be replaced or counterfeited. May Yahweh bless you, and we look forward to seeing you at the Feast of Tabernacles next year!

With love in Yahshua’s precious Name,
Jacob C. Meyer, Pastor
Yahweh’s Frystown Assembly

To see pictures taken at this year's Feast, click here!