Ex 23: 16Celebrate the festival
of harvest with the first fruits of the crops you sow in your field.
In many countries where there has been a long civilization,
the festival of harvest has always been celebrated with elaborate ceremonies to
thank the god that they worship for the providence of the land. In general all
the natives tend to worship the earth as the provider for all their needs, they
think that the earth is the mother that provides for their necessities of food
and other essentials.
What they do not understand is that God had created the earth
for man to enjoy and to live temporary here before they move on to the eternal
inheritance of heaven. That was the original plan of God but because of the
sins of the first man and woman, this was not automatic anymore. Man has lost
their inheritance unless they accept the salvation plan of Jesus.
In today’s passage we see that God had commanded Moses to
lead the people in celebrating the festival of harvest in remembrance of the
blessings that God had bestowed upon them. This was to remind them that it is
God who provides the harvest for them. Man can do the planting but it is God
who gives the rain and the increase in the crops.
In Israel, until today the festival of harvest is a major
festival in the calendar when the whole nation will come together as families
and celebrate this festival. There will be much singing and dancing and
feasting as it is a great and joyful event.
The greatest thing is that we remember that all our blessings
come from God and we need to continuously be giving thanks to Him for who He is
and What he is to us.
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