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BONUS VIDEO 2 - Have You Ever Wondered, What Is the Feast of Tabernacles?
A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
October 3, 2026

Have you ever wondered what the Feast of Tabernacles is? Perhaps you have heard it called the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Ingathering, or Sukkot. But why did the LORD establish this celebration, and what can Christians learn from studying its significance?

From September 26 through October 3, 2026, I spent eight days honoring the Feast of Tabernacles as a Christian, sharing my daily experiences and studying the instructions recorded in Scripture.

Throughout those eight days, my studies centered on Numbers 29 and the offerings the LORD instructed Israel to bring before Him.

One detail particularly captured my attention. The number of bulls decreased each day, beginning with thirteen on Day 1 and ending with seven on Day 7.

But on the eighth day, something else caught my attention.

The harvest!

THE FEAST OF INGATHERING
Exodus 23:16 identifies this celebration as the Feast of Ingathering.

This autumn celebration takes place as the agricultural year draws to a close and the final crops are gathered. These include grapes, olives, figs, and pomegranates.

As I considered the gathering of grapes, my attention turned toward the winepress.

And that one detail sent me on an unexpected journey through Scripture!

What began as a study of the Feast of Tabernacles became an examination of the vineyard, the harvest, the winepress, and the return of King Jesus.

ISAIAH 63 - WHO IS THIS WHO COMES?
Isaiah 63 opens with a remarkable exchange concerning someone approaching with garments stained red.

The questions and answers reveal One who speaks in righteousness and is mighty to save.

The chapter speaks of the day of vengeance and the year of His redeemed, reminding me of 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 and Malachi 3:2.

But Isaiah 63:16 also brought me to a deeply personal reminder.
The LORD is our Father and our Redeemer.

ZECHARIAH 14 - THE KING AND THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
Zechariah 14 became particularly important because it speaks about the day of the LORD and specifically mentions the Feast of Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:16-19 describes those remaining from the nations going up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

This passage caused me to consider the relationship between the Feast, the nations, worship, obedience, and the LORD's reign.

Why is this particular celebration mentioned in this prophetic setting?

It is a question worth examining carefully.

MATTHEW 21 - THE VINEYARD AND THE LANDOWNER
Matthew 21:33-46 brought me to the parable of the wicked vinedressers.

King Jesus describes a landowner who planted a vineyard, placed a hedge around it, dug a winepress, built a tower, and leased the vineyard to vinedressers.
Each detail caught my attention.

Who owns the vineyard? What is the purpose of the hedge? Why was a winepress prepared? What does the tower represent? And what happened when the landowner sent servants to receive his fruit?

This passage reminded me of Ezekiel 34 and the shepherds who failed to care properly for the LORD's flock.

It also brought me to John 15, where King Jesus identifies Himself as the true vine and His Father as the vinedresser.

And that raised another question.

Where is the fruit?

What kind of fruit does the LORD expect from those who belong to Him?

Galatians 5:22-23 reminded me of the fruit of the Spirit and the importance of the character we demonstrate.

REVELATION 14 - THE HARVEST OF THE EARTH
Revelation 14:14-20 brought the subject of harvest into a more serious setting.
Here we encounter the imagery of reaping, sharp sickles, the harvest of the earth, and grapes gathered into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
I noticed two figures carrying sharp sickles.

One is like the Son of Man, seated upon a cloud and wearing a golden crown. The other is an angel who comes out of the temple in heaven.

This distinction caused me to examine the passage more carefully.

Earlier in Revelation 14, we also encounter warnings concerning worship, allegiance, and the consequences of following the beast and his image.

That brought me to an important question.

Who am I following?

And what does my character reveal?

I was reminded of 1 Corinthians 11:1, where Paul instructed believers to follow him as he followed Christ.

Revelation 14:12 also reminds us of the patience and endurance of the saints who keep God's commandments and the faith of Jesus.

REVELATION 19 - THE ONE WHO TREADS THE WINEPRESS
Finally, Revelation 19:11-16 brought me back to Isaiah 63.

Here we encounter the One called Faithful and True, who judges and makes war in righteousness.

His name is called the Word of God.

And Revelation 19:15 tells us that He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

The connection between Isaiah 63 and Revelation 19 was something I could not overlook.
I encourage you to examine these passages together and consider what they reveal about righteousness, judgment, redemption, and the return of King Jesus.

WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES?
That is precisely why I wanted to share this bonus teaching.

I began by examining a celebration established by the LORD, one associated with harvest, ingathering, and rejoicing before Him.

But following the harvest through Scripture led me into passages concerning the vineyard, fruitfulness, stewardship, the nations, judgment, and the return of King Jesus.

What began with grapes led me through Isaiah, Zechariah, Matthew, and Revelation.
Along the way, I encountered questions concerning my own character, obedience, and relationship with our Heavenly Father.

This teaching is an invitation to open your Bible, examine these passages in their full context, and continue studying for yourself.

AN INVITATION TO CONTINUE
This bonus episode is part of my series, A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.

Throughout the series, I share my daily experiences, the Scriptures I studied, the questions I asked, and what I learned while spending time with the LORD.

The closing day of this celebration became especially meaningful to me.

That study is entitled:
Day 8 - ANCHORED: The Permanent Rhythm of Rest
In that episode, I revisit the offerings in Numbers 29, the decreasing number of bulls throughout the Feast, and the lessons I discovered concerning spiritual maturity, stewardship, preparation, new beginnings, completion, and rest.

STAY. Continue!

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
Exodus 23:14-17
Leviticus 23:33-44
Numbers 29:12-40
Isaiah 63
Zechariah 14
Matthew 21:33-46
John 15:1-8
Ezekiel 34
Galatians 5:22-23
1 Corinthians 11:1
Revelation 14:9-20
Revelation 19:11-16
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
Malachi 3:1-3

Presented by Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
Author, Teacher, Publisher, Narrator
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ABASilence Ministries
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ANCHORED - The Permanent Rhythm of Rest
Day 8 - A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
October 3, 2026

Welcome to the closing day of my eight-day journey celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles, also known as Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, and the Feast of Ingathering.

What began as a personal experience of honoring a feast established by the Lord became an extraordinary journey through Scripture, worship, obedience, preparation, and learning to rest in the presence of our Heavenly Father.

On this eighth day, a sacred assembly, I return to Numbers 29 to examine the offerings the Lord instructed Israel to bring before Him. As Christians, we do not sacrifice animals today. Instead, I examine the significance of these offerings and what they have taught me about how I approach the Lord.

What does it mean to bring the Lord a bull, a ram, seven lambs, and a goat as a sin offering? What about the grain and drink offerings? How do these instructions help us examine our praise, spiritual maturity, childlike faith, willingness to learn, and accountability before God?

Throughout this study, I share how I came to understand the bull as representing the weight of my praise and worship, the ram as the responsible adult who is growing and maturing in faith, and the lambs as the childlike humility, curiosity, and willingness to learn that I must never lose.

The grain and drink offerings brought my attention to the Word of God and the joy of bringing His words before Him. The sin offering reminded me of the importance of taking responsibility for my mistakes rather than placing blame, and of the grace made available through Jesus Christ.

But our journey does not stop with the offerings.

During the seven days preceding this sacred assembly, I followed the declining number of bulls prescribed in Numbers 29. Beginning with thirteen on Day 1 and decreasing by one each day until reaching seven on Day 7, I began examining the significance of each number in relation to what I was learning throughout this feast.

In this episode, I revisit that journey, including the connections I explored between thirteen and inheritance, twelve and divine order, eleven and transition, ten and stewardship, nine and hidden preparation, eight and new beginnings, and seven and completion and rest.

Then comes the eighth day.

One bull. One ram. Seven lambs. One goat as a sin offering.

And something else caught my attention: the way this particular celebration began and ended with a Sabbath.

Rest at the beginning. Rest at the conclusion.

As I considered everything I had studied, experienced, and learned, one message became increasingly clear to me: I do not have to live in a constant state of striving.

I can remain faithful, continue learning, take responsibility for what has been entrusted to me, and trust the Lord to lead me through each day.

That is where the title of this study comes from.

ANCHORED - The Permanent Rhythm of Rest.

This episode also includes individual section markers throughout the video presentation, identifying the offerings and the numbers examined during the study. These sections were included to make it easier to return to particular portions for additional reflection and Scripture study.

Some of the Scriptures explored throughout this journey include Numbers 29, Leviticus 4, Leviticus 26, Isaiah 59:21, Romans 5:20-21, Hebrews 13:15, and John 7:37-38.

I invite you to follow along with your Bible, examine the Scriptures for yourself, and consider what it means to approach our Heavenly Father with praise, humility, accountability, joy, and a willingness to learn.

My prayer is that this experience encourages you to continue seeking the Lord, trusting His guidance, and discovering the rest that comes through walking in obedience to Him.

STAY. Continue!

Written, presented, and narrated by Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
The Artisan's PEN
ABASilence Ministries
Between a Father and HIS Daughter

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Thank you for joining me for this Christian experience of celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.
May the Lord bless you as you continue growing in His Word.

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The Keys and the Anointment for the Appointment
Day 7 - A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
October 2, 2026

Scripture: Numbers 29:32-34

Welcome to Day 7 of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.

Throughout this Feast, I have been sharing my personal experiences as a Christian honoring the appointed time established by the Lord. Each day has been an opportunity to study His Word, examine the offerings described in Numbers 29, and learn what it means to bring an offering that is pleasing to Him.

Today, we arrive at Numbers 29:32-34, where the instructions include seven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year, their grain and drink offerings, one goat as a sin offering, and the regular burnt offering.

Before examining the seven bulls, however, I returned to the lessons we had already received concerning the other offerings.

THE GRAIN AND DRINK OFFERINGS - THE WORD AND THE REJOICING
On Day 5, we examined the grain and drink offerings.

The grain directed our attention to bread, and bread led us to the Word of God.
Deuteronomy 8:3 teaches that man does not live by bread alone but by every word proceeding from the mouth of the Lord. King Jesus reaffirmed this truth in Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4.

The drink offering directed our attention to wine and its association with joy, delight, and rejoicing.

Together, these offerings caused me to consider the joy that comes from receiving, studying, understanding, and delighting in God's Word.

Psalm 119:162 speaks of rejoicing at God's Word as one who finds great spoil.

Psalm 119:111 describes God's testimonies as the rejoicing of the heart.

Psalm 119:14 speaks of rejoicing in the way of His testimonies.

Psalm 19:8 declares that the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.

And Ephesians 5:26 speaks of sanctification and cleansing through the washing of water by the Word.

These Scriptures led me to Nehemiah 8.

In this account, Ezra read the Book of the Law before the people, and those gathered were helped to understand what they heard.

When they understood, they wept.

But they were reminded that the day was holy to the Lord. They were instructed to eat, drink, rejoice, and send portions to those for whom nothing had been prepared.

Nehemiah 8:12 tells us that the people rejoiced because they understood the words declared to them.

There it was again!

The Word and the rejoicing.

SENDING PORTIONS - SHARING WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
The instruction to send portions caught my attention.

When we receive and understand God's Word, we have something valuable to share with others.

Those portions may be shared through books, teaching, videos, conversations, and other opportunities to encourage and strengthen people.

This brought me to Ezekiel 3:10-11.

The Lord instructed Ezekiel to receive His words into his heart, hear them with his ears, and then go speak to the people.

Ezekiel was responsible for delivering the message entrusted to him. Those who heard the message were responsible for how they responded.

From there, my study led to Isaiah 61:1-3.

These verses speak of proclaiming liberty to captives, opening the prison to those who are bound, comforting those who mourn, and giving the oil of joy for mourning.

But what is the oil of joy?

THE OIL OF JOY AND THE KEYS
As I examined Isaiah 61, I considered the difference between the physical practice of anointing with oil, mentioned in James 5:14, and the oil of joy described in Isaiah 61.

My attention returned to God's Word, the joy that comes from receiving and understanding it, and the work of His Spirit.

Then came the keys.

In Revelation 1:18, King Jesus declares that He possesses the keys of Hades and death.
Matthew 16:19 speaks of the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And this led me to a simple observation.

You cannot open a prison door without keys.

King Jesus holds the keys.

As we receive His Word, study it, and grow in understanding, we begin to recognize truths that may have previously escaped our attention.

When you possess the keys, the Scriptures will unlock for you.

But possessing keys also carries responsibility.

Are we prepared to carry what has been entrusted to us?

Are we willing to serve others with what we have received?

THE SIN OFFERING - PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
On Day 6, we examined the goat presented as a sin offering.

Our study of Leviticus 4 brought our attention to the offering concerning an individual and the importance of taking personal responsibility for sin and guilt.

As Christians, we recognize King Jesus as the Lamb of God who gave Himself for our sins.
Through Him, we are invited to repent, receive forgiveness, and walk in the new life made available through God's grace.

Additional Scriptures: Romans 5:20-21 and Proverbs 28:13.

THE REGULAR BURNT OFFERING - NOTHING WITHHELD
Throughout Numbers 29, the regular burnt offering appears repeatedly.

It is mentioned in verses 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, and 31, and again in today's passage.

Yet this was an offering we had not stopped to examine during our daily studies.

When I returned to my previously published book, Iron Sharpens Iron, I discovered that I had already studied the meaning of the burnt offering.

Unlike offerings in which portions were retained, the burnt offering was completely consumed.

In my Christian application of this offering, I see a picture of complete surrender to the Lord.

Nothing withheld.

Our whole heart.

Our whole soul.

Our whole mind.

Our whole strength.

We do not sacrifice animals today. Through the finished work of King Jesus, we can examine the spiritual lessons these offerings help us understand.

Complete surrender also brings us to the question of whether we truly trust God enough to rest in Him.

SEVEN BULLS - COMPLETION, HOLY REST, AND TRUST
Now we arrive at the seven bulls.

Throughout the Feast, the number of bulls has decreased each day.
13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, and finally 7.

Seven directed my attention to completion, the Sabbath, and holy rest.

It also reminded me of Joshua 6, where the Israelites followed God's instructions concerning Jericho.

For seven days they marched, and on the seventh day they circled the city seven times.
After they completed what God commanded, the walls came down.

What a reminder that our responsibility is to trust and obey the Lord rather than attempt to accomplish everything through our own strength.

For me, Day 7 became a lesson in entering holy rest, trusting God's provision, and allowing old walls to fall flat.

When I rest and trust God in seven, I am prepared to step into eight, the day of brand-new, resurrected beginnings.

I am learning how to operate from a position of absolute rest and allow my Creator to do the heavy lifting.

SCRIPTURES FOR PERSONAL STUDY
Numbers 29:32-34
Deuteronomy 8:3
Matthew 4:4
Luke 4:4
Psalm 119:14, 111, 162
Psalm 19:8
Ephesians 5:26
Nehemiah 8:1-12
Ezekiel 3:10-11
Isaiah 61:1-3
James 5:14
Revelation 1:18
Matthew 16:19
Leviticus 4
Romans 5:20-21
Proverbs 28:13
Joshua 6

AN INVITATION
As you listen, I encourage you to open your Bible and examine these Scriptures for yourself.
Consider what it means to delight in God's Word, share what you have received, surrender yourself completely to Him, and trust Him enough to rest.

This series is not merely about studying the historical offerings of the Feast of Tabernacles. It is about my personal journey as a Christian learning how to bring an offering of praise, worship, obedience, and thanksgiving that is pleasing to the Lord.

Thank you for joining me for Day 7.

The Keys and the Anointment for the Appointment
A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles

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Day 6 | No Return. No Vacancy. I'm All Filled Up!
A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles

What happens when God brings you into a new season, but the old habits, reactions, and ways of thinking try to follow you there?

Welcome to Day 6 of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.
From September 26 through October 3, 2026, I set aside these eight days to honor the Feast of Tabernacles, a time of celebration established by the Lord. Throughout this experience, I have been sharing what these days actually look like for me, what I'm doing, what I'm studying, and what I'm learning as I spend this time with Him.

Today's study begins in Numbers 29:29-31, where the Lord gives instructions concerning the offerings for the sixth day of the Feast.

Eight bulls. Two rams. Fourteen male lambs. Their accompanying grain and drink offerings. And one goat as a sin offering.

The number of bulls has decreased each day, beginning with thirteen on Day 1 and continuing through twelve, eleven, ten, nine, and now eight.

I was excited to examine the significance of eight, especially because of what I had already been learning about the numbers and their relationship to the harvest cycle.

But yesterday's study, The Breakthrough Hidden in the Specifics, taught me something important. Don't overlook the details just because you think you already understand what you're reading.

And that lesson changed the direction of today's study.

THE FOUR WORDS I ALMOST LEFT BEHIND
I had noticed the goat. I had already been examining what the goat could teach me about my will, independence, and stubbornness.

But Scripture didn't merely say that a goat was offered.

It specifically identified the goat as being offered "as a sin offering."

Those four words sent me back into the Scriptures.

Before continuing, I want to make something clear. As Christians, we are not required to sacrifice animals for our sins. Jesus Christ has already offered Himself as the sacrifice for sin, once for all.

My purpose in examining these offerings is not to reestablish animal sacrifices. It is to understand what the details God placed in His Word can teach me about my relationship with Him.

And sometimes, those details expose something about us that we didn't realize needed attention.

NO SHORTCUTS: RETURNING TO LEVITICUS 4
During my research for my book Iron Sharpens Iron, I had previously studied the different offerings described in Scripture.

That earlier research helped point me back to Leviticus 4, but it didn't eliminate the need for me to do the work.

Leviticus 4 describes sin offerings involving four different categories.

The priest, Leviticus 4:3-12.

The community, Leviticus 4:13-21.

A leader, Leviticus 4:22-26.

An individual, Leviticus 4:27-35.

Because this was my personal study, I followed the instructions concerning the individual.
And that brought me face-to-face with unintentional sin.

What happens when we violate one of God's commandments without initially realizing what we've done?

And what becomes our responsibility once that sin is brought to our attention?

The passage made me examine the difference between not knowing and refusing to respond once we know.

It also made me examine something deeply personal.

Am I willing to acknowledge when my will has gone against God's will?

Or will I defend myself, justify my actions, and place responsibility somewhere else?

The account of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 came to mind as I considered the importance of taking responsibility for our actions.

And the fact that Leviticus 4 specified a female goat or lamb for the individual's offering became another detail that prompted me to reflect on accountability.

Sometimes the most difficult part of laying down our will is acknowledging that we were wrong.

But acknowledging sin doesn't mean we must remain trapped in condemnation.

Romans 5:20-21 reminds us of the abundance of God's grace.

And Proverbs 28:13 reminds us that the one who confesses and forsakes sin finds mercy.
Grace gives us the opportunity to acknowledge what God has revealed, lay it down, and continue walking with Him.

FINALLY, WE ARRIVE AT EIGHT!

After following the sin offering into Leviticus 4, I returned to the eight bulls in Numbers 29.
And this is where the study took another turn.

Yesterday's study had led me to examine the nine fruits of the Spirit described in Galatians 5:22-23.

I began thinking about those fruits as the internal conditions necessary for a healthy spiritual harvest.

Love, joy, and peace establish the internal climate.

Longsuffering, kindness, and goodness help us endure external pressures without losing the character God is developing within us.

Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control help us remain steady, govern our responses, and bring our conduct into alignment with the Holy Spirit.

Then I began examining the significance of eight.

In my study, eight became a picture of a new beginning following a completed cycle.
Seven completes the week. The next day begins a new week.

Genesis 17:12 describes circumcision on the eighth day.

And Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the first day of the week, following the Sabbath.
These passages led me to reflect on what it means to leave an old cycle behind and begin walking in something new.

Not merely changing the date.

Not simply announcing a fresh start.

But allowing the Lord to cut away old patterns of thinking, reacting, coping, and protecting ourselves that no longer belong in the life He is cultivating.

And that realization brought me to the declaration that became today's title.

NO RETURN. NO VACANCY. I'M ALL FILLED UP!

PROTECTING THE NEW INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
What good is entering a new cycle if we continue inviting the old habits back into it?

What happens when God has helped us overcome an old reaction, but we continue rehearsing the thoughts that produced it?

What happens when we desire peace but continually feed our minds fear, frustration, resentment, and anxiety?

I began thinking about the importance of protecting the environment of my heart and mind.
And three passages gave me a practical way to examine that responsibility.

2 Corinthians 10:5 - The Wipe Down
Recognize old thoughts and bring them into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

Don't entertain every negative thought that attempts to return.

Don't allow old arguments, imaginary conversations, or past frustrations to take up residence again.

Philippians 4:8 - Fill the Space with Truth
It isn't enough to reject an unhealthy thought pattern.

We must intentionally direct our minds toward what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.

Replace the old with what is good.

Don't leave the space empty.

Proverbs 4:23 - Guard the Environment
Guard your heart, because the condition of the heart influences the direction of your life.
Pay attention to what you hear, what you entertain, and what you allow to influence your thinking.

Sometimes guarding our peace means changing the conversation.

Sometimes it means stepping away from unnecessary agitation.

Sometimes it means filling the atmosphere with Scripture, prayer, worship, and reminders of God's faithfulness.

This is not about pretending that life's challenges don't exist.

It is about learning to respond to those challenges from a different internal position.
A position of faith.

A position of self-control.

A position of rest.

NO RETURN. NO VACANCY.

By the end of today's study, I realized that what began with eight bulls had brought me into an examination of accountability, grace, spiritual fruit, renewed thinking, and the responsibility of protecting what God is developing within me.

The goat made me examine my will.

The sin offering made me examine accountability.

The fruit of the Spirit made me examine the internal climate of my life.

And eight became a picture of leaving an old cycle behind and entering a new beginning.

My closing declaration was:
"This version of me was circumcised and left behind in the old cycle. I am a new creation in the eighth day, and I only respond from a position of rest."

No return.

No vacancy.

I'm all filled up!

Join me for Day 6 of this personal Christian experience as we continue examining the Scriptures, discovering the significance of the details, and learning what it means to honor the Lord in our everyday lives.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED
Numbers 29:29-31
Leviticus 4:27-35
Hebrews 10:10-14
Genesis 3
Romans 5:20-21
Proverbs 28:13
Galatians 5:22-23
Genesis 17:12
2 Corinthians 5:17
2 Corinthians 10:5
Philippians 4:8
Proverbs 4:23

Presented by Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
Author | Teacher | Publisher | Narrator
The Artisan's PEN
ABBA Silence Ministries

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This presentation is part of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles, September 26 - October 3, 2026.



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The Breakthrough Hidden in the Specifics
Day 5 | A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
September 30, 2026 | Tishrei 19

Scripture Foundation: Numbers 29:26-28

What if the breakthrough you have been waiting for is hidden in a detail you almost overlooked?

Welcome to Day 5 of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.
During this eight-day celebration, I am sharing what honoring the Feast of Tabernacles looks like in my everyday life as a Christian. I am sharing what I am doing, what I am studying, what I am learning, and how I am applying God's Word.

Today's study begins in Numbers 29:26-28, where the Lord specifies the offerings for the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, one goat, and the accompanying grain and drink offerings.

But before I could begin examining the significance of the nine bulls, two details caught my attention.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIFICS
Genesis 6:22 and Genesis 7:5 both testify concerning Noah's obedience.

Twice, Scripture emphasizes that Noah did according to ALL that God commanded him.
That double witness caused me to consider the importance of paying attention to God's specific instructions.

As I examined the offerings throughout the Feast, I noticed something interesting. On some days, the instructions specified a kid of the goats. On other days, they specified a goat.
Why the distinction?

A kid is a young goat, full of energy, playfulness, and curiosity. An adult goat has reached maturity and can be associated with strength, capability, independence, stubbornness, and being headstrong.

As I considered these differences, I began examining human behavior, including my own.
I looked back over the first four days of the Feast and recognized how youthful energy and adult responsibility had appeared in my everyday experiences.

From singing and dancing throughout the house to rearranging furniture, facing my fear of spiders, cutting grass, and making lavender lemonade for the first time, I could see practical illustrations of what I was studying.

And that matters because studying God's Word should lead us beyond collecting information. We need to understand what we are learning so that we can apply it.

THE GRAIN AND DRINK OFFERINGS
The second detail concerned the grain and drink offerings.

In 2020, I wrote a book called Iron Sharpens Iron - It's Business, Not Personal. In Chapter 7, I examined the Lord's offerings and what they represent for Christians today.

We no longer offer animal sacrifices because Jesus Christ offered Himself once for all, as Hebrews 10:10 explains.

But the offerings still provide valuable lessons when we examine their symbolism and the Scriptures surrounding them.

This time, I realized that I had overlooked the drink offering in my earlier study.

As I considered the grain and drink offerings together, I was reminded of Communion, the bread and the wine.

Bread brought me to Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4, where Jesus explains that we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

That brought me to Hosea 14:2, which instructs us to take words with us and return to the Lord. The verse also speaks of offering the calves, or bulls, of our lips.

And suddenly, I was right back at the bulls!

But there was more.

Wine carries several meanings throughout Scripture, including joy and blessing.

So I began considering the grain as a picture of God's Word and the wine as a picture of joy.
Psalm 119:162 speaks of rejoicing at God's Word.

Psalm 119:111 describes God's testimonies as the rejoicing of the heart.

Jeremiah 15:16 describes finding and eating God's words and discovering that they became the joy and rejoicing of the heart.

Psalm 19:8 and Psalm 19:14 also connect God's Word, the rejoicing of the heart, and the words of our mouths.

And there it was!

In the symbolic application I had been developing throughout the Feast, the bull represented my praise, the ram my adult responsibility, the lambs my childlike curiosity and innocence, the goat my will and character, and the kid of the goats my youthful energy.

Now the grain and drink offerings brought me to my joy and delight in reading God's Word.
BAM! Mic drop!

NINE AND THE HIDDEN HARVEST
Now I was ready to examine the nine bulls.

Why nine?

During the previous day's study, ten had brought me to responsibility, structure, and stewardship.

But as I examined nine, I began considering something different.

The womb of the harvest.

The hidden incubation of a seed.

The development that takes place before something is brought forth.

Consider what happens when a seed is planted.

Once it is covered with dirt, it may appear that absolutely nothing is happening. But beneath the surface, roots can be developing and growth can be taking place.

I shared an example from my own backyard, where sweet potatoes continued appearing in an area where we had planted them two years earlier.

Something we could not see was still producing.

And that brought me to the test of the dark room.

MY EXPERIENCE IN THE DARK ROOM
On this same day, I had an appointment with a retina specialist.

During the examination, my eyes were dilated, which made them extremely sensitive to light.
While waiting for the doctor, I found myself sitting in a dark room.

And there I began recognizing a connection between my actual experience and what I had already encountered during my morning study.

When I returned home, my eyes were still sensitive to light. I needed to wear sunglasses while continuing my studies.

Imagine that!

I was studying hidden development, the womb, and the dark room while personally experiencing the need to protect my eyes from light.

My own experience helped me understand what I was studying.

This is one of the reasons I share the details of my daily life alongside the Scriptures.
I want the listener to understand, not simply hear.

When we understand God's Word, we can begin applying it. And when we apply what we learn, God's Word becomes active in our lives.

The dark room can represent a season where nobody sees the work you are doing.

There may be no applause, no recognition, and no visible evidence of progress.

But lack of visibility does not mean lack of growth.

Roots develop beneath the ground.

A child develops within the womb.

And character can develop during seasons when nobody is watching.

THE NINE QUALITIES OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:22-23 identifies nine qualities in the fruit of the Spirit:
Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

These qualities brought my attention to internal maturity.

In my study, I began considering the distinction this way:
Ten tests my external stewardship and structure.

Nine tests my internal climate.

Because what good is a harvest that looks beautiful on the outside if the fruit is bitter on the inside?

What good is public responsibility without the internal maturity necessary to carry it?

The hidden season can be a place where character is being developed in preparation for what comes next.

THE NINTH HOUR AND BREAKTHROUGH
Then I noticed something else concerning nine.

In Acts 10, Cornelius received a vision at approximately the ninth hour while praying. The instructions he received became part of the events through which the Gospel reached his household.

In Acts 3, Peter and John went to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer, and encountered the man who had been lame from birth at the Beautiful Gate.

In Matthew 27, Jesus cried out at about the ninth hour during His crucifixion. John 19:30 records His final declaration, "It is finished."

As I examined these passages, nine became connected in my study with prayer, intense labor, culmination, and breakthrough.

The pressure before bringing forth.

The hidden preparation before manifestation.

The labor before birth.

And the importance of internal maturity before external responsibility.

THE BREAKTHROUGH HIDDEN IN THE SPECIFICS
This entire study began because I stopped to examine the difference between a kid of the goats and an adult goat.

That one detail led me to Noah's obedience, two scriptural witnesses, human behavior, the grain and drink offerings, God's Word, joy, the nine bulls, the womb, the dark room, the fruit of the Spirit, and the ninth hour.

Each discovery helped me understand another part of the study.

And each part challenged me to consider how I could apply what I was learning.

That is why I am sharing this Christian experience.

I am not simply recounting what happened during my Feast. I am inviting you to examine the Scriptures, consider your own experiences, and learn how to apply God's Word in your everyday life.

Perhaps you are experiencing a season where your efforts seem hidden.

Perhaps you are learning patience, responsibility, or self-control.

Perhaps you have been looking for evidence of growth and have become discouraged because you cannot see anything happening.

Consider the seed beneath the soil.

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THE UNSHAKEABLE: Promotion via Preparation — Pruning for Greater Fruit
The Feast of Tabernacles: A Christian Experience — Day 4
Numbers 29:23–25

What does it look like for a Christian to honor the Feast of Tabernacles?

In this series, I am sharing my personal experience of celebrating this feast that the Lord established as a time of celebration—what I am doing, what I am studying, and what I am learning as I spend these days with Him.

On Day 4, my study brings me to Numbers 29:23–25.

The offering prescribed for this day included ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs, and one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its accompanying grain and drink offerings.

I have been slowing down and looking carefully at these instructions because God did not simply say, “Bring Me something.”

He told them what to bring.

And these offerings were presented before Him as a sweet aroma.

As a Christian, I am not sacrificing animals today. But I believe there is still something to learn from the details God chose to preserve in His Word. What can these offerings teach me about what I bring before Him now? What does an offering that is pleasing to God look like in my own life?

On this fourth day, my study began with something I had not previously considered:
Weight.

A bull is not a small offering. It is substantial. It is weighty.

That caused me to begin examining the weight of what I bring before God.

Is my praise merely something coming from my mouth, or does it carry the weight of my heart?

What about my prayer?

My worship?

My obedience?

My surrender?

Am I bringing Him something that costs me something?

But the bull was only the beginning of today's study.

There weren't simply bulls.

There were TEN bulls.

And as I began following the significance of ten through Scripture, the study opened into something much larger: measurement, stewardship, responsibility, testing, ownership, the field, the harvest, and the tithe.

A field has to be measured.

What has actually been entrusted to me?

What belongs to God?

What am I responsible for cultivating?

What am I doing with the time, resources, opportunities, gifts, and responsibilities He has placed in my hands?

And am I trying to carry things He never assigned to me?

The study of ten brought me face-to-face with an important distinction:
I may be the steward, but I am not the Source.

God gives the increase.

And before greater weight can be entrusted to a structure, the structure must be able to bear it.

That brought me to another part of today's lesson:
PRUNING.

Interestingly, pruning wasn't merely something I studied that day.

I had actually been outside pruning my lavender.

Pruning can look like loss when we focus only on what is being removed. But healthy pruning serves a purpose. It redirects resources. It removes what is consuming energy that needs to be directed toward healthy growth. It prepares a plant for what it is supposed to produce.
And sometimes what needs to be pruned from our lives isn't necessarily sinful or obviously bad.

Sometimes it is simply something consuming resources that belong somewhere else.

Time. Attention. Energy. Effort. Capacity.

Something can be good and still be taking up space required for what God has actually entrusted to us.

That made the question deeply personal:
What needs to be pruned so that what remains can bear greater fruit?

And as the day unfolded, I discovered that I wasn't merely studying testing, stewardship, responsibility, limits, and weight.

I was being given opportunities to walk through them.

Before the day ended, I found myself bringing my own heart before Father. I didn't want to carry unnecessary weight forward. I wanted my prayer to have weight. I wanted my praise to have weight.

I wanted whatever hindered me to be removed.

That is the beauty of these Feast days for me.

I am studying Scripture, but I am also living an ordinary day.

I am working. I am tending my home. I am caring for what has been entrusted to me. I am pruning lavender. I am praying. I am praising. I am learning.

And right in the middle of ordinary life, Father continues teaching me.

Day 4 became a lesson in promotion through preparation.

Before something can carry greater weight, it must be prepared for that weight.

Before a field can produce what it was designed to produce, it must be tended.

Before healthy growth can continue, sometimes pruning is necessary.

And before I concern myself with what I hope God will place into my hands, I must be willing to let Him examine how I am stewarding what He has already given me.

Ten bulls.

Weight.

Testing.

Stewardship.

Measurement.

Pruning.

Preparation.

And ultimately, the question that has been guiding this entire Feast study:
What can I learn about bringing the Lord an offering that is a sweet aroma to Him?

This is Day 4 of the Feast of Tabernacles — A Christian Experience.

Today: ten bulls.

Tomorrow, the offering changes again:

Nine bulls.

And I cannot wait to see what I can glean from the significance of nine.

Scripture Focus: Numbers 29:23–25

THE UNSHAKEABLE: Promotion via Preparation — Pruning for Greater Fruit
The Feast of Tabernacles: A Christian Experience — Day 4

Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
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THE JUBILEE FACTOR
A Christian Experience of Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles

What does it look like for a Christian to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles—and what can the offerings recorded in Scripture teach us today?

This teaching grew out of my personal experience celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles and studying Numbers 29. I did not begin this study expecting to uncover everything that unfolded. I simply wanted to understand what I was reading.

My question was simple:

If I want my offering to be a sweet aroma to the Lord, what do I bring?

That question stopped me at Numbers 29:2.

One bull.
One ram.
Seven male lambs.

Although Christians are not called to reproduce the animal sacrifices of the Old Testament, Scripture teaches us that the earthly system contained copies and shadows of heavenly realities. If these things were given as copies and shadows, then understanding the copy can help us recognize the spiritual principles it was pointing toward.

So I began studying.

What was significant about the bull?

What could I learn from the ram?

Why seven lambs?

What did the grain offering represent?

What about the drink offering?

Why was there a sin offering?

What was the significance of the regular burnt offering that continued alongside the additional offerings?

And why did the number of bulls change throughout the Feast while other portions remained the same?

What began with one verse became a journey through Numbers 29 and beyond.

As the Feast continued, I began noticing a pattern:

13 bulls.
12 bulls.
11 bulls.
10 bulls.
9 bulls.
8 bulls.
7 bulls.

Each day brought another number, another lesson, and another opportunity to examine what Scripture was teaching me.

But something else caught my attention.

Before entering the Feast instructions, Numbers 29:2 had given me a baseline: one ram and seven lambs.

Then, during the Feast, I encountered:

Two rams.
Fourteen lambs.

Double.

And unlike the decreasing number of bulls, the two rams and fourteen lambs remained in place throughout the seven days of the Feast.

That sent me back into Scripture to examine the significance of something being doubled and the biblical principle of a matter being established.

Genesis 41:32 says that Pharaoh's dream was repeated twice because the matter was established by God.

Double.

Established.

Firm.

And that word began speaking loudly to something I had already been carrying long before this Feast began:

Everything that was lost.
Everything that was taken.
Everything the enemy stole.

I want it all back.

That is what I call THE JUBILEE FACTOR.

It is restoration.

It is the expectation that loss does not have to have the final word.

Job experienced devastating loss, but his story did not end in the ashes. Job 42 tells us that the LORD restored Job and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Double for the trouble.

That restoration theme is deeply connected to why my studies of covenant, obedience, blessing, alignment, harvest, and the appointed times of the Lord have become so important to me.

I don't merely want to quote the promises.

I want to understand covenant.

I want to understand what God has said.

I want to examine myself.

I want to walk in obedience.

I want to understand what it means to bring Him an offering that is pleasing—a sweet aroma.

And I want to recognize what He has placed in His Word, even when I have read past it before.

This particular Feast became unlike any Feast of Tabernacles I had celebrated previously.

The lessons were not confined to the pages of my Bible.

Day after day, what I was studying began intersecting with what I was actually living.

Praise.
Maturity.
Childlike trust and curiosity.
The surrender of my will.
Stewardship.
Preparation.
Specificity.
Sin and forgiveness.
Completion.
Rest.
Harvest.
Restoration.

The study became an experience.

And even the calendar caught my attention.

The Feast opened for me with the appointed rest coinciding with the weekly Sabbath, and the Eighth Day again coincided with the weekly Sabbath.

Rest upon rest.

Another double.

I saw it.

And I received it.

This series documents that journey as it unfolded—not as a theological exercise performed from a distance, but as A CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE of celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.

You will hear the questions I asked, the Scriptures I followed, the discoveries that stopped me in my tracks, and the practical experiences that caused those Scriptures to move from information on a page into lessons I could actually live.

Most importantly, this study is an invitation to open the Scriptures for yourself.

Read the passages.

Follow the references.

Ask questions.

Look again.

And allow the Word of God to teach you.

Because sometimes we think we are simply reading a familiar passage when one verse causes us to stop—and that one verse becomes the doorway into an entire journey.

For me, that verse was Numbers 29:2.

And I had no idea where it was going to take me.

Welcome to THE JUBILEE FACTOR:
A Christian Experience of Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.

Scriptures referenced throughout this study include Numbers 28–29, Leviticus, Hosea, Hebrews, Genesis 41, Job 1 and 42, and additional passages examined throughout the Feast.

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A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles — Day 2 | His Will, His Way, My Faith — When the Offering Reveals You

Today is Day 2 of the Feast of Tabernacles.

As a Christian who is honoring this feast that the Lord established as a time of celebration, I’m sharing what these days actually looked like for me—what I did, what I studied, and what I learned as I spent this time in the presence of the Lord.

In this message, we continue our journey through Numbers 29, focusing specifically on Numbers 29:17–19 and the instructions God gave for the second day of the Feast of Tabernacles:

12 young bulls.
2 rams.
14 male lambs.
And one kid of the goats.

Why these particular offerings? Why these numbers? Why were the bulls young? And what could these details teach us as Christians today?

This study is NOT suggesting that Christians should offer animal sacrifices. Jesus Christ has already given Himself for us. His sacrifice was sufficient, complete, and once for all.
Instead, I approached Numbers 29 asking a different question:

What can we learn from the specific instructions God gave concerning an offering that was pleasing to Him?

The study begins with the bull and the sacrifice of praise. Hosea 14:2 speaks of offering the “calves” or “bulls” of our lips, while Hebrews 13:15 calls us to continually offer to God the sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Then comes the ram: an adult male sheep.

For me, the ram became a picture of coming before God as an adult with my whole heart, mind, soul, understanding, and undivided attention.

But the offering also included lambs.

Jesus taught that unless we become like little children, we will not enter the kingdom of heaven. That childlike posture speaks to humility, dependence, trust, curiosity, and a willingness to learn.

So I began to see a picture forming: maturity does not require us to lose our childlike dependence upon God.

Then I encountered the number 12.

Twelve appears repeatedly throughout Scripture in connection with order, completeness, government, and completed structures: the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve apostles, and the twelvefold features surrounding the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21.

I also began thinking about twelve as a complete cycle—twelve months forming a year—and what that could mean in a harvest context.

A harvest cycle is not merely about producing once. It is a rhythm of sowing, producing, reaping, renewing, and producing again.

That caused me to think about praise differently.

If the bull brought my attention to praise and worship, perhaps the lesson was not simply to praise God occasionally, but to cultivate a life in which praise continues through every season.

“Rejoice always.”

“Pray without ceasing.”

“I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Then there were 2 rams and 14 lambs—double what I had previously been examining in the ram and seven lambs.

That doubling caused me to consider confirmation, witness, and something being firmly established.

But there was still one more offering:

One kid of the goats.

And this is where the offering began revealing something about ME.

I started examining the characteristics associated with goats—their independence, resilience, determination, curiosity, and their tendency toward self-direction. Biblically, goats can also appear in contexts involving sin and separation.

But this wasn't simply a goat.

It was a kid.

A young goat had not yet matured into the full strength and hardened independence associated with an adult animal. That distinction caused me to think about vulnerability, innocence, curiosity, playfulness, and something that has not yet become set in its ways.
And suddenly my study became personal.

What am I bringing before God?

My praise.

My maturity.

My childlike faith and dependence.

But also my will.

My vulnerability.

My curiosity.

My tendency to want to do things my own way.

All of me.

And because of Jesus Christ, I do not come before God carrying an unpaid record of debt. Colossians 2:13–14 speaks of that record being canceled. Hebrews 9:12 points us to the eternal redemption Christ obtained, and 2 Corinthians 5:17 reminds us that anyone in Christ is a new creation.

That means I can come before God with a clean slate—not pretending that I have no weaknesses, but knowing that my redemption has already been purchased through Christ.
So perhaps the most personal lesson I carried away from Day 2 was contained in three simple statements:

His Will.
His Way.
My Faith.

Because sometimes we begin studying what was placed upon the altar, only to discover that God is showing us something about what is happening within our own hearts.

Sometimes the offering reveals you.

Join me for Day 2 of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles as we continue studying Numbers 29 one day at a time and discovering what these ancient instructions can teach us about worship, surrender, faith, dependence, and walking with God through Jesus Christ.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:
Numbers 29:17–19
Hosea 14:2
Hebrews 13:15
Matthew 18:3
Revelation 21
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Psalm 34:1
Colossians 2:13–14
Hebrews 9:12
2 Corinthians 5:17

A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
Day 2 — Tishrei 16
September 27, 2026

His Will, His Way, My Faith — When the Offering Reveals You

Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
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GET IN THE HOUSE
A Bonus Teaching from Day 1 of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles

What does Rahab's house have to do with dwelling with God?

During Day 1 of my Feast of Tabernacles experience, an unexpected teaching emerged from the account of Rahab in Joshua 2.

The message was simple:

GET IN THE HOUSE.

Before Jericho fell, Rahab received very specific instructions. The scarlet cord was to be placed in the window, and her father, mother, brothers, and her father's household were to be gathered into her house.

But there was another important part of the instruction.

They had to stay inside.

Joshua 2:19 makes the distinction clear: if anyone went outside the doors of Rahab's house, the responsibility for what happened to that person would be upon them. The promise associated with the oath concerned those who were gathered with Rahab inside the house.

That stopped me.

Because I was celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles—a feast that had already caused me to think deeply about dwelling with God, walking with God, and what it means for God to tabernacle with His people.

And suddenly I was looking at a house in Jericho.

Rahab didn't simply receive a promise for herself. She was given instructions that allowed her to gather others into the place where she had been told to remain.

Her family had a decision to make.

They could come into the house.

And once they were there, they could remain there.

This short teaching is not about suggesting that a physical building provides spiritual salvation. Nor is Rahab's house being presented as a replacement for salvation through Jesus Christ.

Instead, we are examining the biblical account and the picture it gives us of obedience, remaining where we have been instructed to remain, and understanding the importance of dwelling.

There is a difference between hearing the instruction and obeying it.

There is a difference between entering and remaining.

And there is a difference between being invited into the house and choosing to walk back out the door.

That became especially meaningful to me during the Feast of Tabernacles.

Throughout Scripture, we find the language of God dwelling among His people, walking among His people, and calling His people to remain with Him.

Leviticus 26:12 says:

"I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people."

The Feast of Tabernacles caused me to look at that relationship differently.

This isn't merely about celebrating a feast for several days and then returning to life as though the experience has ended.

I want to walk with God.

I want to dwell with Him.

I want Him dwelling with me.

And I want to stay.

Rahab's account also caused me to think about the people around us.

Who can we encourage to come inside?

Who can we pray for?

Who can we point toward God?

Who needs someone willing to say, "Come in"?

Rahab gathered her family.

And when Jericho fell, Joshua 6 records that Rahab and those who belonged to her were brought out.

The house mattered because obedience mattered.

The instruction mattered.

Remaining mattered.

And that left me with a very simple message:

GET IN THE HOUSE.

And once you're in, don't be so quick to walk back out.

This bonus teaching was recorded during Day 1 of my 2026 Feast of Tabernacles experience on September 26, 2026.

It is part of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles—a journey through Scripture, worship, study, and the lessons I encountered while spending these appointed days intentionally walking with God.

Scripture Focus:
Joshua 2:18–19
Joshua 6:22–25
Leviticus 26:12

Get in the house.
Stay in the house.
Keep walking with God.

Step by step.
Day by day.

Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
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A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles — Day 1

What does celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles look like for a Christian today?

On September 26, 2026, I began Day 1 of the Feast of Tabernacles with that question—not attempting to recreate ancient Israel's observance, but approaching the appointed time as a Christian who desires to understand what God established, what He instructed His people to bring, and what those instructions can teach us about walking with Him today.

I began in Numbers 29:1–2.

I expected to continue reading.

I didn't get very far.

There was too much sitting inside those first verses.

God gave Israel specific instructions concerning the offering that was to be brought before Him: a young bull, a ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish. The offering was described as a sweet aroma to the LORD.

But as Christians, we need to establish something clearly before examining these animals:

We do not sacrifice animals today.

Jesus Christ has already become the sacrifice for us. This study is not an invitation to return to animal sacrifice, nor is it an attempt to suggest that the blood of bulls, rams, or lambs is required from us.

Instead, I began asking another question:

Why those animals?

Why was God so specific?

If God could have required anything, why a bull? Why a ram? Why seven lambs? What distinguished these animals from one another? And could examining their characteristics help us understand something about the kind of praise, worship, obedience, and heart that we bring before God today?

That question opened the door to an unexpected study.

The bull led me back to the biblical imagery of the bulls/calves of our lips—the offering of words and praise before God.

The ram caused me to consider the mature sheep.

And then there were the lambs.

Seven lambs.

Young sheep.

And suddenly I found myself thinking about the childlike curiosity Jesus calls us toward—the willingness to come before God wanting to learn, willing to ask questions, willing to look again, and unwilling to assume that because we have read a passage before, we have exhausted what it contains.

That became part of my Day 1 experience.

I came before God as an adult with praise on my lips, while approaching His Word with the curiosity of a child.

And somehow, I couldn't get past verse 2.

This first day became about much more than studying an ancient offering. It became an examination of what I am bringing before the Lord.

What does my praise look like?

What does my worship look like?

Am I approaching His Word believing I already know what it says, or am I still willing to sit down like a child and ask Him to teach me?

And is what I bring before Him a sweet aroma?

Day 1 also became part of a larger journey I began exploring during this Feast: what it means for God to dwell with us, for us to walk with Him, and for that relationship to continue beyond a particular feast or appointed day.

Not simply visiting.

Dwelling.

Not simply beginning.

Remaining.

Not merely having an experience with God and then returning to life as though nothing happened.

Walking with Him—step by step, day by day.

This is Day 1 of A Christian Experience: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles, recorded September 26, 2026.

Come with me through this journey as I study the Scriptures, examine the offerings of Numbers 29, ask questions, share what I experienced during each day of the Feast, and explore what these ancient instructions can teach a Christian about bringing an offering before the Lord today.

Scripture Focus: Numbers 29:1–2

Step by step. Day by day.

Jodi L. Serino-Barbour
Author | Teacher | Publisher | Narrator
The Artisan's PEN
ABASilence Ministries

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