“Sober Rejoicing” Theme of FOT and Ecclesiastes: Preparing the Church for Future

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Speaker: Lud Kiramidjian

Date: 10/18/25

The first time the word “rejoice” appears in our English translation Bibles is in Leviticus 23:40, where God commands His people to observe the Feast of Tabernacles with rejoicing --- per the words “you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days”. Observant Jews --- who have been keeping this Feast (which they call “Succoth”) for a very long time --- refer to it as "The Season of Our Rejoicing" or “The Time of Our Joy”. Interestingly, it has been an ancient Jewish tradition to read Ecclesiastes every year during this Feast of Tabernacles. Although some have mistakenly viewed Ecclesiastes as a pessimistic book --- it is really a positive book that is in perfect harmony with the theme of the Feast of Tabernacles. This sermon shows how the themes of the Feast of Tabernacles and of Ecclesiastes are in perfect harmony. Both prepare us in the Church for the Work set before us prior to Jesus Christ’s return and establishment of Christ’s millennial rule, which the Feast of Tabernacles prophetically pictures.

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