What does Tribe teach about biblical feasts?
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At Tribe, the teaching on the biblical feasts starts with a simple reframe: these are not Jewish religious holidays that belong to someone else. They are God's own family traditions. Brian Hunter points to the Old Testament, where God calls them 'my feasts,' and draws the conclusion that if you are in God's family, you participate in the family traditions. The church has been walking through all seven feasts together for several years, and the reason Brian gives is threefold: to remember what God has done, to recalibrate the rhythm of life away from the world's pace, and to rehearse events that are still coming. As Brian puts it, 'We celebrate them because we see Jesus in them and God has invited us into his family traditions.'
The seven feasts are laid out across a chart Brian returns to regularly: four in the spring and three in the fall. The four spring feasts have already seen their literal prophetic fulfillment through Jesus. Passover maps to the crucifixion, First Fruits to the resurrection, and so on. The three fall feasts, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, are still ahead and will be fulfilled in rapid succession at the return of Jesus, not spread across generations. The church observes each feast as it arrives in the calendar year, gathering inside the feast itself rather than only studying it from a distance. The Passover Seder, a handmade sukkah in the backyard, and weeks of teaching on a single feast are all part of how Tribe takes this seriously.
The fall feast of Sukkot has received extended attention in the teaching. Brian draws on Zechariah 14 to show that Sukkot is the one feast scripture says the nations will continue to celebrate during Jesus' literal reign on earth, and that any nation refusing to send a delegation to Jerusalem for it will face consequences. He also connects the feast's timing, arriving after the threshing and the pressing, to a larger pattern: before the party always comes the pressing. The temporary, intentionally flimsy shelter of the sukkah is not an accident. God designed the discomfort on purpose, and the church treats it as an invitation to step out of comfort, rest from striving, and trust the God who kept Israel clothed, shod, and healthy for forty years in the wilderness.
Taught from Leviticus 23:39-44 · Zechariah 14:16-19 · Deuteronomy 16:13-15 · Hebrews 4 · Exodus 12:1-14
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From The Feast of Passover
The passage taught · Exodus 12:1-14
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;
4 and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- April 14, 2025 The Feast of Passover Brian Hunter walks through the biblical Passover feast, explaining why a Wyoming church honors the seven feasts of God to remember, recalibrate, and see Jesus in scripture.
- October 14, 2024 Sukkot 2024: Resting and Celebrating Brian Hunter walks through Leviticus 23 and the feast of Sukkot, inviting his congregation to rest from striving and simply receive God's love for one week.
- October 13, 2024 Sukkot 2024: Resting and Celebrating Brian Hunter walks through Leviticus 23 to explore Sukkot, the biblical feast of shelters, and what it means to rest from striving and receive God's love.
- October 3, 2022 Sukkot Series Week 3： Sukkoth Builds Grit Brian Hunter walks Tribe through the biblical feast of Sukkot, its connection to Israel's future, and why God uses discomfort to build grit in his people.