What does Tribe teach about feast of tabernacles?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on the Feast of Tabernacles starts with a simple reframe: these are not Jewish holidays that Christians observe out of curiosity. Brian Hunter describes them as God's family traditions, shared with the Jewish people first but extended as an invitation to everyone. That framing matters because it changes what a person is actually doing when they observe Sukkot. They are not borrowing someone else's ritual. They are stepping into something God designed for his whole household.
Brian teaches that Sukkot does three things when a person actually enters into it. It helps them remember what God has done, not just for Israel in the wilderness but in their own lives. It recalibrates the rhythm of life away from the pace that work and school and the seasons pull everyone into. And it rehearses events that are still coming. The Hebrew word behind "holy convocation" in Leviticus 23, Brian has pointed out, carries the meaning of rehearsal, the way a wedding party goes through the motions the night before so nothing is a surprise. The fall feasts have not yet seen their prophetic fulfillment, and Zechariah 14 even describes Sukkot continuing into the millennial reign of Jesus, which Brian takes as a strong signal that learning what God has put into this feast now is worth the effort.
The practical heart of the teaching is the sukkah itself, the simple, intentionally flimsy outdoor shelter that God instructed Israel to build and live in for a week after the harvest. Brian has encouraged Tribe families to actually build one, sit in it, and let the disruption of comfort do its work. The point of leaving a warm house for a handmade shelter is to be reminded of the forty years Israel spent in the wilderness, years when God provided everything they needed. Brian notes that in those years their clothes never wore out, their shoes never gave out, and not one among them was sick. Sukkot is God's annual invitation to stop running, rest, and remember that the same provision is still available. As Brian puts it, the feast invites people to rest from their own plan, from striving for their own salvation, and from trying to earn God's love.
Taught from Leviticus 23:39-44 · Zechariah 14:16-19 · Hebrews 4 · Deuteronomy 16:13-15 · Leviticus 23:42-43
“Jesus says, come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
From Hope Is Here： The Promise of Rest
The passage taught · Leviticus 23:33-44
33 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
34 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.
36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- December 8, 2025 Hope Is Here： The Promise of Rest A Wyoming congregation hears how Jesus fulfilled the ancient Jewish feast of Sukkot, and why he remains the true source of rest and provision for every season.
- 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 17, 2022 Whom Have I in Heaven But You Brian Hunter wraps up four weeks on the Feast of Tabernacles, exploring what it means to dwell with God now and to rehearse for his promised return.
- September 26, 2022 Sukkot Series Week 2： Remember His Goodness Brian Hunter explores the Feast of Sukkot, showing how a week in temporary shelters strips away comfort, recalibrates the heart, and draws us back to God's faithfulness.
Mentioned along the way
- October 6, 2025 The Feast of Trumpets： A Rehearsal for What's Coming Brian Hunter walks Tribe through God's fall feasts, showing how the feast of trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot point to Jesus' return and reign.
- October 5, 2025 The Fall Feasts 2025 Brian Hunter walks through the three fall feasts from Leviticus 23, showing how each one points to a future event still to come when Jesus returns to earth.