What does Tribe teach about provision?
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 provision is grounded in the Old Testament feast of Sukkot, which Brian Hunter used to open the Hope Is Here Advent series. Brian walked through Leviticus 23 to show that God commanded Israel, after the hard work of harvest, to build shelters, rest, and remember how he had provided for them in the wilderness. That annual feast was not just a historical memory. Brian argued it was always meant to rehearse something that Jesus would ultimately fulfill, making Jesus himself the living source of provision and rest for his people.
Brian pointed to Matthew 11 as the New Testament side of that same promise. When someone is carrying weight they cannot manage alone, the answer Brian kept returning to was not a technique but a person. Brian says, "Jesus says, come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." He also drew on Philippians 4:19 to press the point that God's provision is not limited to what a person can figure out or arrange for themselves. As Brian put it, "What need do you have this morning? It's human nature to stress and worry and try to figure out and overthink it yourself."
The teaching was made concrete by a story Bob, one of Tribe's trustees, shared before Brian preached. A man named Mark, who had received a terminal cancer diagnosis, gave sacrificially so the church could own its building. That gift, made before Mark died a few weeks before the service, became a living example of the kind of provision the sermon was describing. Brian's closing question was not abstract: "Hope is here. How much or how well do you live your everyday life with that reality?"
Taught from Leviticus 23:33-44 · Matthew 11:28-30 · Philippians 4:19 · Luke 1:1-20
“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
Messages that go deeper
- 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.
- December 7, 2025 The Promise of Rest A Jackson Hole pastor traces the biblical feast of Sukkot to Jesus' arrival as the fulfillment of Israel's hope, promising rest and provision for weary lives.