The Inward Journey

ENTERING INTO THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES, Part One

THE PASSOVER
By Douglas B. Clark

Why is there no record in the New Testament of a spiritual Feast of Tabernacles experience like there is of Passover and Pentecost? Some believe it is yet a future event that will soon transpire in this new, third day. But is there a spiritual dimension in the Feast of Tabernacles that we can enter into now?

The spiritual fulfillment of Passover and Pentecost were events that happened at a particular point in time and therefore we could also draw the conclusion that the Feast of Tabernacles would follow the same pattern. However, if we examine the significance of each spiritual fulfillment in light of our individual experience in Christ, then I think it is easier to see how this third feast fits into God’s plan, and how that each of the feasts reveal the progressive revelation of life of the Father in us.
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ENTERING THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES, Part Two:

THE FEAST OF WEEKS
By Douglas B. Clark

Seven weeks after Passover the Israelites celebrated the agricultural Feast of Weeks, (Lev 23:15; Deut 16:9) also known as Pentecost in the New Testament, which literally means fiftieth day. The Feast of Weeks was a celebration of the grain harvest and God’s provision for Israel. It was observed exactly fifty days after Passover. (Le 23:15; Deut 16:9)

The Freewill Offering
“Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.” Deut 16:10

During the Feast of Weeks the Israelites were told to give a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord had given them (Deut 16:10). This opened the door for man’s interpretation since it was up to each Israelite to determine what amount was proportionate to their blessing.

I find this significant because it typifies our entrance into Pentecost. Here we see a picture of the interplay between Divine instruction and man’s interpretation. To start with, what we perceive as freewill is not what is commonly believed — that God gave us freewill because He desires for us to choose to love Him. This is not the purpose of freewill at all!
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By Douglas B. Clark

When I was fifteen years old I was full of spit and vinegar and determined to turn the world upside down for God. I was so confident that I had all the answers that I made an appointment with a Baptist pastor so I could enlighten him that his doctrine and belief of “once saved always saved” was not correct. He invited me into his office and offered me a chair across from him. I didn’t waste any time in directing his attention to the words of Jesus regarding the vine and the branches. I told him that if we didn’t abide in the vine that we would be like a branch that is pruned from the vine and cast into the fire.

The pastor gently smiled and pointed to a picture on his wall of Jesus holding a lamb on his shoulders. He then told me what Jesus said about the ninety-nine.
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By Douglas B.Clark

A few years ago there was a TV commercial for the Volkswagen, Jetta where a young couple where driving down the road with the windshield wipers moving to the beat of the music they were listening to. As they looked outside of the car they noticed everything was moving to the same rhythm, a boy bouncing a basketball, people walking, etc. Everything was in sync with what they were experiencing inside the car.

The more in sync we become with God, the more our eyes become single toward Him and we realize that everything around us is synchronized to His timing and that ALL THINGS are working together after the council of HIS WILL. Within this synchronization we see patterns and principles that reveal truth that goes unnoticed by most people.
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The following is a prophecy given to Douglas B. Clark:
9:17PM EST, March 9, 2006

A WARNING TO THOSE IN MINISTRY IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY
This evening the Lord began speaking to me about His authority. I began to sob as He placed the following word in me.

Why have we built altars to the Lord when He has not told us to do so? We bring our praises and godly deeds and place them before Him on altars that we built of our own accord. The altars are part of the construct we call ministry. We try and build His Kingdom using principles of commerce instead of relying only on the Holy Spirit. We boast in our hearts of the great works and accomplishments we have done in the name of the Lord. We see those who are blessed by our ministry and we think this is all pleasing to the Lord. But the Lord says that the altars that have been constructed were not His doing and He is not pleased with our efforts.
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