Purpose for Celebration
“ Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed .” (Deuteronomy 16:16 NKJV) Being redeemed from the Egyptian bondage, three seasons (feast of unleavened bread, feast of weeks, and feast of tabernacles) were recommended for Israelites for celebration of passover, preservation, and prosperity. Obviously excluded were seasons of discouragement, defeat, and death for mourning their moments of misery. In reality, most of the seasons of life may not call for celebration; but the Creator of these seasons understands the reason for all seasons. No one enters His court with thanksgiving without discovering God, and not His goodness, as the only purpose for celebration.