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The Annual Feast of Tabernacles
Celebration
It was the first day of the holiday of Sukkot
The International Christian – Feast of Tabernacles – when some 4,500 If you’ve never been to the Feast of
Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) pilgrims from more than half the nations Tabernacles sponsored by the International
connects thousands of Christian on earth gathered at the Ein Gedi resort Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), it is hard
communities worldwide with by the Dead Sea, singing, dancing and to comprehend what you are witnessing: the
Israel and God’s beloved city of worshipping Jesus. There were no ethnic or most diverse annual assembly of Christians
Jerusalem. cultural barriers. No inhibitions. anywhere in the world. How do you keep
everyone on the same page, they asked. “We
By ICEJ Staff A group of first-time visitors was stunned: don’t!” came the simple, yet honest response.
Who brings all this together? “We simply invite them to come, and each
year for 36 years, they’ve come!”
Attendees of the Feast of
Tabernacles in Jerusalem
represent over 90 nations
of the world.
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