ICEJ Feast of Tabernacles 2025 Highlights
By ICEJ Staff
The 2025 Feast of Tabernacles opened at the Kfar HaNokdim oasis in the Negev on October 9, 2025. Evangelist Manasa Kolivuso of Fiji delivered a stirring message on living a life of worship toward Jesus. As the new interim chairman of ICEJ Fiji, Pastor Manasa urged pilgrims to remember the true purpose of coming to Jerusalem for Tabernacles, found in the theme passage of Zechariah 8:20–23.
“We have ascended to Jerusalem for the ICEJ Feast of Tabernacles 2025 to seek the Lord,” Pastor Manasa declared. “Time spent seeking God is never wasted—it is always invested. Everything else can wait. Food can wait. Rest can wait. Worship cannot wait. We are called to the Feast of Sukkot to have an encounter with God.” He continued, “The world may reject Israel today, but one day, they will come running back. And from every nation, people will join hands and cling to the robe of a Jew . . . We must cling to the robe of the One Jew. If we miss that One Jew—Jesus—we miss it all.”
President Isaac Herzog on Israeli Guest Night
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog made a riveting appearance on Israeli Guest Night, delivering a warm welcome address to the Feast pilgrims and thanking Christians worldwide for standing with the Jewish nation and people during these past two turbulent years. “It is no coincidence, friends, that you have gathered here at a decisive moment in the history of this region. You, lovers of Zion, have arrived here at a crossroads in which the choice for blessing or curse, for life and liberty or death and destruction, is laid out before us,” said Herzog. “Of course, your love for Israel is not new. For decades, your Embassy in Jerusalem, the ICEJ, has been a global voice of Christian friendship, solidarity, and action for Israel. When others left Jerusalem, you came and said, like Abraham, ‘Hineini, we are here. We stand with the State of Israel, with the people of Israel, and with the Holy City.’”
“I want to thank the ICEJ, its president, Dr. Juergen Buehler, and his excellent team—and Christian Zionist communities around the world. I thank each of you who have made this pilgrimage of body, heart, and spirit to Israel. And those joining us now (online) from around the world.”
Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Attends Feast
The Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Viliame Gavoka, came to Jerusalem as a Feast pilgrim just weeks after his nation opened its new Embassy in Jerusalem, the seventh nation to do so. Gavoka was the key figure who insisted on the Embassy opening as a condition for joining the new government last year. “Fijians know that God is with Israel,” he told those present at the Feast gathering. “For decades, Christians in Fiji have longed to see our government stand in Jerusalem—the eternal capital of Israel . . . Fiji is small but growing in Spirit. We stand unashamedly with Israel and unshakably upon the Word of God. We are a people guided by faith, a people of prayer, and a nation that stands with God’s Word.”
Malcolm Hedding Receives Nehemiah Award
During the Feast, ICEJ President Dr. Juergen Buehler presented this year’s Nehemiah Award to his predecessor, former ICEJ Executive Director Rev. Malcolm Hedding, in recognition of his lifetime of achievements in building Christian support for Israel. Hedding first served as chaplain for the Christian Embassy beginning in the 1980s and later came back from South Africa to head the ministry from 2000 to 2011. He remained on the International Board of Trustees and was an international speaker for the ICEJ until 2024.
Over 2,000 Christians Join the Jerusalem March
The Christian Embassy’s Jerusalem March filled Sacher Park with more than 2,000 pro-Israel Christians from 75 nations, joining thousands of Israelis celebrating Sukkot in the largest solidarity mission since the war began. Just hours after news broke of Israel and Hamas accepting the first phase of President Trump’s 20-point plan, the March culminated in a powerful prayer vigil overlooking the Knesset, where believers interceded for the hostages as Israeli leaders weighed the agreement. Within 4 days, all 20 surviving hostages were released—a moment of national joy Israelis will never forget.
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