To finally put it plainly, I'm going to the Feast of Tabernacles.
In Leviticus 23, God gives Moses these events known as feasts to give to the Israelites. Within the year, there were several feasts that the Israelites kept (all the days below are based on the Jewish calendar, since they never used the Gregorian calendar we use today):
Now, given that these dates are based on the Jewish calendar and not the Gregorian one, we have to translate the dates from there to the one we use today. So, with that being said, the dates when the Feast of Tabernacles is meant to be held is October 18th through the 26th (from sunset of the Friday to sunset of the Sabbath the following week; just like the weekly Sabbaths).
Well, by that standard, we don't need to observe the Sabbath, either. After all, the Sabbath is a feast as well. God didn't give the Israelites the feasts to keep just because or just to be different. There was a reason for them, as I'll get into later.
In short, I've come to a very different understanding of God's character and His system of justice; that nothing needs to die in order for Him to forgive us, He freely does this. You can read the tangent I originally went on when writing this page here.
I've been learning about this from my friend, Sonder, who learned about it from the Father of Love Fellowship. This group also keeps the feasts in Leviticus 23. Why? Because God knows that we need them, which is why He instituted them in the first place.
For example, the Sabbath, a feast in itself, gives us a chance to take a break from work and rest, but also to spend time with God and each other because His presence is closer on that day (that's why it does matter which day of the week the Sabbath is on). Similarly, the feasts are extended breaks where we can come together, rest, and catch up, because God is even closer that day. These aren't arbitrary laws that were kept just to make the Israelites different than the other nations, but because they served a purpose. God gave them to the Israelites as laws because that was what they understood after 400 years of slavery in Egypt.
Ever since I've come to understand that God doesn't try to heap judgement and punishment on me when I do wrong, I've grown much, much closer to God than I've ever been in my entire life. I can forgive myself and be less hard on myself when I can't get myself to do something at times because it feels like I'm fighting against 7 giants trying to get myself to do something. I can actually truly rest on the Sabbath, especially after moving in with Dad, ironically enough, despite the fact that he doesn't observe the Sabbath on Saturday. They've actually started to be a blessing for me. This isn't because I'm just not going to church, or even because I end up going to sleep at around 3 in the morning and not waking up until about 9-10 and only getting out of my room to take a shower and whatnot at about 12. This is because I can actually spend time with God and get to learn more about Him (that, of course, isn't to say that fellowship isn't important; even Sonder and another friend of mine that has come to believe in this understanding of God have both said that I should go to church, even if the members there don't believe in the same God as me).
This is why I want to go to the Feast of Tabernacles, because I want to receive any blessings that God has for me.
If anything didn't make sense on this page, Sonder will likely be able to explain what I've talked about in here much better than I can (if he hasn't already), so feel free to contact him or anyone else from the Father of Love Fellowship (contact details will be on the last section).