Prophetically, the harvest symbolizes a time when people's lives are judged or evaluated. When we analyze the Feast of Ingathering from the present-spiritual view, we look for God's intent of His spirit-led children following the instruction of the New Covenant. If we have been faithfully seeking God, cooperating with and yielding to Him, His work in us will have produced fruit. Likewise, if we neglect our cultivation of spiritual fruit during the year, the spiritual harvest will reflect that. The fruit of one's labors will be evident at harvest time because we reap what we have sown. The temporary dwellings we inhabit remind us that nothing on earth is permanent, and that our focus and faith must be on what God is doing, because the things of this life are not our true inheritance. The temporary dwellings teach us to trust in God's providence, and to temper our innate drive to live life on our terms rather than on God's terms. In the harvest symbolism, we work with Him, day by day, for the cultivation of spiritual fruit. While we have our daily responsibilities for spiritual cultivation, Christ is the Giver of spiritual gifts, as well as the One that gives the increase. Our gifts may not be ones that set the world on fire, but if we faithfully and consistently use then, Christ will give an increase that will cause rejoicing.