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The Feast of Tabernacles celebrates a future time when God will
again tabernacle with us on earth when Jesus appears and
renews all things. It is a rehearsal for the Millennial Reign of
Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ will tabernacle (dwell) with us on earth
as King of kings, and Lord of lords. It yet has a future fulfillment.

“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s
dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with
them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every
tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of
things has passed away." (Revelation 21:3-4)

Chapter 26 is a restating of God’s covenant to his people. God promised his people rewards for their
obedience-fertile, harvest, peace and security, military success, sexual fertility, and God’s presence.
Disobedience would bring diseases, destruction, drought, beasts, sword, pestilence, famine, and exile
(14-39). God did promise that if they found themselves in exile, God would forgive them and not
abandon them but remember his covenant with Abram and renew his relationship with them. (40-27)

Chapter 27 discusses vows and gifts. God provided a monetary value for redemption- people, animals,
possessions, yet also prohibiting vows involving things already devoted to God. Vows were a way for
Israelites to worship God by offering themselves to God.

Practical Application: God takes His holiness very seriously, and so should we. The trend in the
postmodern church is to create God in our own image, giving Him the attributes that we would like Him
to have instead of the ones His Word describes. God’s utter holiness, His transcendent splendor, and His
“unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16) are foreign concepts to many Christians. We are called to walk
in the Light and to put away the darkness in our lives so that we may be pleasing in His sight. A holy God
cannot tolerate blatant, unashamed sin in His people and His holiness requires Him to punish it. We dare
not be flippant in our attitudes toward sin or God’s loathing of it, nor should we make light of it in any
way.

Praise the Lord that because of Jesus’ death on our behalf, we no longer have to offer animal sacrifices.
Leviticus is all about substitution. The death of the animals was a substitute penalty for those who have
sinned. In the same way, but infinitely better, the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross was the substitute for
our sins. Now we can stand before a God of utter holiness without fear because He sees in us the
righteousness of Christ. xxxix

The Book of Leviticus

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