That tells us God sees his people as a wandering people, as Jacob is known as a wandering Aramean. God is also a God who travels, one who moves from one place to another. The Jews are commanded to build booths for 7 days and live in them outside their permanent dwelling to remind them that their permanent home is not the land of Israel, not the earthly Jerusalem but the heavenly Jerusalem whose builder is God and his dwelling is eternal and one day He will take us home with him for himself even as Jesus says in John 14, "In My Father's house are many mansions/rooms and I am going there to prepare a place for you."
Monday, September 8, 2014
Moon Festivals
That tells us God sees his people as a wandering people, as Jacob is known as a wandering Aramean. God is also a God who travels, one who moves from one place to another. The Jews are commanded to build booths for 7 days and live in them outside their permanent dwelling to remind them that their permanent home is not the land of Israel, not the earthly Jerusalem but the heavenly Jerusalem whose builder is God and his dwelling is eternal and one day He will take us home with him for himself even as Jesus says in John 14, "In My Father's house are many mansions/rooms and I am going there to prepare a place for you."
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