Title: When I Come Before God
Content Title: When you go before God
Bible: Leviticus 23:33-44
Today is the day to celebrate Gujeol Seollal, a traditional Korean holiday. The typical traditional holidays in Korea are Seollal, which is the first day of the first month of the first month of the first month of the year, and Chuseok, which is the full moon in August. At this time, all the traffic is full of returning visitors looking for their hometown. Nevertheless, I do my best to find my hometown. I go to my hometown with my parents in spite of various inconveniences in the car on the highway. Likewise, in Israel, there are three festivals that are passed down from generation to generation and strictly observed.
The Passover was observed to commemorate the freedom from slavery in Egypt, the Feast of Pentecost to celebrate the harvest of barley and wheat, and the Feast of Tabernacles recorded in today's text. will be Just as each person in Korea visits their hometown and parents with a gift package in their hand at the time of the holiday, at this time of year, the Israelites also have a separate place to hold in their hands and carry them on their shoulders. In Korea, they go to their hometown and parents, but when it comes to holidays, the Israelites visit God and give all the gifts they have prepared with all their heart to God and give glory to God. These are the people who celebrate holidays in a custom different from ours. Among them, the Feast of Tabernacles recorded in today's text is a feast to glorify God by offering the harvest of all crops, the harvested grain, and livestock such as cattle and sheep.
First, the Feast of Tabernacles is a sign of gratitude for the past.
After crossing the Red Sea, the people of Israel lived as strangers for 40 years without a proper home. Even in the sweltering heat, all they had before them was the constant desert dust. Even in the cold of that cold winter, the swings lived without a single warm room. Nevertheless, he lived without dying for over 40 years.
Second, it is to express our gratitude for the present when we went to the Lord on the Feast of Tabernacles. On this day, after the Israelites harvested a lot of food, they gave thanks to the Lord for the harvest and for sharing the produce.
Third, the Feast of Tabernacles is to give thanks for the sure hope for the future.
No matter how difficult a series of pain and suffering from the past to the present, God will protect you to the end, so in the future, you will enter the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey, and your progress toward the future in joy and joy will be full of meaning. When they went out to God on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, which is kept in joy, joy and thanksgiving, they had a tree branch that they must take with them. The appearance of taking this tree to the Lord is similar to the appearance of the Israelites when they finished their sojourn in the wilderness and entered the land of Canaan, an eternal resting place. It is also a foreshadowing of our future.
1) God wanted to bring a tree bearing beautiful fruit among the trees to be brought to the Feast of Tabernacles.
Pears, apples, and tangerines refer to fruit trees. Bring a tree that bears fruit.
2) When going to the Lord on the Feast of Tabernacles, the tree he took with him was a palm branch.
3) When we went to God at the Feast of Tabernacles, we had to take the willow tree with us.
At this time, did we prepare yarn, trees, palm trees, and weeping willows to see the Lord on the Feast of Tabernacles that is set before us? Are you ready to embrace these three trees one by one and run to see God with joy?
What kind of tree do we hold in our hands when we meet before God on the first day that we enter the eternal kingdom of God after all the harvest on this earth? Each of us will have to have beautiful threads and trees in our hands. And then, you will have to put yourself in God's arms with great joy.