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Excerpted from: The Feasts of Tabernacles and Unleavened BreadNow, these themes of impermanence and pilgrimage may seem to contradict the themes of houses with foundations in Unleavened Bread. It is comparisons and contrasts such as these that lead us to insights that might otherwise remain hidden. The way to reconcile the symbolism of permanence and being settled in houses with the temporariness and movement is, again, to see how both relate to Christ's work.
Notice that He does not take away tribulation. He does not take away the storms. He does not take away the gates of the grave. These are all unsettling things. These and other certainties that make us uncertain are all elements of our pilgrimage.
Instead of giving us permanence now, He says that in Him we have peace. In Him, we have stability, even when our lives may seem unstable, and the direction of our lives does not make sense to us. The houses in Unleavened Bread and the temporary dwellings in Tabernacles find their commonality in Christ. Our lives are still like those on the move, but in Him, there is peace. But the peace is internal. This peace does not come from controlling all the things in our environment. It comes from surrendering and trusting.
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