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이스라엘이 죄악을 끝내 돌이키지 않으면 이방 땅으로 쫓겨날 것입니다. 그러면 가나안 땅은 안식을 누리고, 이방 나라의 포로로 끌려간 백성의 삶은 곤고할 것입니다. 

[ 레위기 26:27 - 26:39 ] (찬송292장)

멸망과 추방 

27너희가 이같이 될지라도 내게 청종하지 아니하고 내게 대항할진대 28내가 진노로 너희에게 대항하되 너희의 죄로 말미암아 칠 배나 더 징벌하리니 29너희가 아들의 살을 먹을 것이요 딸의 살을 먹을 것이며 30내가 너희의 산당들을 헐며 너희의 분향단들을 부수고 너희의 시체들을 부서진 우상들 위에 던지고 내 마음이 너희를 싫어할 것이며 31내가 너희의 성읍을 황폐하게 하고 너희의 성소들을 황량하게 할 것이요 너희의 향기로운 냄새를 내가 흠향하지 아니하고 32그 땅을 황무하게 하리니 거기 거주하는 너희의 원수들이 그것으로 말미암아 놀랄 것이며 33내가 너희를 여러 민족 중에 흩을 것이요 내가 칼을 빼어 너희를 따르게 하리니 너희의 땅이 황무하며 너희의 성읍이 황폐하리라

 땅의 안식 

 34너희가 원수의 땅에 살 동안에 너희의 본토가 황무할 것이므로 땅이 안식을 누릴 것이라 그 때에 땅이 안식을 누리리니 35너희가 그 땅에 거주하는 동안 너희가 안식할 때에 땅은 쉬지 못하였으나 그 땅이 황무할 동안에는 쉬게 되리라

 쫓겨난 자들의 비극 

 36너희 남은 자에게는 그 원수들의 땅에서 내가 그들의 마음을 약하게 하리니 그들은 바람에 불린 잎사귀 소리에도 놀라 도망하기를 칼을 피하여 도망하듯 할 것이요 쫓는 자가 없어도 엎드러질 것이라 37그들은 쫓는 자가 없어도 칼 앞에 있음 같이 서로 짓밟혀 넘어지리니 너희가 원수들을 맞설 힘이 없을 것이요 38너희가 여러 민족 중에서 망하리니 너희의 원수들의 땅이 너희를 삼킬 것이라 39너희 남은 자가 너희의 원수들의 땅에서 자기의 죄로 말미암아 쇠잔하며 그 조상의 죄로 말미암아 그 조상 같이 쇠잔하리라

[ Leviticus 26:27 - 26:39 ]

27“But if in spite of this you will not listen to me, but walk contrary to me,28 then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I myself will discipline you sevenfold for your sins.29 You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.30 And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.31 And I will lay your cities waste and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing aromas.32 And I myself will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be appalled at it.33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.34 “Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it.36 And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.37 They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.39 And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies’ lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them. 

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

If the Israelites did not turn back even “in spite of this”, God would strike them with the ultimate punishment. The Israelites would be killed by their enemies and taken as captives and would lose their power and peace. God had delivered the Israelites, who had lived as slaves in Egypt, and allowed them to enjoy abundance in the promised land. However, if the Israelites abused that land through idol worship and greed, God would abandon them and make them once again live as slaves in a foreign land (vv. 27-39). 

Who is God?

Vv. 27-29 God would punish the ungrateful people. He would drive them out from the land for serving idols and exercising exploitation and greed. Before we end up in this kind of hopeless situation, let’s reflect on ourselves cautiously with fearful hearts. We must destroy the idols that have become hardened in our hearts like glue and swiftly restore our broken relationship with God.  

What lesson is God teaching me?

Vv. 36-39 Those who relied on their own strength would lose hold of peace and become caught up in fear. This is because all wealth must eventually diminish and all power and strength eventually decline. Only those who trust in God can enjoy eternal shalom. 

Prayer

Lord, help me to cut off the yoke of evil and shake off the dregs of sin so that I may become a pure believer who brings sabbath into the land.