ABSTRACT
The story of who and what is Israel records public events, the Passover narrative speaks of all Israel, the corporate community.
their climax at the Festival of Tabernacles, by contrast, bear a deeply personal message, one of sin and punishment, atonement and forgiveness. Everyone is subject one by one to God’s judgment, and everyone comes before God to be inscribed in the Book of Life for the coming year. The focus is on individuals and their standing before God.
