Anchor Scripture: Leviticus 26:14-46

We have discussed the Jubilee of God and the view that God’s dealings with Israel in the Old Testament were carefully designed as shadows of things to come. Within this framework, God’s ultimate purpose is to gather all creation into one family.

While studying the Bible in early 2000, I came to see what I understood as a pattern of the Solar System in the book of Numbers, particularly in Moses’ second census, taken shortly before Israel entered the Promised Land (Num. 26). In my interpretation, the census figures resemble the relative arrangement and sizes of the planets. The Levitical families—Gershon, Kohath, Merari, and Moses/Aaron and sons (Num. 3)—correspond to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

The inner planets are rocky, while the outer planets are largely composed of gases. Between Mars and Jupiter lies the Asteroid Belt, which in my comparison functions like the chasm described in Luke 16:26. It separates the inner planets, representing the consecrated Levitical priesthood, from the outer group, representing the tribes and, symbolically, the wider world.

This pattern also resembles the arrangement God prescribed for Israel’s wilderness camp. The Levitical families were positioned around the Ark of the Covenant at the center (Num. 2). I understand this arrangement as another representation of the Solar System and as support for the view that it serves as a shadow of the new world under Christ. In this model, the Levites as the inner planets and the tribes as the outer planets portray the order of God’s eschatological family. Accordingly, I believe the Church will regroup into three, corresponding to Levi’s three sons, as revealed to me in a dream.

Merari, Kohath, and Gershon occupied the north, south, and west sides of the camp respectively (Num. 3), while Moses, Aaron, and their sons occupied the east and ministered in holy things. In my interpretation, Christ replaces them as the High Priest of the new covenant and appears from the east at His return (Ezek. 46:2; Matt. 24:27). I further understand His coming as an event that will be witnessed worldwide. Modern communications, including the Internet and social media, provide a means by which people across different time zones could observe such an event at the same time. Next here.