WHILE JESUS CHRIST walked
upon the earth HE had purpose for everything HE did.
While walking upon the earth
in HIS HUMANITY, HIS actions, HIS every step was in accordance to FULFILLING
the WILL of the FATHER.
As WE know JESUS CHRIST
FULFILLED “ALL” Foreshadows of the FIRST 4 FEAST: THERE are 3 FEAST YET TO BE FULFILLED.
TODAY I found myself most
INTERESTED in the SIGNIFICANCE of WHAT JESUS’ ‘PROCLAMATION MEANT to the JEWS
when HE was IN THE TEMPLE in JOHN 7 during the “FEAST OF
TABERNACLES”.
What PROCLAIMATION was HE MAKING
at that time that ‘ASTONSISHED” the people.
What HE SAID in JOHN 7: 34 had some significance to them, according to the FEAST of
TABERNACLES that they were keeping at the time.
HERE ARE THE VERSES the
specific verses that caught my attention this morning and I would like to share
my studies with you.
JOHN 7: 34 In the last day, that
great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
JOHN 7: 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard
this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
JOHN 7: 41 Others said, “This
is the Christ” But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee ?
I ALWAYS find it
interesting that many of the times that JESUS SPOKE in the TEMPLE, HE was
speaking in TERMS and analogies that only the JEWS would understand through the
FORESHADOWS of HIM and the FEAST and HOLY DAYS.
EXAMPLE: When HE spoke in the TEMPLE
SO what SIGNIFICANCE did HIS proclamation
in JOHN 7: 34 mean to them, that brought this to the astonishment and realization
that HE was proclaiming to be the MESSIAH!!!
ON with the STUDY:
SOME FACTS and
BACKGROUD on the FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
ACCORDING TO JOHN 7, JESUS stood in the TEMPLE
ON the “LAST GREAT DAY” HE
makes the PROCLAMATION that
“IF any man THIRST let HIM
come to me”
HERE IS OUR
QUESTION:
WHAT SIGNIFICANCE
DID JESUS’ PROCLAMATION have TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE,, because it somehow resonated
in their SPIRIT that HE was “CLAIMING” to be the MESSIAH.
A LITTLE HISTORY in case you
know LITTLE about the “FOT” itself.
The FEAST of TABERNACLES IS A
7/8 DAY FEAST the FIRST DAY BEING A HOLY
DAY.
For the BODY OF CHRIST: The Feast of Tabernacles represents this
joyous, utopian time of peace and fulfillment that has always been the hope and
focus of true Christians. The MILLIALLE
KINGDOM
This is the one Feast in
particular in which God commands everyone to rejoice! This Feast looks forward
in time to the most joyful occasion of all time. Deut 16, Lev 23
FOR THE JEW: It represents coming out of Egypt
THE TIMING OF THE FEAST and the SIGNIFICANCE of the “FEAST
OF TABERNACLES”
The timing of the feast, held
in the fall around the time of the yearly harvest or in-gathering, pointed both
backward to the time when God gathered Israel out of Egypt and forward to the
time of “the final harvest when Israel’s mission should be completed, and all
nations gathered unto the Lord.”[9] Thus,
Israelites who gathered to the temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of
Tabernacles were inundated with festivities and symbols that inspired thoughts
on a variety of themes, such as deliverance (past and future), the coming of
the Messiah, and the eventual gathering of all God’s children to him.
SCRIPTURES for TODAYS STUDY:
JOHN 7 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
JOHN 7: 10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went
he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were
in secret.
JOHN 7: 14 Now
about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into
the temple, and taught.
JOHN 7: 34 In the last day, that
great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man
thirst, let him come unto me, and drink
JOHN 7: 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard
this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
JOHN 7: 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some
said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee ?
HERE is something that I DID
NOT KNOW about the FEAST OF TABERNACLES:
YOU MAY WANT to read the entire
article, I am only posting the parts that I find significant to this study.
The fourth significant event of the Feast of Tabernacles was “the drawing of water
from Siloam and its libation [pouring] on the altar (of this it was said that he who has not seen the joy of the drawing of
water at the Feast of Tabernacles does not know what joy is)” (Bible Dictionary, “Feasts”). The parade-like ritual of
this ceremony was perhaps the most notable and popular event of the festival.
This ceremony was accompanied by great
rejoicing and singing from the congregation. It was performed every day of the
feast in the same way, “except on the seventh day, when the priests (and perhaps the pilgrims) circled the altar seven times instead of just once.”[17]
Wow does that remind you of another event in
the scriptures??? JERICHO
A NOTHER VERSE THAT would have significant to
the JEWS would have been the ONE in ISAIAH…
Isaiah 12:3: “With joy shall ye draw water out
of the wells of salvation.”. . .
THE LIVING WATER:
This ritual performed at the sacrificial altar
consists of several aspects that added to its spiritual richness. The Pool of
Siloam received its water from the Gihon Spring, a natural water source, making
the water in Siloam “living water,” or water suitable for ritual purification. The concept of “living water” is critical to understanding the
significance of this ceremony. Living water had to come directly from God (via rain or other “pure” or natural sources, such as a
spring). It was used for all ordinances and rituals requiring water in the law
of Moses.
ALSO, If you remember the
water of SILOAM was the pool that the JESUS told the man to go and wash his
eyes in.
NOTICE by interpretation the
word “SILOAM” means “SENT”.
JOHN 9: 17 And said
unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation,
Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
CONCLUSION:
For the JEWS who celebrated the FEAST OF TABERNACLES the message should have been clear,
HE was PROCLAIMING TO BE THE “LIVING WATER, the source of their SALVATION!!
The opportunity was there that DAY, if only they had
RECEIVED HIM as their awaited MESSIAH.
Copy and paste from the article.
Jesus waited until “the last day, that great day of the feast” to stand
and cry to all the people within the temple, “If any
man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water”
(John 7:37–38).
The Savior waited until the
“great day of the feast,” on which there was no
water-pouring ceremony, to publicly declare that he was
the source of “living water.”
In the absence of the
celebration involving the waters of Siloam, his words invited the people to come unto him as the only true source for salvation.
By referring to himself as
the source of “living water,” Jesus proclaimed his divinity—he is the “fountain of living waters.”
Only those who accepted him
as the one sent from God to save mankind could be baptized and receive the
cleansing through the Holy Ghost necessary for them to return to God.
(Psalm 116:3–4, 8–9, 12, 16–17)
Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O
Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. . . .
For
thou hast delivered my soul from death. . . .
I will
walk before the Lord in the land of the living. . . .
What
shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward
me? . . .
Thou
hast loosed my bonds.
I will
offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the
Lord.
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