Transcript John, chapter 7 - Our Savior's, Eyota

John, chapter 7
• NIV John 7:1 After this, Jesus went around
in Galilee, purposely staying away from
Judea because the Jews there were
waiting to take his life.
Jesus’ brothers?
• 2 But when the Jewish Feast of
Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus' brothers
said to him, "You ought to leave here and
go to Judea, so that your disciples may
see the miracles you do. 4 No one who
wants to become a public figure acts in
secret. Since you are doing these things,
show yourself to the world."
Brothers?
• NIV Mark 6:3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't
this Mary's son and the brother of James,
Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his
sisters here with us?" And they took
offense at him.
John, chapter 7
• 5 For even his own brothers did not
believe in him. 6 Therefore Jesus told
them, "The right time for me has not yet
come; for you any time is right.
• Is there a difference between familiarly
and personally knowing someone.
• Discuss the story of the Peasant King who
wants to be known.
John, chapter 7
• 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates
me because I testify that what it does is
evil. 8 You go to the Feast. I am not yet
going up to this Feast, because for me the
right time has not yet come."
John, chapter 7
• 9 Having said this, he stayed in Galilee. 10
However, after his brothers had left for the
Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
11 Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for
him and asking, "Where is that man?“
• JESUS WANTED TO GO. HE DID NOT WANT
TO GO FOR TEMPORAL REASONS.
John, chapter 7
• 12 Among the crowds there was widespread
whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good
man." Others replied, "No, he deceives the
people." 13 But no one would say anything
publicly about him for fear of the Jews.
• Better translation – NO ONE WOULD SPEAK
BOLDLY FOR HIM
• Pentecost will change that.
The Feast of Tabernacles
• The Tabernacles reminded the Israelites of the “crude-ness”
and “humility” of their beginnings.
• Sukkot (Hebrew: ‫ סוכות‬or ‫סֻ ּכֹות‬, sukkōt ; "booths", also known as
Sukkos, Succoth, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles), is a
Biblical pilgrimage festival that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of
the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). The holiday
lasts seven days, including Chol Hamoed. Sukkot is one of the three
major holidays known collectively as the Shalosh Regalim (three
pilgrim festivals), when the Jews traveled to the Temple in
Jerusalem.
• The word Sukkot is the plural of the Hebrew word sukkah, meaning
booth or hut. The sukkah is reminiscent of the type of thatched huts
in which the ancient Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of
wandering in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt. Throughout
the holiday, meals are eaten in the sukkah, and some families sleep
there.
John, chapter 7
• Sukkot is a 7-day holiday, with the first day
celebrated as a full festival with special prayer
services and holiday meals. The remaining days
are known as Chol HaMoed ("festival
weekdays"). The seventh day of Sukkot is called
Hoshana Rabbah ("Great Hoshana", referring to
the increased number of circuits taken by
worshippers in the synagogue during morning
services; see below) and has a special
observance of its own. Outside the land of Israel,
the first two days are celebrated as full festivals.
The Sukkot
• Prayers during Sukkot include the reading of the
Torah every day, saying the Mussaf (additional)
service after morning prayers, reading the Hallel,
and adding special supplications into the Amidah
and grace after meals.
• Hallel (Hebrew: ‫הלל‬, "Praise") is a Jewish
prayer—a verbatim recitation from Psalms 113118, which is used for praise and thanksgiving
that is recited by observant Jews on Jewish
holidays.
Amidah???
• After the Second Temple's destruction in
70 CE, the Council of Jamnia determined
that the Amidah would substitute the
sacrifices.
Amidah – Jesus fulfills the dwelling
of God
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Known as Avot ("Ancestors") this prayer offers praise of God as the God of the Biblical patriarchs, "God of Abraham, God of Isaac
and God of Jacob."
Known as Gevurot ("powers"), this offers praise of God for His power and might. This prayer includes a mention of God's healing of
the sick and resurrection of the dead. It is called also Tehiyyat ha-Metim = "the resurrection of the dead."
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Known as Kedushat ha-Shem ("the sanctification of the Name") this offers praise of God's holiness.
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During the chazzan's repetition, a longer version of the blessing called Kedusha is chanted responsively. The Kedusha is further expanded
on Shabbat and Festivals.
Known as Binah ("understanding") this is a petition to God to grant wisdom and understanding.
Known as Teshuvah ("return", "repentance") this prayer asks God to help Jews to return to a life based on the Torah, and praises
God as a God of repentance.
Known as Selichah, this asks for forgiveness for all sins, and praises God as being a God of forgiveness.
Known as Geulah ("redemption") this praises God as a rescuer of the people Israel.
Known as Refuah ("healing") this is a prayer to heal the sick.
Known as Birkat HaShanim ("blessing for years [of good]"), this prayer asks God to bless the produce of the earth.
Known as Galuyot ("diasporas"), this prayer asks God to allow the ingathering of the Jewish exiles back to the land of Israel.
Known as Birkat HaDin ("Justice") this asks God to restore righteous judges as in the days of old.
Known as Birkat HaMinim ("the sectarians, heretics") this asks God to destroy those in heretical sects, who slander Jews and who
act as informers against Jews.
Known as Tzadikim ("righteous") this asks God to have mercy on all who trust in Him, and asks for support for the righteous.
Known as Bo'ne Yerushalayim ("Builder of Jerusalem") asks God to rebuild Jerusalem and to restore the Kingdom of David.
Known as Birkat David ("Blessing of David") Asks God to bring the descendant of King David, who will be the messiah.
Known as Tefillah ("prayer") this asks God to accept our prayers, to have mercy and be compassionate.
Known as Avodah ("service") this asks God to restore the Temple services and sacrificial services.
Known as Hoda'ah ("thanksgiving") this is a prayer of thanksgiving, thanking God for our lives, for our souls, and for God's miracles
that are with us every day. The text can be found in the next section.
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Rain is considered as great a manifestation of power as the resurrection of the dead; hence in winter a line recognizing God's bestowal of
rain is inserted in this benediction. Except for many Ashkenazim, most communities also insert a line recognizing dew in the summer.
When the chazzan reaches this blessing during the repetition, the congregation recites a prayer called Modim deRabbanan ("the
thanksgiving of the Rabbis").
Known as Sim Shalom ("Grant Peace"); the last prayer is the one for peace, goodness, blessings, kindness and compassion.
Ashkenazim generally say a shorter version of this blessing at Minchah and Maariv, called Shalom Rav.
God’s Dwelling with Man
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Eden.
Word.
Tabernacle.
Temple.
Jesus.
Church.
The Sekhakh (booth)
Inside the Sekhakh
John, chapter 7
• NIV John 7:14 Not until halfway through
the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple
courts and begin to teach. 15 The Jews
were amazed and asked, "How did this
man get such learning without having
studied?"
John, chapter 7
• 16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not
my own. It comes from him who sent me.
17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he
will find out whether my teaching comes
from God or whether I speak on my own.
18 He who speaks on his own does so to
gain honor for himself, but he who works
for the honor of the one who sent him is a
man of truth; there is nothing false about
him.
John, chapter 7
• Babel vs. faith.
• Do we see to establish name for ourselves
or honor our Lord?
John, chapter 7
• 19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet
not one of you keeps the law. Why are you
trying to kill me?" 20 "You are demonpossessed," the crowd answered. "Who is
trying to kill you?"
• Wait ‘till v. 25. It was common knowledge
that they were plotting to kill Jesus.
John, chapter 7
• 21 Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle,
and you are all astonished. 22 Yet,
because Moses gave you circumcision
(though actually it did not come from
Moses, but from the patriarchs), you
circumcise a child on the Sabbath.
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23 Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so
that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you
angry with me for healing the whole man on the
Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, and
make a right judgment.“
• THE SABBATH IS ALL ABOUT RESTORATION AND
RECONCILIATION WITH GOD.
• The festival reflected this in what it looked forward to (not
just remembered). We should journey with the Lord to
the Promised Land, instead of a lasting place on this
earth.
John, chapter 7
• NIV John 7:25 At that point some of the
people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't
this the man they are trying to kill?
• It was common knowledge that the
Pharisees and Saducees were like a
mafia???
John, chapter 7
• 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are
not saying a word to him. Have the authorities
really concluded that he is the Christ? 27 But we
know where this man is from; when the Christ
comes, no one will know where he is from.“
• SOME JEWS BELIEVED THE MESSIAH
WOULD BE LIKE MELCHEZEDEK (NO
MENTION OF ORIGINS).
John, chapter 7
• 28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple
courts, cried out, "Yes, you know me, and
you know where I am from. I am not here
on my own, but he who sent me is true.
You do not know him,
John, chapter 7
• 29 but I know him because I am from him
and he sent me." 30 At this they tried to
seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,
because his time had not yet come.
• JESUS SLIPS AWAY.
• JESUS’ DEATH IS IN HIS FATHER’S
PROVIDENCE, NOT MERE HUMAN
CONTROL.
John, chapter 7
• 31 Still, many in the crowd put their faith
in him. They said, "When the Christ
comes, will he do more miraculous signs
than this man?"
John, chapter 7
• 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd
whispering such things about him. Then
the chief priests and the Pharisees sent
temple guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus
said, "I am with you for only a short time,
and then I go to the one who sent me. 34
You will look for me, but you will not find
me; and where I am, you cannot come."
John, chapter 7
• 35 The Jews said to one another, "Where
does this man intend to go that we cannot
find him? Will he go where our people live
scattered among the Greeks, and teach
the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when
he said, 'You will look for me, but you will
not find me,' and 'Where I am, you cannot
come'?"
John, chapter 7
• 37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast,
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone
is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has
said, streams of living water will flow from within
him."
• WHAT WAS MOSES’ SIN THAT KEPT HIM OUT
OF THE PROMISED LAND?
• He claimed equality with God in drawing out
water for the masses.
John, chapter 7
• 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom
those who believed in him were later to
receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not
been given, since Jesus had not yet been
glorified.
John, chapter 7
• 40 On hearing his words, some of the
people said, "Surely this man is the
Prophet." 41 Others said, "He is the
Christ." Still others asked, "How can the
Christ come from Galilee? 42 Does not the
Scripture say that the Christ will come
from David's family and from Bethlehem,
the town where David lived?"
John, chapter 7
• 43 Thus the people were divided because
of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him,
but no one laid a hand on him.
John, chapter 7
• According to God’s instructions on the
first day of the feast thirteen bullocks were
offered and each day that followed on less
bullock was offered which meant that
seventy were offered. Two things
characterized the Feast of Tabernacle from
the other feasts. One was the illumination
of the Temple and the other the pouring of
a vessel of water into a basin that was
located at the base of the altar.
John, chapter 7
• First the golden vessel of water was
filled at the pool of Sloam and taken to
the altar. Next another golden vessel
would be filled with wine and they both
would be poured together into the
basin.
John, chapter 7
• This was a TRADITION (not found in the
OT). It was to show God’s abundant
mercy not just in supplying for needs
(water) but also for one’s enjoyment of
life (wine). The mixed water and wine
would flow down a conduit which carried
the water to the Brook of Kidron located
across from the eastern wall.
Water with Wine
• NIV 1 John 5:8 the Spirit, the water and the
blood; and the three are in agreement.
• NIV John 19:34 Instead, one of the soldiers
pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a
sudden flow of blood and water.
• Jesus supplies us with self to make satisfaction
and to bless us with everlasting, messianic joy!
John, chapter 7
• This makes the event of Jesus entering the city in what
is called the ‘Triumphant Entry” come alive for us as we
under its significance. John records in John 12:13 that as
Jesus entered Jerusalem the people. “ Took branches of
palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried,
Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the
name of the Lord.” They were crying “Save us, Son of
David.” Matthew 21:15 records the chief priest and
scribes became gravely upset because this greeting and
prayer was reserved only for the coming of the Messiah.
Mark records that the people also cried “Blessed be the
kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of
the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.” (Mark 11:10).
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Following His entry into Jerusalem Jesus went
to the Temple and proclaimed “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. He that believeth on me, as
the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water.” (John 7:38-39). The words
“In the last day” means that this event occurred
on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
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Another feature of the feast is was illumination
of the Temple. The pilgrims who came to the
Temple would bring lights and torches. Further
the golden lamps stands would also be lighted
illuminating the Temple. This too prophetically
looked forward to the coming of the Messiah.
Jesus the Messiah identified Himself as that
saving light in John 8:12 saying “ Then spake
Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of
the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
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Paul when he arrived in Antioch in Pisidia
(Asia) proclaim this truth to the Jews there
saying, “For so hath the Lord commanded
us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of
the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for
salvation unto the ends of the earth” (Acts
13:47). Paul preached that he was sent to
take this light, which was the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, unto all the world.
John, chapter 7
• But here’s why what Yeshua said at that
moment was not really so strange or “off
the wall.” During Sukkot (Feast of
Tabernacles) four gigantic golden
branching lampstands were stationed in
the Court of Women, each lampstand
having four golden bowls.
John, chapter 7
• NIV John 7:52 They replied, "Are you from
Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find
that a prophet does not come out of
Galilee." [The earliest and most reliable
manuscripts and other ancient witnesses
do not have John 7:53-8:11.]
• It’s not “a” prophet. THE Prophet!!!!
• Taes Prophaetaes.