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Jesus at the Feast
Of TabernaCles
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GOLDEN TENT.-"Ncver man snake
| like this man. John T:is
iME-octobcr. A. II. - at the Feast OF
raoernaclos. About six months after last
, S" nay ; lesson. IL was towards the close
OF Jesus third year OF ministry and about
SIN months before His crucinxion
temple VI '"'
NorE-Peyton. In his Memorabilia OF
Jesus. calls this chapter "A Drama !,
Tragedy In Seven Acts I'm which seven
characters play their parts" Prof Dods
eniles IL Jesus Discussed In Jerusalem
laso IN seven parts) This was the first
serious development OF opposition record
ed by John
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. Water
| OF Liie: Pisa 1872: celia; 1854: lisa le.s.
sol. Z: niI. Is; ASS: 55I-3. 1913; Eek.
22:l. =. 49, '>e''
The Holy Spirit. symbolized nv water.
PROV. 4;2s: Eek. 1926, "a: joel 2;2s ~; Zech.
4;S; Luke il:iS; John i:ii; 1880: N;i6 n:
1913; Acts 21-i. l6-is: i0:ii, As.
., Heips on the Golden Text: lisa u:2;
| <:I2. e''
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Feast of Tabernacles This one
OF the three annual religious festivals
OF the Jews was celebrated for a week
In the month of Tisri, which corre-
spends with our September or October.
IL was to commemorate the dwelling
or the lsraelites In tents during the
Wilderness wandering, and booths
made OF branches OF trees were erected
everywhere In Jerusalem-on the
house-tops. in open courts and public
squares. In these all the people. save
those who were Ill or very aged. lived
during the festival season. ENJOYING all
the merriment OF prolonged picnic.
IL was harvest home and thnnksgiv-
ing celebration combined. Many sacrf-
hces were offered. On each of the
seven days the priests. accompanied by
a choir OF Levites with trumpets and
cymbals went in the morning to draw
water In golden pitcher from the
FOOL or Sloan. Amid the blast of
trumpets and the shouts and singing
or the multitude. this was carried to
the temple and poured out before the
altar into silver basin. This COM
memorated the water flowing from the
rock EEK. II: 81. and typifed the PROM
ised outpouring of the Holy Spirit. On
the eigth day the booths were broken
up and the people prepared to return
home. This was, however, reckoned
fees were offered
V. 81. Jesus stood" Probably
In Solomon's porch. overlooking the
temple courts. whence he witnessed
the great procession of pilgrims fin
holiday attire, coming to the sacrfclal
service And cried" At n pause I'm
the services his clear voice rang out I'm
the hearing of the great multitude.
V. 80. HE that believeth" He then
goes on to explain what Come unto
me- means. TO come to Jesus is to
believe on Him; not merely to believe
what one has read or heard about
| Him, but to entrust ones heart and
life to Him; to accept His love and
| give Him our love, thus coming into
sympathy with Him, and participating
In His life. which Is eternal life GAS
the Scripture hath said" etc. No d.
rect quotation from Old Testament
writings is given, but such passages az
lisa. 5S: IL; Joel 3: IS; Zecb. IA: 8.
are alluded to. "Out of his belly"
Better in Rev. Yer. from within
him. that is. from his heart and
through his life. Rivers of living
water" Jesus alone Is the source OF
pies are channels through which this
flows to others.
V. 30. This spake He," etc. John
now explains what Jesus meant. John
lived, and wrote, after the "age of the
Holy Spirit" had begun; had himself
been one Of those who, upon that nota-
BILE Day of Pentacost, of which we read
In Acts 2. had received the Holy
Spirit in abundant measure.
V. 40. This saying" This gracious
invitation which Jesus had given.
This is the Prophet" The one prom
ised in Deut. IS: Is, IS.
V. Al. This Is the Christ" Argu-
Ing. doubtless, as before ". 81. that
none could do more beneficial works.
or speak more gracious words. or show
more clearly that he was representa-
tive OF God, than did this Jesus OF
Nazareth.
V. a. Would have taken Him"
Wished to have Jesus arrested. AS ON
previous occasion and later. Jesus
passed through the midst OF crowds
who wanted TO stone or otherwise in
jure Him. yet none lifted hand against
Him QLuke 4: 90 30; John 8: 500. SO
now no one touched Him.
" 49, Never man spake like this
man" They could explain their
strange inability to seize Jesus only
by referring to His words, whose pecu-
liar force they felt All through His
life 1t had been noted of Jesus words
that they were authoritative, and thus
differed from those of the recognized
teachers Of the day; that they we're
winning, gracious; evidently we're the
words Of God, and just such words as
human hearts were hungry for.
Practical Points.