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Introduction
In chapter 7 we see Jesus during the feast of booths.
Here we see that there were those who wanted to arrest Him for the claims He had made about Himself.
He said in ,
They (the Pharisees) sent officers to arrest Him and Jesus continued to say in ,
Then He stood up and cried out on the last day of the feast,
This caused people to question Him.
Whether He was the Prophet or the Christ.
Some questioned Him because of Him living in Galilee when the prophecy of the Messiah was that He would be from Bethlehem.
They of course didn’t know that Jesus was actually born in Bethlehem.
Even within the Pharisees there were questions.
Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus in John chapter 3, pushed back on the Pharisees who wanted to arrest Jesus without a fair process.
Jesus in our text was speaking to the Jews who were at the temple and it was to leaders who believed that Jesus was born in Galilee which prophetically speaking the Prophet promised was to be born in Bethlehem.
Which is where Jesus was born.
And it was to leaders who believed that Jesus was born in Galilee which prophetically speaking the Prophet promised was to be born in Bethlehem.
Which is where Jesus was born.
This all happened during the time of the feast of booths.
Tabernacles, The Feast of, called also “the feast of ingathering” (Ex.
23:16), was the third of the three great festivals of the Hebrews, which lasted from the fifteenth till the twenty-second of Tisri.
The time of the festival fell in the autumn, when the whole of the chief fruits of the ground, the corn, the wine and the oil, had been gathered in (Lev.
23:39; Deut.
16:13–15).
Its duration was seven days strictly (Deut.
16:13; Ezek.
45:25).
During these days the Israelites were commanded to dwell in booths or huts formed of the boughs of trees (Lev.
23:40–43).
The feast of tabernacles was to be at once a thanksgiving for the harvest and a commemoration of the time when the Israelites dwelt in tents during their passage through the wilderness.
The feast of booths (), was the third of the three great festivals of the Hebrews.
The time of the festival was celebrated in the fall where they would gather the chief fruits of the ground, the corn, the wine and the oil (; ).
The feast of booths was to be a commemoration of the time when the Israelites dwelt in tents during their travel through the wilderness.
During these days the Israelites were commanded to dwell in booths or huts formed of the boughs of trees ().
The feast of tabernacles was to be at once a thanksgiving for the harvest and a commemoration of the time when the Israelites dwelt in tents during their passage through the wilderness.
At night, the people would would actually go into the temple area and they would light four huge lamps.
Who was Jesus speaking to in verse 12?
Officially, the Feast was held as a celebration of God’s goodness in providing another harvest of dates, grapes and figs, but there were a number of additional elements that made this a special time.
For one thing, everyone in Israel who could do so was expected to attend.
For another, as we have seen, they were expected to live in booths they had made themselves out of branches, sticks and leaves.
Then at night, when darkness had enveloped the city, the people would make their way into the temple area, and there, in what was known as the Women’s Court, four huge lamps were lit.
These were so large that it is reported that the wicks were made from the discarded linen robes that the priests wore.
Apparently, the glow from these lamps could be seen throughout the city.
Into that area came the temple musicians, and by the light of those huge lamps the people danced through the night, singing songs and praises, celebrating God’s goodness in its many forms.
It was the biggest and the best of all the parties in Israel.
The lamps were large and they were made from the linen robes that the priests no longer used.
, and there, in what was known as the Women’s Court, four huge lamps were lit.
These were so large that it is reported that the wicks were made from the discarded linen robes that the priests wore.
Apparently, the glow from these lamps could be seen throughout the city.
Into that area came the temple musicians, and by the light of those huge lamps the people danced through the night, singing songs and praises, celebrating God’s goodness in its many forms.
It was the biggest and the best of all the parties in Israel.
Officially, the Feast was held as a celebration of God’s goodness in providing another harvest of dates, grapes and figs, but there were a number of additional elements that made this a special time.
Officially, the Feast was held as a celebration of God’s goodness in providing another harvest of dates, grapes and figs, but there were a number of additional elements that made this a special time.
For one thing, everyone in Israel who could do so was expected to attend.
For another, as we have seen, they were expected to live in booths they had made themselves out of branches, sticks and leaves.
The light from these lamps could be seen throughout the city.
Then at night, when darkness had enveloped the city, the people would make their way into the temple area, and there, in what was known as the Women’s Court, four huge lamps were lit.
These were so large that it is reported that the wicks were made from the discarded linen robes that the priests wore.
Apparently, the glow from these lamps could be seen throughout the city.
Into that area came the temple musicians, and by the light of those huge lamps the people danced through the night, singing songs and praises, celebrating God’s goodness in its many forms.
It was the biggest and the best of all the parties in Israel.
Officially, the Feast was held as a celebration of God’s goodness in providing another harvest of dates, grapes and figs, but there were a number of additional elements that made this a special time.
For one thing, everyone in Israel who could do so was expected to attend.
For another, as we have seen, they were expected to live in booths they had made themselves out of branches, sticks and leaves.
Then at night, when darkness had enveloped the city, the people would make their way into the temple area, and there, in what was known as the Women’s Court, four huge lamps were lit.
These were so large that it is reported that the wicks were made from the discarded linen robes that the priests wore.
Apparently, the glow from these lamps could be seen throughout the city.
Into that area came the temple musicians, and by the light of those huge lamps the people danced through the night, singing songs and praises, celebrating God’s goodness in its many forms.
It was the biggest and the best of all the parties in Israel.
The temple musicians would play their music during the night.
And the lamps that they lit provided them light while they danced through the night, singing songs and praises, commemorating God’s deliverance from Egypt.
It was the biggest and the best of all the parties in Israel.
Jesus of course knowing this and being there would say what He said in our text!
And His listeners according to the feast being celebrated could link what Jesus said according to what they were celebrating.
What Jesus would say, is that He was the light not just to the Jews but for the world.
Which is very what I want to look into first today.
Verse 20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
The feast of booths and light used in it.
1. Jesus.
The light of the world (v.12)
Verse 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Our passage today begins with Jesus making a statement about Himself.
Verse 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Jesus said, He is the light of the world.
He is the light of the world.
It’s important to note what was said already in this gospel pertaining to the light.
Light is spoken of 24 times in the gospel of John.
And in all of them it is speaking of Jesus as light.
s speaking Jesus as light.
In we have John writing about this in his opening.
Jesus being the light of the world means that He (according to ) is the life that the world needs.
Remember that the passage today is taking place at around the time of the feast of booths.
And during this feast they would light lampstands which was to symbolize the light of God.
The feast was celebrated by the Jews to to remember the wilderness journey from Egypt to Canaan, when God made the people live in booths ().
This was only celebrated by the Jews but notice what Jesus said.
Notice that Jesus said the world.
“I am the light of the world.
Jesus said “I am the light of the world.”
Which broadens the light which is life to shine not only on the Jews but the world.
Which broadens the light which is life to more than just the Jews.
In Luke’s account we see Simeon who made a statement pertaining to Jesus when He was presented in the temple.
Simeon remembered what the Scriptures spoke of concerning the promise in and .
Jesus was the light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of the people Israel.
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