Today is "the last day, that great day of the feast" described in John 7:37.
The Feast of Tabernacles is one of three times in a year that all Jewish males are to appear before the Lord at the temple in Jerusalem. This commandment is found in Leviticus 23: 34 and Deuteronomy 16:16. This feast was celebrated in the days of Christ, and is still celebrated today by Jews all over the world.
The Jews call the Feast of Tabernacles "Sukkot". This 7 day holiday began this year 20...13 at sunset September 18 and ends at sunset on September 25. Sukkot is described as the most joyous of the three Biblically mandated festivals. It is described as the 'Season of our Rejoicing".
The feast commemorates the 40 days the Israelites were in the wilderness, after God brought them out of Egyptian bondage, and before God brought them into the Promised Land.
The name for the feast "Sukkot" comes from the word “sukkah”, which is a hut of temporary construction with a roof covering of branches in which Jews celebrating the feast eat all their meals for 7 days and nights. They do this in obedience to the commandment.
Leviticus 23:42-43 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Sukkot is marked as a holiday of rejoicing.
Deuteronomy 16:14-15 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, starting with the second night, there was a nightly Water Drawing Celebration. Sukkot has a commandment to offer a water libation on the altar that the other feasts do not have, in addition to the wine libation that accompanied all the sacrifices throughout the year. The water would be drawn the evening before. At this event there was great fanfare, singing, and celebration.
Today is the seventh day of Sukkot and is called Hoshaana Rabbah ("Great Salvation"). This is "the last day, that great day of the feast" described in John 7:37.
John 7:37-39 ¶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. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
The Talmud states that "one who has not witnessed the Festival of the Water Drawing has not seen joy in his lifetime!"
And the joy of the Holy Ghost is greater than that!!
And on that day, Jesus chose to prophecy of his Spirit, the Holy Ghost, which he would pour out! Like RIVERS of LIVING water!
And how significant that Jesus would chose the 7th day of the feast to stand and prophesy, the last day, that great day of the feast that is called "Great Salvation"!
Isaiah 12:1-6 And in that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You; though You were angry with me Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’” Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, call upon His name; declare His deeds among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”
When one is filled with the Holy Ghost, they are filled with joy!
Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
1Peter 1:8-10, 12b Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you… by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
The Jews call the Feast of Tabernacles "Sukkot". This 7 day holiday began this year 20...13 at sunset September 18 and ends at sunset on September 25. Sukkot is described as the most joyous of the three Biblically mandated festivals. It is described as the 'Season of our Rejoicing".
The feast commemorates the 40 days the Israelites were in the wilderness, after God brought them out of Egyptian bondage, and before God brought them into the Promised Land.
The name for the feast "Sukkot" comes from the word “sukkah”, which is a hut of temporary construction with a roof covering of branches in which Jews celebrating the feast eat all their meals for 7 days and nights. They do this in obedience to the commandment.
Leviticus 23:42-43 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Sukkot is marked as a holiday of rejoicing.
Deuteronomy 16:14-15 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, starting with the second night, there was a nightly Water Drawing Celebration. Sukkot has a commandment to offer a water libation on the altar that the other feasts do not have, in addition to the wine libation that accompanied all the sacrifices throughout the year. The water would be drawn the evening before. At this event there was great fanfare, singing, and celebration.
Today is the seventh day of Sukkot and is called Hoshaana Rabbah ("Great Salvation"). This is "the last day, that great day of the feast" described in John 7:37.
John 7:37-39 ¶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. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
The Talmud states that "one who has not witnessed the Festival of the Water Drawing has not seen joy in his lifetime!"
And the joy of the Holy Ghost is greater than that!!
And on that day, Jesus chose to prophecy of his Spirit, the Holy Ghost, which he would pour out! Like RIVERS of LIVING water!
And how significant that Jesus would chose the 7th day of the feast to stand and prophesy, the last day, that great day of the feast that is called "Great Salvation"!
Isaiah 12:1-6 And in that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You; though You were angry with me Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’” Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, call upon His name; declare His deeds among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”
When one is filled with the Holy Ghost, they are filled with joy!
Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
1Peter 1:8-10, 12b Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you… by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
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