Title: The Spiritual Rock / John 7:37-42
Contents
[Introduction]
Feast of Tabernacles/Deut. 16:13=7 days; Leviticus 23:36 = 8 days (Sabbath and holy days with the first day).
Day 8
*Entering the temple on the first day - Leviticus 23:40 / Beautiful wooden threads, palm branches, lush branches,
brook willow (Sadducees = make booths; Pharisees = literally)
*Every morning burnt offerings. Siloam water is poured into gold jars, and trumpet procession is fun
came into the temple and poured into the golden cup by the altar, and wine was poured on the other side.
high
*Song of thanksgiving and prayer/Psalm 114:8,78:15,16,24 etc.
*Meaning: (1) Thank you for the grace that gave water from the rock in the past in the wilderness.
(2) A prayer to pray for rain in the future / Ezekiel 14:16 ff
1. Attitude of the witness
Jesus' self-promotion
(1) Standing (standing on tiptoe) = looking far
(2) Ouch = to be heard clearly from afar.
* Boldness. urgency. Wisdom - Never miss a good opportunity=a. in many places
Gathering, b. Fully use the original meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles, and indicate its purpose.
Christian attitude = (1) boldness (2) urgency - not the next time
. (3) Wisdom
2. A rock that produces rivers of living water.
Controversial passages in interpretation = verses 37, 38 / "From his belly rivers of living water---"
* River of living water = the Holy Spirit received by believers.
*Whose ship is it? 1) In the belly of the believer --- like the Hangeul Bible
2) Jesus Himself. --- "whoever believes in me" to "whoever"
* Reasons for supporting (2).
1. Many Old Testament prophecies / Isaiah 12:3 = Well of Salvation
Ezekiel 47: = Rivers of living water under the temple
Joel 3:18 = A fountain flows out of the house of the LORD.
2. Symbolism of the Apostle John = The events of the Old Testament as symbols of Jesus Christ
Description.Use.
Chapter 2 = Temple--Jesus' body to be put to death
Chapter 3: The brass serpent lifted up in the wilderness---Crucifixion
Chapter 6 = Meet ------
Chapter 8 = fire, cloud pillar---light
14 and less = Passover Lamb----Jesus to be slain
In chapter 7, on the rock in the wilderness .
/The ceremony of pouring water at the Feast of Tabernacles is the event
Celebrating + reaction of the crowd="Is that the prophet?"
A prophet like Moses.+Already, Paul was in the wilderness.
Using the rock event, Jesus gives the Holy Spirit
It has been described as a rock (1 Corinthians 10:14).
3. Parallelism / Jesus is the one who flows the river of living water, and believers drink it.
guys.
*Christ is none other than the giver of the Holy Spirit to believers.
3. A spiritual drink from a spiritual rock.
“Because Jesus has not yet been glorified, the Holy Spirit is not yet upon them.
no":
Death, Resurrection, and Ascension Events.---Pentecost Events
The Pentecost event is the event in which Jesus gave the Holy Spirit to all believers at once.
When future generations of believers repent and believe, the event actually becomes my case.
*The early church is representative, and the later church participates in faith.
/Jesus. The resurrection of Jesus on the cross, the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.
Characteristic
(1) The Holy Spirit of salvation. All of them died in the wilderness except for this water. It was the water of salvation.
It was the water of life - it must have been a river of living water.
(2) The Spirit of Fruit. The water of the Feast of Tabernacles is thanksgiving and prayer for rain = harvest and fruit
(3) The witness and the transforming Spirit. Before Pentecost (Resurrection, After Ascension, Pentecost)
Disciples of Darakbang) = boldly in the temple every day
I praised it--the last verse of the Gospel of Luke.
It is only after the incident of Pentecost that we can testify of Christ and His
As a lesson, he began to exercise the power to change the world.
(4) The Holy Spirit who lives together forever = There is.
The Holy Spirit never leaves us. Never--
Christ had already given this Holy Spirit to the whole church at once on the day of Pentecost.
When Christians repent and believe, the Spirit of Salvation, the Spirit of Fruit, the witness and the transforming
It is to receive the dynamic Holy Spirit once and for all.
Three Bad Habits of Unbelievers: (1) Looking for Unbelievable Profanity--In Bethlehem
(2) Look at the small things that you find and (3) The grounds are also wrong (Actually
I'm from Bethlehem).
[conclusion]
1. Restore the joy of salvation anew.
2. Let us bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit
3. To testify of Christ and transform families and societies with the teachings of Christ.
4. Pour out the Holy Spirit more fully, pour it out like rain, make it flow like a river.