Christ Urged to Attend the Feast
John 7:1-9
The Lord wants His people to judge righteously and live for eternity
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Published April 13th, 2020
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7:1 God's Plan Prevails Jesus gave His life. It was not taken from Him. No matter how much the Jewish leaders tried, the events in Jesus's life unfolded according to God's plan. 7:2-5 Judge Righteously Jesus's natural brothers told Him to go to Jerusalem to show Himself. People are in general way to quick to speak. The brothers had judged that Jesus was unable to perceive that a person needs to show himself in order to be known. The brothers should have started to listen first by asking questions like: "Why are we in Galilee for this period of time?", "Why do you want to remain in Galilee?", "When do you want to be in Jerusalem?", "Do you want to be a known person?" or "Do you want to show yourself to the world?" 7:6-9 Live for God Jesus's response was that His time did not come to go to the feast in Jerusalem yet. Jesus had God's purposes and timing fixed on His mind. Even the closest family member could not move Him from what His heavenly Father had given Him to do. The reference to time is not only in regard to when Jesus would travel to Jerusalem but also to the time of His death. When the time came, the Jewish leaders took and delivered Him to the Romans to be crucified that God's plan was accomplished as prophesied centuries before. He paid the penalty of morally corrupt people to bring them into the right relationship with God. It is His death and resurrection that brings eternal life to people, just as in the natural sense wine brings life to a wedding or healing and feeding life to those in need. Devotional Be careful with quick judgments. Be a listener and ask questions first. The Lord Jesus wants you to judge righteously. Fix your mind on eternal matters! Wake up from your sleep and put away anything that hinders your walk with the Lord. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Jewish leaders sought to kill Jesus. Jesus time to die was not yet come and He remained in Galilee though his natural brothers urged him to go to a feast in Jerusalem.
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John 7:1-9
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After these things
After a Jesus's difficult speech to a multitude, most of the disciples left him, though the 12 remained
Jesus walked in Galilee;
and walked with Him in the province of Galilee.
temporal
for He did not want to walk in Judea,
He did not want to walk in provinces which were under Jewish jurisdiction,
because the Jews sought to kill Him.
because the Jewish religious leaders hated and sought to kill Him.
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Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. I.e. the 15th of Tishri (month 7) was drawing near. (The feast was a remembrance of the shelter during the 40 years in the wilderness)
His brothers therefore said to Him,
Jesus natural brothers said therefore:
“Depart from here
"Depart from here
and go into Judea,
and go into Judea,
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that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing.
so that Your disciples (those who just left Him?!) also may see the works You are doing.
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For no one does anything in secret
Because common sense is that no one does anything in secret
while he himself seeks to be known openly.
while he himself seeks to be known openly.
If You do these things,
Therefore since you do these things,
show Yourself to the world .”
show Yourself to the all people."
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For even His brothers did not believe in Him.
Jesus' brothers said this because they also did not believe in His deity.
Then Jesus said to them,
Then Jesus said to them,
“My time has not yet come,
"My time to go down and be taken to give my life has not yet come,
but your time is always ready.
but your time to go is always ready.
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The world cannot hate you,
because the people of this world cannot hate you since you are of the same kind,
but it hates Me
but they hate Me (I.e. that I'm not just man but also God)
because I testify of it that its works are evil.
because I testify of people's moral wickedness and shortcomings. (People know, deny, and hate Me for testifying the truth)
You go up to this feast .
Therefore you go up to this feast.
I am not yet going up to this feast ,
I am not yet going up,
for My time has not yet fully come.”
because My time (to go up and give my life according to God's plan) is close but has not yet fully come."
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When He had said these things to them,
When He had said these things to them,
He remained in Galilee.
He remained in Galilee.
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This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:18 ESV) I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. (John 8:37 ESV) but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. (John 8:40 ESV) So from that day on they made plans to put him to death. (John 11:53 ESV)
Jesus went to the Passover feast in 5:1 - After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (John 5:1 ESV)
“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:34 ESV)
Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” (John 14:22 ESV) Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. (John 18:20 ESV)
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. (John 15:18 ESV) If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:24 ESV)
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. (John 3:19 ESV) And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, (Colossians 1:21 ESV) We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. (1 John 3:12 ESV)
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” (John 2:4 ESV)
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John 7:1-9
After these things
Temporal
Jesus walked
in Galilee;
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for He did not want to walk
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in Judea,
because the Jews sought
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to kill Him.
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Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
His brothers therefore said to Him,
“Depart ... and go
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from here
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into Judea,
Destination
that Your disciples also may see
Advantage
the works
that You are doing.
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For no one does anything
in secret
while he himself seeks
to be known
Purpose
If You do these things,
show Yourself
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to the world.”
For even His brothers did not believe in Him.
Then Jesus said to them,
“My time has not yet come,
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but your time is always ready.
The world cannot hate you,
but it hates Me
because I testify of it
that its works are evil.
You go up to this feast.
I am not yet going up to this feast,
for My time has not yet fully come.”
When He had said these things to them,
He remained in Galilee.
Jesus is not going to the feast because his time was not come. The hate of the people for him was not the reason why he didn't go because he went later.
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