KUSH EDIFYING MINISTRIES
EDIFYING
THE MIND, FEEDING THE SPIRIT
By Ron Davis, minister of
Christ
BIBLE STUDY: GOSPEL OF
JOHN CHAPTER (7) SEVEN
JESUS GOES TO THE FEAST OF
TABERNACLES (OR INGATHERING OR BOOTHS OR DWELLING).
- WHY DID
JESUS STAY IN GALILEE AWAY FROM JUDEA? JOHN 7:1
- WHY DID
JESUS’S BROTHERS WANT HIM TO GO TO JUDEA? JOHN 7:3-4
- DID
JESUS’S BROTHERS BELIEVE IN HIM? WHY DO YOU THINK THIS? JOHN 7:5 (SEE
ALSO MATT. 12:46-50 AND MARK 3:21)
- WHY DID
JESUS’S BROTHERS THINK HE HAD DISCPLES IN JUDEA? JOHN 6:66-67
- WHY DID
JESUS SAY "THE RIGHT TIME" FOR HIM HAD NOT COME? JOHN
2:4; 7:30, JOHN 8:20 ( SEE ALSO JOHN 17: 1-5)
- WHY DID
THE WORLD HATE JESUS? JOHN 7:7 (SEE ALSO JOHN 3:19-21 AND JOHN
15:18-21)
- WHY DID
JESUS GO UP TO THE FEAST IN SECRET? (JOHN 7:1)
- WHY DO YOU
THINK JOHN SAYS A "JEWISH FEAST"? (JOHN 7:1-2)
NOTE: THIS FEAST OF TABERNACLES THAT THE
SCRIPTURES REFER TO AS THE "JEWISH FEAST" CAN BE FOUND IN LEV.23:
33 – 43 and DEUT. 16:13-15 AND PROPHESIED ABOUT IN ZECH.14: 16-19.
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
UNDER THE OLD COVENANT:
- COMMEMORATED
THE PHYSICAL NATION OF ISRAEL JOURNEY FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN (THE PROMISE
LAND) - THE FESTIVAL REMINDED ISRAEL THAT GOD MADE THEM LIVE IN TEMPORARY
DWELLINGS (TENTS IN THE DESERT FOR 40 YEARS).
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
UNDER THE NEW COVENANT:
- THE FEAST
FORESHADOWS JESUS’S 1000 YEAR REIGN WHICH BEGINS ON HIS RETURN. WE AS
CHRISTAINS, THE FIRSTFRUITS WILL DWELL AND REIGN WITH JESUS DURING THIS
TIME ON EARTH (REV. 20:4-6).
- THE FEAST
COMMEMORATES OUR JOURNEY OUT OF SIN TO THE PROMISE OF GOD (ETERNAL LIFE) -
WHERE GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS’S SPIRIT MADE THEIR HOME (DWELLING IN US) -
REMINDING US THAT WE STILL LIVE IN OUR TEMPORARY TENTS (BODIES) WHILE
AWAITING OUR CHANGE.
- THE FEAST
ALSO POINTS US TOWARDS THE AGE TO COME WHEN WE WILL PUT OFF THIS TEMPORARY
TENT (BODY) AND TAKE ON PERMENANT SPIRITUAL BODIES (RECEIVING A SPIRITUAL
BODY LIKE OUR SAVIOR’S).
- THE FINAL
FULFILMENT OF THIS FEAST IS SEEN WHEN GOD THE FATHER NOT ONLY TABERNACLE
IN US THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, BUT WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO TABERNACLE OR
DWELL WITH US FOREVER AT THE END OF THE 1000 YEAR REIGN WITH JESUS THE
CHRIST (REV.21: 1- 6).
Evangelist
Ron Davis of the Kush Edifying Ministries gave this short Bible study of John
7 to a home study group. This study and similar ones maybe heard on WFBR
1590AM coming out of Glen Burnie / Baltimore, Maryland area. Send your
comments to Evangelist Ron Davis, at the Kush Edifying Ministries,
mailto:[email protected].