Wednesday, September 11, 2019

September 22, 2019 – Festivals and Foundations – Rivers of Living Water

Rivers of Living Water


Leviticus 23:33-36 - New International Version (NIV)

33 The Lord said to Moses, 34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work. 36 For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the Lord. It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

Who spoke to Moses (verse 33)?

How long does the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles last (verse 34)?

What kind of work is forbidden on the first day of the celebration when they have “a sacred assembly” (verse 35)?

What is to happen on “the eighth day” (verse 36)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Zechariah 12:10-13:1 - New International Version (NIV)

10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. 11 On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives. 1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

What kind of spirit will God pour out on “the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem” (verse 10)?

Who will they “look on . . . mourn . . . and grieve” (verse 10)?

Where will there be great weeping “on that day” (verse 11)?

Who will mourn (verses 12, 13 and 14)?

What will the fountain that is opened on that day do (verse 1)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how is the closing assembly of the Festival of Tabernacles in Leviticus 23:33-36 similar to the day when the “spirit of grace and supplication” is poured out and the fountain is opened to “cleanse them from sin and impurity” in Zechariah 12:10-13:1?

John 7:32-44 – New International Version (NIV)

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

When did the “chief priests and the Pharisees” send temple guards to arrest Jesus (verse 32)?

Where does Jesus say He is going (verse 33)?

What will the people not be able to do (verse 34)?

In your opinion, why could the Jews not understand where Jesus was going (verses 35 and 36)?

When did Jesus stand up and speak “in a loud voice” (verse 37)?

In your opinion, what did Jesus mean by “let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink” (verse 37)?

Where will “rivers of living waters” flow (verse 38)?

Why had the Spirit not been given “up to that time” (verse 39)?

What did some people say (verse 40)?

In your opinion, why did some people say “He is the Messiah” (verse 41)?

In your opinion, why did others ask “how can the Messiah come from Galilee” (verses 41 and 42)?

What effect did Jesus have on the people (verse 43)?

How many people “laid a hand” on Jesus (verse 44)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, why would Jesus use the day that Leviticus 23:33-36 called the “closing special assembly” to stand up in John 7:32-44 and say “let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink”?

In your opinion, how is Zechariah 12:10-13:1 where the prophecy is about mourning the one who was pierced and about the fountain that will cleanse related to John 7:32-44 where Jesus talks about going to where “you cannot come” and invites the thirsty to come to Him?

Revelation 22:1-5 – New International Version (NIV)

1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

Who showed John “the river of the water of life” (verse 1)?

Where did the river flow from (verse 1)?

What stood on each side of the river (verse 2)?

What will there no longer be (verse 3)?

Where will the “throne of God and of the Lamb” be (verse 3)?

What will the servants of God and the Lamb see (verse 4)?

Why will there be no night or need for the “light of a lamp or the light of the sun” (verse 5)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how is the “sacred assembly” that Leviticus 23:33-36 indicates is to occur on the eighth day related to the “servants” in Revelation 22:1-5 seeing the face of God and the Lamb?


In your opinion, how is “river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb” of Revelation 22:1-5 related to the place that Jesus said He would be going in John 7:32-44?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Leviticus, Zechariah, John and Revelation show us about the relationship between mourning and salvation?

In your opinion, how can we who are thirsty able to not only drink of the “spirit of grace and supplication” but have the “rivers of living water flow from within”?



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