Commentary on John 7 (2)

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Commentary on John 7 (2)

In John 7:24, Jesus says, “Judge not according to the  appearance, but judge  righteous judgment.”

Judgment of righteousness , not appearance, this is the bible.

It is not about what is revealed on the outside, but how much work you have done based on biblical base.

Therefore, you should not judge people based on their appearance.

There are people like this even these days.

For example, let’s say someone says, ‘Pastor, that person has great zeal for God’s work.’

When I hear things like this, I get frustrated.

Do you trust people like him?

Romans 10 says that they have a zeal for God, but it was not a zeal for the knowledge of God's righteousness, but a zeal for establish one's own righteousness. (Romans 10:2-3)

Sometimes people say, “That person is a missionary,” but these words are very absurd.

If you are a true missionary, you must first have a mission to fulfill God's will for yourself through Christ within you, rather than being absorbed in carrying out your duties.

Then he is automatically bound to become a person passionate about his outer mission.

God's greatest mission is, of course, for us to create ourselves first.

Verbs are expressed in actions by nouns,, but if you try to decorate yourself only with external actions without becoming a being, it becomes hypocrisy.

When your existence reaches a certain state and situation, you finally become a person who changes the environment.

After that happens, listen to what Apostle Paul says.

For I am obliged to preach the gospel; woe to me if I do not preach the gospel. (1 Corinthians 9:16)

He says he cannot bear it because he is frustrated without preaching the gospel of Christ.

This is bound to happen because the life of Christ boils inside like water boils.

Next, in John 7:33, we read, “Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.”

'A little while’ is the time.  'I go unto him that sent me.'

And, “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.’” (John 7:37).

This feast is the Feast of Tabernacles

For Jews, the Feast of Tabernacles is a day to commemorate living in tents in the wilderness.

But that feast is fulfilled in Christ.

If we receive the word of God and keep his commandments, God and Jesus Christ become our tabernacle. (John 14:23)

Just as a husband is a tent for woman, Jesus Christ is a tent for us.

That is why the psalmists sing that the Lord is their refuge.

Jesus Christ is both our personal tabernacle and the great tabernacle for all the people of heaven.

After the coming of the Holy Spirit, it is currently being accomplished on this earth by the word of God.

This tabernacle is not a building built on land.

The cocoon is the tent of the pupa.

Silkworms eat mulberry leaves and spin thread to make tents.

Likewise, when we receive the Word, digest it in our thoughts and heart, and the Word fills our thoughts and heart, Jesus Christ becomes our tents through the Word.

That is the true feast of Christians, foreshadowed by the Feast of Tabernacles.

A wedding feast is the day when the bride and groom meet.

The day of getting married is the day the bride goes to her in-laws.

When you meet Christ, you enter the tabernacle.

It's the day when the bride go to her husband's house.

The day we met Jesus Christ was the day we entered the tabernacle, or tent.

We enter a secret place within that tent.

If you hear and follow the voice of the Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ, you will receive eternal life (John 10:27-28) and enter tabernacle of dwelling in the Son and the Father.

It is  inside the Rock of Ages

The reason Jesus said, “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water shall flow from within them ” (John 7:38) is because it is connected to that feast.

For Jews, the Feast of Tabernacles is a feast of the agricultural season, and for us, it is a feast where Christ dwells within us and becomes our tent.

That is why Paul tells us not to observe new moons, feasts, or Sabbaths, but to hold on to Christ, the  Head (Colossians 2:16-19).

If we hold on to Christ, the Head, our souls will always become a feast.

I ask a question.

Is it a gathering that lifts people's spirits like the Jews who celebrate the empty Feast of Tabernacles without water, or is it a gathering that connects with Christ, the fountain of water, in the Holy Spirit and becomes a river of living water flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb?

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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