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Jesus at the Feast of Booths
In John 7, Jesus reveals himself as the fulfillment of this Jewish feast. His life and Spirit are better water than God provided in the wilderness.
What’s Happening?
The Feast of Booths was one of Israel’s biggest festivals. For a week, people lived in tents to remember how God provided for Israel during their wilderness wanderings. Each day, the high priest would process to the Pool of Siloam, fill a golden jug with water, and return to the temple. With songs of praise, he poured the water out before the Lord as a sign of God’s promise to give life and blessing to his people.
In the middle of this celebration, Jesus goes up to Jerusalem. The crowds are divided—some think he’s the Christ, others doubt he could be (John 7:25–31). The religious leaders send guards to arrest him (John 7:32). But Jesus uses the climactic water ritual of the festival to make a startling claim.
On the last and greatest day of the feast, as the water is being poured out, Jesus stands up and cries out: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37–38).
Where is the Gospel?
Jesus is reinterpreting the entire Feast of Booths around himself. The water poured out each year was a reminder that God once gave Israel water in the wilderness (Exodus 17:6). But now Jesus says he himself is the true source of living water.
John tells us Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit (John 7:39). The temple streams Ezekiel saw in his vision—waters flowing out and turning death into life (Ezekiel 47:1–12)—find their fulfillment in Jesus. And the river John would later see in Revelation—flowing from the throne of God to heal the nations (Revelation 22:1–2)—begins in Jesus.
Jesus promises not just to quench our thirst but to fill us with his Spirit so that we ourselves become channels of living water. His presence flows through us to bring life, healing, and joy to the world. Just as God dwelt with Israel in tents in the wilderness, now through Jesus’ Spirit he dwells within us, making us his living temples.
See for Yourself
May the Holy Spirit open your eyes to see the God who satisfies thirsty souls. And may you see Jesus as the true source of living water, whose Spirit flows through us like a river of life for the world.