John 7:37-38 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried 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.’”
This great feast is described by the oneforisrael.org web site: By the time of Yeshua, a water libation ceremony had become part of the tradition of the festival. This was called the “Simchat Beit Hashoavah” – the water-drawing festival. The priests would go down to the pool of Siloam in the City of David (just south of where the Western Wall is today) and they would fill a golden vessel with the water there. They would go up to the temple, through the Water Gate, accompanied by the sound of the shofar, and then they would pour the water so that it flowed over the altar, along with wine from another bowl. This would begin the prayers for rain in earnest, and there was much rejoicing at this ceremony.
On the last day, the day when the water was poured out, Jesus declared Himself to be the source of living water. In doing so, He was also declaring Himself to be one with God the Father.
In Jeremiah 17:13, God declares Himself to be the source of living water: O Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[c] shall be written in the earth,
for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
What does it mean to you that Jesus is God? Have you tasted this Living Water? Jesus said that if you thirst for Truth, for the answer to life's question, in other words, the Way, and if you thirst for Life like you have never before experience, you are looking for Him.
Then, Jesus said, "Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
That's the greatest life you can ever know. And as the living water flows out of you into the lives of others, they too will see Jesus in you.
This great feast is described by the oneforisrael.org web site: By the time of Yeshua, a water libation ceremony had become part of the tradition of the festival. This was called the “Simchat Beit Hashoavah” – the water-drawing festival. The priests would go down to the pool of Siloam in the City of David (just south of where the Western Wall is today) and they would fill a golden vessel with the water there. They would go up to the temple, through the Water Gate, accompanied by the sound of the shofar, and then they would pour the water so that it flowed over the altar, along with wine from another bowl. This would begin the prayers for rain in earnest, and there was much rejoicing at this ceremony.
On the last day, the day when the water was poured out, Jesus declared Himself to be the source of living water. In doing so, He was also declaring Himself to be one with God the Father.
In Jeremiah 17:13, God declares Himself to be the source of living water: O Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[c] shall be written in the earth,
for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
What does it mean to you that Jesus is God? Have you tasted this Living Water? Jesus said that if you thirst for Truth, for the answer to life's question, in other words, the Way, and if you thirst for Life like you have never before experience, you are looking for Him.
Then, Jesus said, "Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
That's the greatest life you can ever know. And as the living water flows out of you into the lives of others, they too will see Jesus in you.