JOHN 7

Today’s title is; Jesus Causes Division. We find out today that Jesus did not come for peace, but for division. John 7 and verse 1 reads.

John 7:1] After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

First, the word Jewry is a made-up word. It should have been translated Judaea. Now, we need to remember why they sought to kill Jesus, let’s go back to John 5 and verse 16 reads.

John 5:16] And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
[17] But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
[18] Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

We need also to remember that these Pharisees and scribes are Kenites, offspring of Cain, the first murderer and child of the serpent. Back to John 7 and verse 2 reads.

John 7:2] Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

This verse takes us six months from chapter 6, which was the Passover. Let’s go to Leviticus 23 and verse 34 reads.

Lev.23:34] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

This is a timeline. This brings us to the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus’s birthday as we learned in Luke 1. John the Baptist being born on the Passover and Jesus being born on the Feast of Tabernacles September 29, making October 7 the day Jesus was circumcised. Let that sink in for a minute. Back to John 7 and verse 3 reads.

John 7:3] His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

Apparently, Jesus was healing and doing miracles. Did not his brothers know that his disciples knew of his miracles already? His brothers continue.

John 7:4] For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
[5] For neither did his brethren believe in him.

*Verse 5 throws many people off, we must go to the manuscripts to find the word Neither is G4102 from G4100 pistis pronounced pis’-tis and means; Persuasion that is credence; moral conviction (of religious truth or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher) especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself. 1. conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. 1a. The conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ. 1b. a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God.

We see his brothers (half-brothers) did believe he was the Messiah, The Christ. Many people teach that his brothers did not believe, on the contrary, this shows they did. Now, verse 4 makes more sense. If thou be the Christ, show the world.

John 7:6] Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

Jesus knows that the Pharisees are looking to kill him, but that your time is always ready, means his brothers are disciples also.

John 7:7] The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Jesus is still speaking to his brothers and says, they will not hate them but they will hate him because he will testify against them. Now, we must know today they will hate us also because of his namesake. Which is Christian, Christ men.

John 7:8] Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

Let’s skip ahead to understand what was just said, John 8 and verse 20 reads.

John 8:20] These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
[21] Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
[22] Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
[23] And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
[24] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

That is the testimony against them. Back to John 7 and verse 9 reads.

John 7:9] When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
[10] But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

The Word of God is sometimes done covertly. Jesus sent his brothers ahead, the Jews knew him and his brothers and would be looking for them as it was easy to seek out a group as a family.

John 7:11] Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

They found the family and Jesus was not among them.

John 7:12] And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
[13] Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

Fearing the Pharisees because anyone who said Jesus was the Christ would be excommunicated from the synagogue. Let’s go to John 9, after Jesus healed a blind man, his parents said this when questioned by the Pharisees and verse 21 reads.

John 9:21] But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
[22] These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
[23] Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

Back to John 7 and verse 14 reads.

John 7:14] Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

Prophesied a thousand years before in Psalms 22 and verse 22 reads.

Psa.22:22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Back to John 7 and verse 15 reads.

John 7:15] And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

What they said and meant was; How does this man know scripture when he never studied under the Pharisees and scribes. But we know that Jesus Christ is the Word of God, he is the scriptures. John 1 and verse 1 reads.

John 1:1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] The same was in the beginning with God.
[3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

And verse 14 reads.

John 1:14] And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Hold on to this word Glory. Back to John 7 and verse 16 reads.

John 7:16] Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

These that claim to sit in the seat of Moses should have known what Moses said of the coming of the Messiah. Let’s go to Deuteronomy 18 and verse 15 reads.

Deu.18:15] The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
[16] According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
[17] And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
[18] I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
[19] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

This is what Jesus said above in verse 16, not my doctrine but him that sent me. Back to John 7 and verse 17 reads.

John 7:17] If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
[18] He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Here in John 7:18 we have two different words Glory. The first glory is of oneself. We need to understand what Jesus is saying here. Glory G1391 doxa pronounced dox’-ah and has many meanings. There is no glory in oneself until 4. a most glorious condition, most exalted state. the glorious condition of blessedness into which is appointed and promised that true Christians shall enter after their Saviour’s return from heaven. Meaning there is no glory in the flesh for man. Not until the second advent when Jesus returns. The second Glory is of G1391; 1. a thing belonging to God. 2. the kingly majesty which belongs to him as supreme ruler, majesty in the sense of the absolute perfection of the deity. 3. a thing belonging to Christ. the kingly majesty of the Messiah. the absolutely perfect inward or personal excellency of Christ; the majesty.

Jesus came to seek the Glory of God and not of himself, for he was sent into this world for Salvation. That upon his death he defeats Death, that is the Devil. Heb.2:14. Then, the Glory becomes his after his resurrection, belonging to the Messiah, the Christ. KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Now Jesus will give them a lesson concerning Moses.

John 7:19] Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

John 7:20] The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

We just read above in John 5:16-18 that they sought to kill him and their reasons for it. Now they say Jesus has a devil. Here is the trademark of the Kenite, they sound a lot like those today who call us what they are! When Jesus calls them out in the next chapter, the Kenites, they say the same thing, you have a devil. These are offspring of Cain who was of that wicked one, the Devil.

John 7:21] Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

They rejoiced when he healed and cast out devils.

John 7:22] Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Remember this was the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus was circumcised on the last day of the Feast and it also was a sabbath. Oct.7.  Jesus continues to explain the law of good and evil.

John 7:23] If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Jesus just spanked them that accused him of committing a crime of healing on the sabbath. It is not written anywhere not to heal on the sabbath, but was the priest’s duty to do so.

John 7:24] Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Let’s go to Proverbs 24 and verse 23 reads.

Prov.24:23] These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Should not the Pharisees and scribes know the scriptures? Back to John 7 and verse 25 reads.

John 7:25] Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

These in the synagogue are listening to this argument between Jesus and the rulers. Notice how they knew that they wanted to kill him.

John 7:26] But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

Some say this, and questioned why then would they want to kill him. Are these rulers Kenites? Do those who asked the question know the scriptures of Deuteronomy 18:15?

John 7:27] Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
[28] Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

I Am being his Holy name. This has to do with his Glory. Remember it only comes at his crucifixion when he is resurrected by God. Let’s go to Romans 3 and verse 4 reads.

Rom.3:4] God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Where is this written? Let’s go to Isaiah 45 and verse 25 reads.

Isa.45:25] In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Only after his resurrection is Christ the Messiah Glorified. Back to John 7 and verse 29 reads.

John 7:29] But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
[30] Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

These rulers of the synagogues are gnashing their teeth. Again, it is not his hour that he is to be taken.

John 7:31] And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

The people saw the miracles and the casting out of devils and believed. This scares the Pharisees and the chief priest.

John 7:32] The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
[33] Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
[34] Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

This will confuse them, let’s go to Hosea 5 and verse 4 reads.

Hos.5:4] They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
[5] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
[6] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
[7] They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Their flocks are their sacrifices, Jesus is the Lamb of God, the only sacrifice that can please the LORD. Their strange children are the offspring of Cain, the Kenites. Back to John 7 and verse 35 reads.

John 7:35] Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Did they know scripture? Will the Christ go to those Jews dispersed among the Gentiles or even unto the Gentiles? Let’s go to Isaiah 49 and verse 6 reads.

Isa.49:6] And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Back to John 7 and verse 36 reads.

John 7:36] What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

Hosea 5:6 above, they shall not find him because he has hid himself.

John 7:37] 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.

Jesus has been teaching for about a week in the synagogue. Let’s go to Isaiah and read the whole of Isaiah 55 and verse 1 reads.

Isa.55:1] Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
[2] Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
[3] Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
[4] Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
[5] Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
[6] Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
[7] Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Forgiveness comes from repentance which comes from Christ crucified. This is the Glory of the Christ.

Isa.55:8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
[10] For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
[11] So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

All this is to give wisdom to his Elect that we know the Word of God is what quenches our thirst. He continues.

Isa.55:12] For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
[13] Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Thirst and he shall quench you. Seek him and you shall find him. Back to John 7 and verse 38 reads.

John 7:38] He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
[39] (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Here is where we are given the Spirit which is not yet given, Christ has not yet been Glorified, he has not yet risen. This does come at the third Holy Day, Pentecost. We had the Passover and now the Feast of Tabernacles, but it is the Pentecost (The fiftieth day after Passover) that Jesus gives us the Comforter, the Holy Spirit. But not until he has received his Glory. Jesus is the Passover Lamb and will be crucified on the Passover and not on the Feast of Tabernacles. Let’s go to Isaiah 12 and verse 1 reads.

Isa.12:1] And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
[2] Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
[3] Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
[4] And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
[5] Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
[6] Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

The first advent is for Salvation, the second is for vengeance. His Glory is received as he is risen from the first. Afterwards we are given the Comforter, the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Back to John 7 and verse 40 reads.

John 7:40] Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

They knew this prophecy from Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15 and it reads.

Deu.18:15] The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

Back to John 7 and verse 41 reads.

John 7:41] Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

Let’s go to Isaiah 9 and verse 1 reads.

Isa.9:1] Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
[2] The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Back to John 7 and verse 42 reads.

John 7:42] Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Let’s go to Micah 5 and verse 2 reads.

Mic.5:2] But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Back to John 7 and verse 43 reads.

John 7:43] So there was a division among the people because of him.

There was division because of the false teachings in the synagogues left the people confused with scripture. Jesus was of the seed line of David through Nathan, and was born in Bethlehem. Remember what Jesus said in Luke 12 and verse 51 reads.

Luke 12:51] Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Back to John 7 and verse 44 reads.

John 7:44] And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
[45] Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
[46] The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

Never a man spoke like this man, including you, the officers said to the high priest.

John 7:47] Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
[48] Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

The answer to this question is two, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. What the Pharisees are doing here is making themselves holier than thou, and we know what the Father thinks of that.

John 7:49] But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

Should not the people know the law that these Pharisees were supposed to be teaching? False teachers that teach traditions of men make void the Word of God.

John 7:50] Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

Being one of them that believed on Jesus Christ. Hear wisdom speak through Nicodemus.

John 7:51] Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

Nicodemus is quoting from the law, Deuteronomy 1 and verse 16 reads.

Deu.1:16] And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
[17] Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Back to John 7 and verse 52 reads.

John 7:52] They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
[53] And every man went unto his own house.

They sure did attack Nicodemus, a ruler and a member of the Sanhedrin. See how God can shut the eyes of some and open the eyes of others. Showing their ignorance, the Pharisees said search for no prophet comes out of Galilee. Here are some; Jonah, Nahum, Hosea and the greatest of all Elijah. Also prophesied that the Messiah would come out of Bethlehem. These rulers of the synagogue have no idea what the scriptures say themselves, how could they possibly teach the people the truth. I think the people are catching on to their teachers. Great study today, let’s go to his throne.

Father, we thank you for your word and ask that you bless all that love you in Jesus’s precious name, Amen.

KJV along with The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible

*Green’s Interlinear Bible, Greek Manuscripts