Fulfilment of Feasts and Festivals

Question 1

Where is the Wedding Feast found

Answer 1

John 2:1-12

Question 2

Marriage as an analogy to God and his people, confirmed by John.

Answer 2

John 3:28-29 “I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of Him. The bride belongs to the bridegroom”.

Question 3

Jesus remembered that the prophets characterized the messianic age as a time when wine would flow liberally.

Answer 3

Amos 9:13-14

Question 4

Jesus replaces the water used in Jewish rites of purification

Answer 4

John 2:6

Question 5

Where is the Unnamed Feast?

Answer 5

(John 5:1) “After this, a Jewish festival took place”

Question 6

God rested from his work.

Answer 6

Gen 2:2

Question 7

Sabbath rest is instituted for the jews.

Answer 7

Exodus 20

Question 8

Jesus says: “My Father is still working, and I am working also.”

Answer 8

John 5:17

Question 9

Jesus says: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing”

Answer 9

John 5:19

Question 10

At the festival of Tabernacles, when is the outpouring of water, what’s it called, where’s it grounded?

Answer 10

On the last day. Known as Hoshanah Rabbah meaning “The day of the Great Hosanna.” It’s grounded in Isaiah in chapters 12 and 43. Chapter 43 makes mention of God pouring out water and His spirit on Israel’s descendants.

Question 11

“If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink! The one who comes to Me will have streams of living water flow deep within him”

Answer 11

John 7:38

Question 12

“I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life”

Answer 12

John 8:12

Question 13

When was the feast of Dedication instituted and where is it detailed?

Answer 13

When Judas Maccabees reclaimed the temple from the Seleucid’s and Antiochus IV Epiphanies and the Jews rejoiced for eight days with great joy. Details found in First Maccabees 4:59

Question 14

Passover - Jesus is the ‘lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world’

Answer 14

John 1:29

Question 15

There are three mentions of the Passover, and in each instance Jesus replaces or fulfills a particular quality.

Answer 15

Chapters 2, 6 and 11

Question 16

How does Jesus parallel with the passover lamb

Answer 16

Exodus 12:1-7 Young, male, without defect

Exodus 12:13 When I see the blood I will pass over you.

Also Isaiah 53:7 - a lamb led to the slaughter

Question 17

How does Jesus replace the temple

Answer 17

“But he was speaking about the temple of his body.” (John 2:21)

The dwelling-place of God on earth (1 Kings 8:10-21)

The sole place of sacrificial worship (Deut 12:1-14)