58th Post Jesus Mission Con't - John 7: 6 -7

John 7: 6 - 7.
The whole story starts in the beginning of Chapter 7 of John. This is during the Feast of Booths, also known as the feast of Tabernacles; this feast is to remind the Hebrew people that for 40 years God took care of them in the wilderness. They are to make temporary shelters and live in them for 8 days. This feast falls in the Jewish Month of Tishri September to October of our calendar. This is one of four feasts that fall within the Hebrew month of Tishri. The others are: Rosh HaShannah Feast of Trumpets, Jewish New Year, 1st day of Tishri; Yom Kippur Day of Atonement, 10th day of Tishri; Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) 15-21 day of Tishri; Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Law)
22 - 23 day of Tishri.
In this passage of John, Jesus tells the disciples to go to Jerusalem by themselves, He (Jesus) is not going. You need to understand that Jerusalem was not a safe place for Jesus. Since the Temple was there, the Sadducees and Pharasees were at their strongest there. Jesus had made enemies of them by telling the people they were not living up to the Law they loved, and like the common people needed a Savior. Jesus enemies would be watching the gates looking for Him and his disciples to pass by. It would be much safer to enter Jerusalem by Himself, he would draw much less attention to Himself. We learned that one of Jesus favorate routes into Jerusalem was through the "Dung Gate". What a model for us to follow, enter through the Dung Gate. Do you need this Savior??