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I am the LIGHT of the WORLDJohn 8:12

ONE DAY: THE LIGHT

YOM ECHADGenesis 1:3–5

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

LIGHT = LIFEJohn 1:4-5

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

SUKKOT: GREAT JOY

John 7-9

Chol ha’moed (common days between 2 sabbaths)IMAGERY: Daybreak ~ Kingdom

Hosanna RabbaGreat Salvation

WATER POURING CELEBRATION

John 7:37–38Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said [Isaiah 44:3, 55:1, 58:11], ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ”

Gihon Springs

LIGHTING CEREMONYMishnah 5.2-4

Present Evil World

4 = Natural World 4 = Exile: to the Corners of the World4 = Kingdoms (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome)

4 + 24 = Golden Lampstands4 = Ladders4 = young priests4 = large bowls of oils

MILLENNIAL KINGDOM= 4 + 1 God elevates the world Great Deliverance (Haftarah: Ezekiel 36-39 Gog & Magog, Dry Bones)

SUKKOT: Restoration

The LIGHT: SHEKINAHTHEMES: Yom Echad (That Day, The ALL Day)

The Return of the Indwelling Presence of God

RESURRECTION from Death

Body Spirit

Noah: The Dove (Ruach) Returning to “the Nest”

Adam & Eve 1 : 2 : 1

Israel expected to be delivered by The Light

Court of the Women

SUKKOT: “Festival of The Nations”70 offerings = 70 nations Numbers 29:12-34

Present Evil World morphs into Millennial Kingdom into the World to Come

Isaiah 9:2 The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.

Isaiah 60:1–3 “Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 “For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you. 3 “Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

John 8:12: [At Sukkot] Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:4–5 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1:9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

SUKKOT: The LIGHT in the MIDST of His People

DAY: Pillar of Cloud NIGHT: Pillar of Fire

Exodus 25:8 “Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.

SUKKOT: Temple Dedication

1st Temple: SOLOMON 1 Kings 8 2 Chronicles 7:2 the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’S house.

Revelation 7:10 : “Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

SUKKOT: The LIGHT of YOM ECHADCREATION

1 2 3 4 5 6 7The Light separated

from Darkness

Greater, Lesser Lights

Shabbat

1st Coming 2nd Coming

Zechariah 14:6–7In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. 7 For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.

MESSIAH: “LIGHT” is the 25th word of Genesis 25th of Kislev is Hanukkah. Was Jesus conceived at Hanukkah, born at Sukkot?Luke 2:9 And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.

Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.

PURPOSE of The LIGHT: To Shine Forth Creation: “Let there be light”; and there was light Noah’s Ark : Windows (zohar) Tabernacle Temple: Windows

The LIGHT: Symbol of Life, Re-Birth

Holy Place Holy of Holies Spark of Life

Sukkot: The FULLNESS of MessiahALL light… in the Presence of God …Forever Matthew 7: Transfiguration (Sukkot/ Booths)

Isaiah 2:2–3 Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it. 3 And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Zechariah 14:16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

During the month of Elul, just before the High Holy Days, Israel reads Psalm 27 twice each day