Why did Jesus say He was not YET going up to the feast? Because He was going to go later in secret. (VERSE 8)
Making Jesus a liar NIV 7:8 You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come." NASV 8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet fully arrived." NLT 8 You go on. I'm not going[a] to this festival, because my time has not yet come."
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
c. The reason for Christ's refusal to go with the apostles to the feast (John 7:6-8) concerned the timing of God (John 7:6) (1) Christ's time has not yet come (John 7:6, 8, 30; cp. John 16:32; John 17:1). John 7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. • 10 Chapters later: John 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
• This is why context is so important. The same holds true concerning other matters, like Jesus ascending to His Father. John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
d. The hatred toward Jesus (John 7:7) VERSE 7 (1) The world cannot hate its own (John 15:19). John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because
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