Jesus has not been back to Judea for about a year, doing all His works and ministry up in the Galilee region. The Jews had been seeking to kill Him and it was not yet His hour to go to the cross. It was now the time of the Feast of Booths which during harvest time was the most popular celebrations of all the feasts; many people were flocking to Jerusalem. Jesus' half-brothers, the sons of Joseph and Mary, come to Him after He had lost many of disciples and challenge Him in a mocking command to go to Judea to win more disciples and take Jerusalem over if He is really the Prophet or Messiah. They presume to know the motive for Jesus' ministry and appearance: for popularity and self-grandiose. They have reduced the person and work of Christ down to attention-seeking. John tells us that His brothers were not believing in Him. And then Jesus states the main point of this text. He is under the divine prerogative and timing of God and they are not. Everything He does now must be in step to go to the cross. They can go to the feast now but Jesus will only move when the Father says to move. Jesus reveals why they are not believing, they are of the world; and He testifies of the world. Being around Him is a reminder of their sin. If the world doesn't hate you than it loves you. And if the world loves you what does that say about you? Jesus tells them to go up to the feast but He will not go to "this" feast yet. At the right God-ordained time, Jesus departed for the feast. His brothers were at the Feast of Tabernacles where they would celebrate the coming hope of God on earth but Jesus is literally the Feast of Tabernacles. He tabernacled among us but the people would choose huts.
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Wade is Pastor/Elder of Apologia Church in Utah since it was founded in October 2021. He was raised up by the Elders at Apologia Church in Arizona for over 6 years. God saved Wade in 2012 and since then he has been committed to following Christ and getting the Gospel out into...
