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drink flowing out of the crucified Christ. There fore, Christ is our food, and the Holy Spirit who flows out of Christ is our drink.
Finally, we come to the end of the Scriptures, where we see the New Jerusalem. Again, the flow of the living water is the Holy Spirit, and the tree of life growing in the flow is Christ (Rev. 22:1-2). Hence, there is a line running throughout the whole Scriptures showing us that Christ is our spiritual food, that the Holy Spirit is our spiri tual drink, and that man needs both to eat and to drink in order to satisfy his hunger and thirst.
THE SCENE OF THE FEAST
OF TABERNACLES
John 7 is a continuation of chapter six, because the matter of food is related to water. In the scene of chapter six, there was the feast of the Passover. In the scene in chapter seven, there is the feast of Tabernacles. The feast of the Passover is the first of the annual Jewish feasts, and the feast of Tab ernacles is the last (Lev. 23:5, 34). The feast of the Passover, as the first feast of the year, implies the beginning of man's life (cf. Exo. 12:2-3, 6), which involves man's seeking for satisfaction and results in man's hunger. The feast of Tabernacles, as the last feast of the year, implies the completion