Section 7
with their feasts—their religion and their tem ple—their thirst cannot be quenched. Therefore, these two cases compare those who are working with those who are resting. Nevertheless, regard less of whether you are working or resting, you cannot fill your hunger or quench your thirst.
However, the Lord is the food to the peo ple who labor and He will afford living water to those who rest. Actually, humanity exists in only one of two conditions. One is that because they lack something they must seek, work, strive, and labor; the other is that because they have every thing they may rejoice and enjoy their riches. In other words, at first you find that you do not have anything; therefore, you must work and labor hard. For example, perhaps you are in the first year of college and you have to labor over your studies. This is like the feast of the Passover. After you have graduated and received your degree and have an excellent occupation, you are rich. This is like the feast of Tabernacles because the work and labor are over. Now you are at rest and are in the position to rejoice and enjoy the ben efits of your labor.
Which feast are you attending—the feast of the Passover or the feast of Tabernacles? Regardless of which feast you are attending, you are still