Libation of Water
Ceremony and the Connection to 2017
During the Festival of Sukkot, a special ceremony took place every day in the Holy Temple, known as the Festival of the Water Libation.
Each morning of the festival, during the daily sacrifice, water was poured onto the altar in a special joyous service.
At the foothills of Mount Moriah, down below in the City of David, flows a natural spring called Shiloach. This spring is ancient, and as it is located literally in the shadow of the Holy Temple, it has always had spiritual significance for Israel. It is the original source of Jerusalem's water.
Every day of the festival, the priests descended down to the Shiloach, accompanied by all the congregation assembled in the Temple. There, they filled a golden flask with 3 lug (about 1/2 liter) of the pure water. Ascending back up, carrying the flask with song and elation with that singular feeling that comes only from fulfilling the Holy One's will, the gathering entered back into the Temple through the Water Gate, one of the gates on the southern side of the court (it received its name on account of this event-Mishna Shekalim 6, 3). As they entered the gate, their steps were greeted by the sound of trumpets and shofar-blasts, in fulfillment of the prophet Isaiah's words (12:3) "With joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation."
Once in the Temple, the priest who had the honor of performing this service now carries the golden flask up the altar ramp. At the top, he turns to his left. Since the ramp is located at the south side of the altar, this means that the cohen now faces the southwest corner; it is here that the libations were poured. Here at this corner, two silver cups were fixed on the top of the altar, sitting next to each other. The one further east received the wine libations which are poured out every day at the time of the daily tamid sacrifice; the other was designated for this service, which took place on exculsively on Sukkot.
"With joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation" (Isaiah 12:3).
Based on this verse, the drawing of water from the Shiloach spring and its libation upon the altar of G-d was accompanied by great rejoicing and celebration in the Holy Temple. In fact, this joy was so immense, and the celebrations so uplifting, that the sages of Israel emphatically stated: "Whoever has never seen the celebrations of the Festival of the Water Libation-has never experienced true joy in his life" (ibid. 5, 1).
The House Of The Water Drawing
The Water Libation Ceremony, known
as Nissuch Ha-Mayim in Hebrew, was one of the most popular parts of the
celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. This ceremony followed the daily
sacrifices. It is no longer practiced today but it was being practiced during
the Second Temple era and during the time of Jesus Christ. Jesus used this
ceremony to make a bold statement.
Description Of Ceremony:
One reason the water libation ritual
was so popular in Second Temple days was the accompanying ceremony of the water
drawing, which took place at night when water was drawn from Siloam for the
next morning's water libation. Each day for seven consecutive days a priest
would walk up a ramp leading to the bronze altar located in the Temple Court
and pour a jug full of water into a bowl that drained into the altar.The ceremony of the water drawing was a jubilant occasion. The Mishna states, "He that has never seen the joy of the [ceremony of the water drawing] has never in his life seen joy." (Sukkah 51a) As the ceremony took place, Levite's played lyres, trumpets, harps, cymbals, and other instruments, while other Levite's sang. In the Temple area, three golden candlesticks nearly 75 feet high were lit by young boys climbing tall ladders, and the light from these candlesticks could be seen throughout all Jerusalem. Respected men of faith danced and sang in front of these candlesticks while carrying burning torches. As the ceremony progressed through the night, the priest blew the shofar three times. In the manner of the text of Isaiah 12:3, "Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation," the evening was characterized by exuberant joy. It was a wonderful occasion that no one wanted to miss.
Sometimes Rabbis would perform acrobats and juggle flaming touches as part of the festivities.
Some interpreted the passage in Deuteronomy 14:26 to mean it was good to spend one's tithe money on food or liquor or whatever delicacies one might desire for the purpose of eating and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord.
Significance Of Ceremony:
It is important to know something
about this water. It was taken from a spring just east of Jerusalem called the
Spring of Gihon. This spring may have been used to anoint David's son, Solomon,
King of Israel (1 Kings 1:45). King Hezekiah later redirected the water of this
spring into the city of Jerusalem through a long underground conduit known as
Hezekiah's Tunnel. Within the walls of Jerusalem, the waters of Gihon ran into
a pool named the Pool of Siloam.Waters from the pool of Siloam were used in the ordinance of the red heifer described in Numbers 19, where Moses was instructed to mix "running" (lit. living) water with the ashes of the red heifer. The water had to be fresh, able to give life, not stagnant. This mixture of water and ashes was sprinkled on those who had become unclean to purify them. This same Pool of Siloam is also referred to in the New Testament.
It was to this pool that the Lord Jesus sent a man, blind from birth, to wash off the clay that He had applied to the man's eyes. After washing in the pool, the man received his sight (John 9:6-7).
The Pool of Siloam not only held historical significance, but in Jewish tradition it also had a prophetic connotation. First, the Jewish Scriptures speak of a time when, like water poured "upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground," God will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh (Isaiah 44:3). Because the waters of Siloam were used to anoint the kings of the house of David, and that anointing was symbolic of the Holy Spirit coming upon an individual (1 Sam. 16:13), the living waters of Siloam became associated with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Second, this outpouring is to take place during the days of the Messiah, the anointed one, a descendant of King David, through whom salvation will come to Israel. Based on Isaiah 12:3, the Pool of Siloam became known as the "well of salvation" and was associated with the messianic age. Thus, to the Jewish people of the Second Temple days, pouring water on the altar at the Feast of Tabernacles was symbolic of the Holy Spirit poured out during the days of the Messiah.
This custom became a controversial issue between the Sadducees and the Pharisees. When Alexander Jannai, who was both king and high priest and a follower of the Sadducees, publicly refused to pour the water on the altar, the congregation became so enraged that it pelted him with etrogim (fruit) (Sukkah 48b, Antiquities 13.13) In the aftermath of this incident, he is said to have massacred more than 6,000 of his fellow Jews. This occurred approximately 95 B.C.
Messiah In The Water Libation Ceremony:
Finally, on what was probably the
last day of the feast known as Hoshana
Raba,(May have occurred one day later on Shemini
Atzeret) the climax of the entire week, Jesus made what some
believe to be His greatest proclamation. On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."(John 7:37-38)
This was no statement secretly whispered in the dark corner. The text says that Jesus "stood" to make His announcement, and He "cried" meaning He spoke with a loud voice. He wanted everyone to hear the good news. The stunned crowd did hear and they knew what He meant.
Jesus was declaring that He was Messiah and that everyone who would believe in Him would receive the gift or indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the "living water," not measured in terms of a trickling spring, the Spring of Gihon, but a flowing river-even numerous rivers!
Jesus was saying in effect "I am the reality that the water in this ceremony symbolizes-the true life giver through whom the Holy Spirit is also given."
Some may have also been familiar with Ezekiel's prophecy of the Holy Spirit (Ezek. 36:24-27).
Even though this ceremony is not practiced today because there is no temple, the liturgy can still be found in some Jewish prayer books. One prayer said during the Sukkot holiday reads
"Please God! Those who pour water before you, from the springs of salvation may they draw water, save now and bring salvation now.
When the Temple in Jerusalem stood, a unique service was performed every morning throughout the Sukkot holiday: the Nisuch ha-Mayim (lit. "Pouring of the water") or Water Libation Ceremony. According to the Talmud, Sukkot is the time of year in which God judges the world for rainfall; therefore this ceremony, like the taking of the Four Species, invokes God's blessing for rain in its proper time. The water for the libation ceremony was drawn from the Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: Breikhat HaShiloah) in the City of David and carried up the Jerusalem pilgrim road to the Temple. The joy that accompanied this procedure was palpable. (This is the source for the verse in Isaiah: "And you shall draw waters with joy from the wells of salvation" (Isa. 12:3).
Afterwards, every night in the outer Temple courtyard, tens of thousands of spectators would gather to watch the Simchat Beit HaShoeivah (Rejoicing at the Place of the Water-Drawing), as the most pious members of the community danced and sang songs of praise to God. The dancers would carry lit torches, and were accompanied by the harps, lyres, cymbals and trumpets of the Levites. According to the Mishnah, (Tractate Sukkah), "He who has not seen the rejoicing at the Place of the Water-Drawing has never seen rejoicing in his life." Throughout Sukkot, the city of Jerusalem teemed with Jewish families who came on the holiday pilgrimage and joined together for feasting and Torah study. A partition separating men and women was erected for this occasion.
But this is only the
beginning of the story. The water of Libation ceremony took place for Yeshua on
the 7th Day of Feast of Tabernacles.
Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
The year was 27-30
CE.
Again we shall see
the 7th Day of the Feast of Tabernacles come up.
605 BCE Daniel, prophet ('El (God)
is my Judge' taken captive); Daniel Refuses the King's Portion Daniel 1
First Deportation of Jews, some say.
604 BC Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar Dream Daniel 2
602 BC Sabbath Year (Shemitah); 602 BC+2550=1948.
604 BCE + 2520 years = 1917 CE.
1917 CE Sabbath year (Shmita שמיטה) Balfour Declaration; Balfour Treaty (Land
Restored) 2 November 1917; Spanish Flue Pandemic; British Great Britain
recognized the rights of the Jewish people to establish a "national home. Third Aliya,
mainly from Russia.
1917 Jubilee Battle
of Jerusalem 1917 + 100 (2 Jubilees)=2017 Year of Jubilee wikipedia. Battle of
Jerusalem 1917. 400 years of Ottoman rule ended by British conquest; British
Foreign Minister Balfour pledges support for establishment of a "Jewish
national home in Palestine". Declaration of Balfour Nov 2, 1917. Mars in
conjunction with Regulus in Leo when in retrograde. What is interesting about
this retrograde beginning in Leo then into the head of Virgo and back to Leo is
the concept of the Sphinx with the body of a lion and the head of a woman which
kicked of the concept of Israel being a nation restored. www.lmci.org/pdfs/episkoposmar2012.pdf
The last Day of the
Great Feast in 1917 was October 13
Miracle of the Sun 1917
en.wikipedia/wiki/Miracle of the Sun 1917;
skeptoid.com/episode.php?id=4110#bottom; www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/u/ufo/sightings/1917/fatima.html. The Miracle of the Sun (Portuguese: O Milagre do Sol) was an event which
occurred on 13 October 1917, attended by 30,000 to 100,000 people gathered near
Fátima, Portugal.
The sun then turned blood red in
color and seemed to fall from the sky and hurl itself towards the earth.
Firstly let us observe the
spectacular nature of this miracle. We must turn to the Old Testament to find
similar prodigies that were performed in front of an immense crowd of people:
such as the manifestation of God to Moses and to the Hebrew people on Mount
Sinai (Ex 19); or when Joshua stopped the sun and the moon from advancing so
that nightfall would not prevent the Jews from exterminating the enemies of
Yahweh (Jos 10).
I will put enmities between thee
[the snake] and the Woman [the Virgin Mary], and between thy seed and her seed
[Our Lord; the Church]: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait
for her heel [the persecutions of the Church] (Gen 3:15).
This miracle occurred on a
Sabbath and it was on the fourth Sabbath of the month according to
Torahcalendar.com. Today the Parashah is
Bereshit which means "In the Beginning." Bereshit is also the Hebrew
name for the book of Genesis. Today is Shabbat Mevarekhin which means
"Sabbath of Blessing." It is the last Sabbath before the new moon.
Torah Reading: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarahs Reading: Isaiah 42:5-43:11. Number 7
means completion. The fourth Saturday sabbath is interesting in the fact that
it ties into the fourth day of Genesis. Genesis 1:14: The Sun, Moon, and Stars
is for signs and seasons. It was also the 7th Sabbath of the month. One hundred
years later will be October 13th 2017 and it is on the last annual Sabbath of
Feast of Tabernacles on Shemini Atzeret (Leviticus 23:36b; Numbers 29:35) on
the sixth day. Today is Shemini Atzeret or the "Eighth Day Solemn
Assembly." Shemini Atzeret is a Sabbath day separate and distinct from
Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles. It is an appointed time the day after Sukkot on
which Israel assembles. One tradition says Jacob married Rachel on this day.
Torah Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Haftarahs 1 Kings 8:54-66; Extra Readings
Numbers 29:35-30:1. Since this is the solemn day of Assembly for Israel, it
will be in the Messianic Kingdom for them and it will be a new beginning for
one and all. This is the sixth sabbath of the month and 3rd annual sabbath.
Shemini Atzeret ties into the end of the
universe and the globe in 3015. Why because this ties into Revelation 21/22: A
New Heaven and a new earth which ties back in Matthew 24:35 Heaven and Earth
shall pass away but my words shall never pass away.
The connection is on
the Eighth Day. In Hebrew, numbers are important Bullinger and Numbers. The
number eight means a new beginning.
1917+100 years
=2017.
2009 CE
In 2009 on the 7th
Day of Feast of Tabernacle, Obama received the Norwegian Peace Medallion.
2009 Solar eclipse 1st day of
Abib אביב.
Matthew 24: 6-8 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be
not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these
are the beginning of sorrows.
The Final 70 years were confirmed
to have started in 1947 at the order to restore Jerusalem. By the exact number
of years, 62, it was confirmed that the Covenant with Many would be signed in
2009. 1947 + 62 = 2009. By the exact number of days, 1260, the Covenant with
Many was confirmed as the Nobel Peace Prize given to Barack Obama. October 9,
2009 Friday, to March 22, 2013 is exactly 1260 days, 3.5 years, Midweek on the
final 7 years. The 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ has been shown by the exact
number of days, 1260 days from March 22, 2013 to September 3, 2016, the first
day of Rosh Hoshanna, the Feast of Trumpets.
Nov 11, 1947+69 shemitahs (7 years) =2016.
signofhiscoming.blogspot.com/2013/07/chapter-8-abomination-fulfilled-march.html#!/2013/07/chapter-8-abomination-fulfilled-march.html;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YAzVAy9Of4
1947 CE Nov. 29, the United Nations
General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned
between Arabs and Jews; Dead Sea Scrolls discovered. Parallel dates: Abraham
was born in 1948 BCE. From 1494 until 1949 there were ZERO sets of blood Red
Moons! Proclamation for Israel to become a nation went out. 1947-2520 years = 573
BC Ezekiel's Second Temple Vision Ezekiel 40 - 48 Biblehub Timeline. 1947-2550 years = 603 BC.
604 BC Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar
Dream Daniel 2
602 BC Sabbath Year (Shemitah); 602 BC+2550=1948.
1947+62 shavuots=Obama becoming
president on January 20th, 2009+7=Obama's Presidency ends.
October 9, 2009
was on day 6 during Feast of Tabernacles. Obama was given the Nobel Peace Medallion
in honor of keeping the Non-Proliferation Treaty of the UN in 1968. "for
his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation
between peoples.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureates; www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html.
2010
2010 CE Solar eclipse 1st day Hebraic year/ month of
Abib אביב.
Haiti Earthquake, Jan 12; Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of demonstrations,
protests, and wars occurring in the Arab world that began on 18 December “The burden against Egypt. Behold, Yahovah
rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; … And the heart of Egypt will
melt in its midst. I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight
against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor…” Isaiah 19:1-2 “It
shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the
nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations
anymore.” Ezekiel 29:15; September 1st; Netanyahu/ Obama/ Abbas; Encountering Peace: Israeli-Palestinian peace
is achievable Jerusalem Post.
On the 7th
Day of Feast of Tabernacles 5 planets lined up in a row.
Month 7, Day 6
(Sukkot 21, Sept 30) Hoshanah Rabbah, Day of Salvation 5 Planets lined up.
Uranus (Mediator), Jupiter (Almighty God) in Pisces, Earth, Sun, Saturn
(Covenants: Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, Renewed Covenant (NT),
Marriage Covenant, Covenant of Peace (Shalom)(Millennium) in Virgo in a line.
Sept. 27, Venus was at its greatest brillance. If you could zoom high above the
plane of the solar system right now and look down over the planetary scene,
you’d see that Saturn, the Sun, Earth, Jupiter and Uranus are in an
approximately straight line. Mars, Mercury, Venus (all in Virgo) and Neptune
are either not quite in alignment or well off to one side, so I’ve excluded
them from the illustration. astrobob.areavoices.com/2010/09/ Hoshanah Rabbah/Day
of Salvation/Judgment is Delivered. One of G-d’s names is Eh-e-yeh (Aleph, Hey,
Yud, Hey) which is the numerical value (Gematria) 21. This name of G-d
signifies Teshuva – repentence, as if to say that “I will be” someone else. I
will now work harder to fulfill the will of Hashem; I will now remove my
self-centered, egotistical interest to nullify my will to do the will of
Hashem. Scripture References: Ps 118:25-26; Jh 7:37-39; Isa 12:3; Jn 14:13-14;
Matt 5:6; Ps 114:8 This day was the day before Shemini Atzeret (Sukkot 22, Sat.
Oct 1). “Shemini” means eighth, while “Atzeret” means gathering or assembly. It
comes from the Hebrew root “atzar” meaning “to hold back” or to “tarry”. On
this day began the 7 year tribulation. In Hebrew we call it Covenant. Daniel
9:27 began. God uses covenants between God and man. Daniel 9:27 is a covenant
agreement. In April? (2014), the antichrist is going to break it.
Torahcalendar.com; judaism1on1.com/hoshana-rabba-great-salvation.; www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Hoshana_Rabbah/hoshana_rabbah.html
Psa 118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I
beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Psa 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name
of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
2010 + 7 years =
2017 and the rapture.
608 Nebuchadnezzar takes first captives from Jerusalem. 2017-1290-1335=608
BCE.
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