John 5-7
Jesus confronts the nation Israel who examines and rejects Jesus’ claim to be the fullness of the Old Testament in the keeping of the Law, thus declaring Him as a false prophet who will bring death from Rome (5--12).
Jesus claims to be the fullness of God’s revelation, the Great Covenant Blesser, the Greater Prophet of whom Moses spoke in Deut. 18:15,18 (5—8:11).
In the following chapters (5:1—8:11) Jesus will be questioned regarding His keeping of the Law in light of His claim to be The Prophet (Deut. 18:15,18). First He will heal a lame man (New Exodus in Isaiah 35:2-5) on the Sabbath, which the Pharisees will question well into chapter 7 at the Feast of Tabernacles.
Then He will provide bread (recalling the provision by Moses of manna), walk on the sea (recalling the crossing of the sea by Moses) and then proclaim that He is the provider of the Spirit (greater than the provision of water in the wilderness by Moses. The climax of the questioning by the Pharisees will be when they test Jesus according to the Law with regard to the command regarding adultery (will He enforce it on the woman)? Jesus emerges from the test as the Greater Prophet, in that He, as the Writer of the Law, demonstrated that it was the Pharisees who failed to enforce the Law, not Him.
Dr. Charles Baylis
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Links & Sources
TeachMeTheBible.com - Dr. David Klingler
The Spring Church Sermons - Prof Caleb Foley
Traceway Church Sermons - Dr. Nathan Tullos
TheBiblicalStory.org - Dr. Charles Baylis
