09/12/2025
“Out of his belly“
John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Vs 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Let me keep this short and simple. No matter how much you know the verses by head not unless you respect the context erring when interpreting scriptures becomes the order of the day, this has nothing to do with Greek and Hebrew it has everything to do with context.
V38
It is good to note that "as the scripture said..." is not found or part of the Old Testament books, there's no specific scripture for this. It is the statement Jesus used as the summation of the Old Testament books concerning the giving of the Spirit.
Jesus uses the phrase "out of his belly" and the question should be whose belly is this, is it Jesus belly or our belly?
V39 further put an emphasis that He spake concerning the giving of the Spirit to them that should believe. Because He was not yet glorified.
So, the belly is figuratively of Jesus's belly. His belly does not speak of the recipient but of Christ, Because He's the giver of the Spirit and we all receive from Him, so the rivers of living water (which is the spirit) do not flow from us but from Jesus to us, when we believe the gospel.
That is; when you look at the scriptures, out of the Christ shall flow rivers of living water
which spoke about the spirit which was yet to be given. Jesus was speaking about His resurrection and the giving of the Spirit.
Is it clear?
