In Jesus’ day, the last day
of the Feast of Tabernacles began at the Pool of Siloam,
with a joyful musical procession called Simhat Beit
HaShoevah or The Rejoicing of the Water-Drawing.
During the ceremony, a designated priest, surrounded by
jubilant worshippers, would draw water from the Pool of
Siloam and carry it in a golden pitcher up the hill to the
Temple altar. A blast
of trumpets would announce his arrival. The
high priest would then pour the Siloam water into one silver
basin while wine was poured into another. To the
accompaniment of flutes, the priests would sing “Hallelujah” (the
Hallel). The celebration
was based upon Isaiah 12: 3, “With joy ye shall draw water
out of the wells of salvation.”
Remember, it is during the Feast of Tabernacles that Jesus,
in the Temple courtyard, spoke of the promise of living
water. Jesus may have pointed to the golden pitcher as he
cried out, “If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and
drink." (John 7: 37)
This is the same pool where a man who was blind from birth was told by Jesus to go wash in. “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam,” Jesus said. The man did as he was told, and he was able to see.
On the last day of Tabernacles, our eyes will be open and we shall finally see Him as He is. We have all been blind from birth, unable to see our precious Lord and Savior with our eyes. But on that day, He shall open our blind eyes and we shall see Him as He is. 1 John 3:2 "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."