"On the last and greatest day of the Feast [of Tabernacles], 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." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified." - John 7:37-39 (NIV)
"The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life." - Revelation 22:17 (NIV)
it is no coincidence that Jesus makes the same universal offer of salvation on the last and greatest day of the Feast of Tabernacles (ie. the 7th day of the 7th festival) and at the end of the biblical canon. after all, the 7 'appointed feasts of the LORD' (Leviticus 23:2, NIV) are not abolished but fulfilled in Christ.
in fact, there is good reason to believe that Scripture consists of 49 (not 66) books. Jesus makes the same universal offer of salvation on the 7th day of the 7th festival and at the end of the 49th book of Scripture!
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