After His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus began to feel sorrow about what was lying ahead…
His suffering and crucifixion were imminent; however, He knew He would be raised from the dead.
“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.”
“Then a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.'”
Some of the people said it had thundered, while others said it was an angelic voice.
By so many things Jesus was saying, God was presenting to all of the people an eternal choice.
“Jesus answered and said, ‘This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself. This He said signifying by what death He would die.”
“The people answered Him, ‘We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?'”
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.’ These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.”
See the entire chapter of John 12…
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” words of Jesus in John 3:14-17
Scriptures where Jesus shares that He will be raised from the dead: Matthew 17:22-23; Mark 8:31; Luke 9:22; John 2:19-21
Posted by P. A. Oltrogge
