This verse is taken from:
John 12. 27-50
This chapter marks the culmination of the first half of John’s Gospel. So far John has been selecting material to demonstrate the veracity of the claims of Christ as the Son of God. Whether it was His words, His works, the Father’s witness, or the witness of those that met Him, they all attested to the truth of who He is. The astonishing thing is that despite all the light they had been given the nation remained in darkness.
As the Lord contemplated His impending death, a surge of emotion overcame Him and drove Him to His Father in prayer, v. 27. This again illustrates the complete dependence He had on the Father. He did not pray that He should be spared from death, but rather that the Father’s Name would be glorified. It seems a paradox that the shame and darkness associated with Calvary could bring any glory to the Father, but in actual fact no event has ever brought so much glory to God. His life of obedience had already glorified the Father’s Name, v. 28, and so too would His death. How many countless millions of people have been brought to know the Father through the lifting up of the Son of God, v. 32!
The crowd struggled to reconcile His predictions of His death with their understanding of the unending kingdom of Messiah. They could not see how He could die and also reign forever. Rather than trying to explain how both could be true and the truths concerning His resurrection and second coming, the Lord just exhorts them to receive the light that He had already given them, v. 35. It was imperative for them to receive the light before it was withdrawn, v. 36.
The remaining verses are solemn indeed. Because they wilfully continued in a state of unbelief, v. 37, God judicially blinded them, v. 40. This was something that had been foretold long before, Isa 6. 10, and although it was a condemnation on the Jews, it would result in the ultimate blessing of the Gentiles. However, as Paul makes clear in Romans chapter 11, this blinding of the nation would be only temporary, and one day, at the second coming of Christ, they will finally acknowledge His claims.
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