Sunday, November 15, 2009

John 13-15

Many time before chapter 13 in John's Gospel the writer points out that Jesus' time was not upon him. Jesus said that to his mother when he turned the water to wine, and many time when the Jewish leaders attempted to arrest Jesus the reason given for his escape was that it was not his time.  But chapter 13 starts with the acknowlegement that there will be no more delays; Jesus' hour had come. But this would not be 15 minutes of fame. The hour of Jesus would be a terrible and gut wrenching ordeal for Father and Son alike.  But the end result would bring about our liberty and Jesus glorification.
It took me about 20 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart

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