To connect with what happened on the Thursday before Passover, read in the gospel of John from chapter 12 on. In John 17, just before He and his disciples went across the
Kidron river into the Garden where Judas with a band of soldiers meets them,
Jesus lifted His eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come.
Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify you. For You granted Him authority
over all people that he might give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
John 17:1-2 NIV "Now this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to
perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true
and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed
One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent. I have glorified You down here on the
earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do. And now Father, glorify Me
along with Yourself and restore Me to such majesty and honor in Your presence
as I had with You before the world existed. John 17:3-5 AMP.
Jesus, thank you for
coming from your glorious eternity to be with us in this dark world, for laying
down your majesty and honor, for helping us to understand Who God is through
your life of healing and teaching and showing us how to love God and each
other, and then laying down Your life for us. Unfathomable Love!
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