The Hour Has Come (Part 3 of 4)
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The point of his glorification is in his death and in his resurrection because it is in that that fruit would be born and would yield fruit for the entire world. That's why later on he's going to send his disciples into the entire world because he has already told them that this is what will happen. Later on he says, "And if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men and women to me when I actually fulfill the work that the father has given me to do." [00:19:47]
And when now the Greeks come and say we want to see Jesus, he suddenly says, "The hour has come." The hour has come. Now his explanation, I think, is fairly straightforward. In verse 23, Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified." In other words, I think it is that Jesus sees the arrival of these Greeks as a signal that all the not yet is now over. [00:13:25]
We say it often our Jewish friends say Jesus is not the Messiah. We say he is the Messiah. We can't both be right. Islam says that you can alter your circumstances and do enough good things to outweigh all your bad things. Hence the Islamic picture of the scales. Christianity says, "No, you couldn't possibly do that. That's why we don't have scales. That's why we have a cross." [00:08:02]
the listeners writes Barkley would catch their breath they would believe that the trumpet call of eternity had sounded and that the that the might of heaven was on the march and that the campaign of victory was on the move. But Jesus did not mean by glorified what they meant. By glorified they meant that the subjective kingdoms of the earth would grovel before the conqueror's feet. But by glorified Jesus meant crucified. [00:16:37]
The question of course is how was this going to be possible? How would it be possible that this takes place? And the answer of course that comes in the 24th verse is only through the cross. It is only through the cross that the gospel is a gospel for the whole world. [00:07:27]
He was moving sovereignly from all of eternity he has come in order that he might proceed to do that for which he has committed himself. What the father has planned and what the spirit will then apply, the son is about to procure and all that has been leading up to this, all of the miracles, all of the signs, all of the things that he's had to say have all been pointing forward. [00:14:55]
And Isaiah under the direction of the spirit of God writes, "He, that is God, will gather others to him besides those already gathered." This is 600 years before Christ. Now, as good students, you know that we notice this in the good shepherd passage in chapter 10 when Jesus says, "And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will bring them also, and they will listen to my voice." [00:06:46]
It is quite striking that at the birth of Jesus you have these wise men that come from the east and uh it's of course a fulfillment of the prophetic word because Isaiah uh amongst others prophesied of the day when foreigners would join themselves to Yahweh when they would join themselves to the Lord and the house of God would be a house of prayer for all the peoples. [00:06:21]
It is quite striking that at the birth of Jesus you have these wise men that come from the east and uh it's of course a fulfillment of the prophetic word because Isaiah uh amongst others prophesied of the day when foreigners would join themselves to Yahweh when they would join themselves to the Lord and the house of God would be a house of prayer for all the peoples. [00:06:21]
And so when we think about what the message of the gospel is, what it means to go out into the whole world, what it means for men and women to be brought into the family of faith, only through the cross of Jesus Christ does this actually happen. [00:08:46]
The point though is fairly straightforward, isn't it? that at the same moment that the Jewish authorities are displaying such amazing animosity towards Jesus uh these Gentiles are now marked by a curiosity at least a curiosity. [00:06:04]
Now what happens in this moment uh says our friend Bruce Mil is that the request of the Greeks to see Jesus is like an exploding fuse in the mind of Jesus. like an exploding fuse in the mind of Jesus [snorts] because remember years before long time before when he's 12 years old when he gets uh uh um in the temple courts with the people who are talking and he's discussing with him and he's separated from Mary and Joseph and they have to backtrack and they finally found find him [00:12:14]
Of course, you see what is anticipated here is the fact that this barrier between the court of the Gentiles and the court of the Jews is about to change. And it is that that we're going to come to. I think that Philillip is an interesting character. [00:09:58]
uh Greek people had many gods, multi-gods, all kinds of ideas and notions. And yet these uh Jewish people worshiped the one true and living God. And presumably there was something that was attractive in that not simply because of its clarity because but also because of the morality that accompanied it too. [00:05:12]
In fact, I'm convinced that he is an interesting character. I don't want to delay on it, but I often use him as an illustration. For example, when Jesus says, you know, he who has seen me has seen the father and Philip is the one who puts up his hand and says, if you could just show us the father, that would help us. He's a special student. [00:10:19]
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And when now the Greeks come and say we want to see Jesus, he suddenly says, "The hour has come." The hour has come. Now his explanation, I think, is fairly straightforward. In verse 23, Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified." In other words, I think it is that Jesus sees the arrival of these Greeks as a signal that all the not yet is now over. [00:13:25]
We say it often our Jewish friends say Jesus is not the Messiah. We say he is the Messiah. We can't both be right. Islam says that you can alter your circumstances and do enough good things to outweigh all your bad things. Hence the Islamic picture of the scales. Christianity says, "No, you couldn't possibly do that. That's why we don't have scales. That's why we have a cross." [00:08:02]
the listeners writes Barkley would catch their breath they would believe that the trumpet call of eternity had sounded and that the that the might of heaven was on the march and that the campaign of victory was on the move. But Jesus did not mean by glorified what they meant. By glorified they meant that the subjective kingdoms of the earth would grovel before the conqueror's feet. But by glorified Jesus meant crucified. [00:16:37]
The question of course is how was this going to be possible? How would it be possible that this takes place? And the answer of course that comes in the 24th verse is only through the cross. It is only through the cross that the gospel is a gospel for the whole world. [00:07:27]
He was moving sovereignly from all of eternity he has come in order that he might proceed to do that for which he has committed himself. What the father has planned and what the spirit will then apply, the son is about to procure and all that has been leading up to this, all of the miracles, all of the signs, all of the things that he's had to say have all been pointing forward. [00:14:55]
And Isaiah under the direction of the spirit of God writes, "He, that is God, will gather others to him besides those already gathered." This is 600 years before Christ. Now, as good students, you know that we notice this in the good shepherd passage in chapter 10 when Jesus says, "And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will bring them also, and they will listen to my voice." [00:06:46]
It is quite striking that at the birth of Jesus you have these wise men that come from the east and uh it's of course a fulfillment of the prophetic word because Isaiah uh amongst others prophesied of the day when foreigners would join themselves to Yahweh when they would join themselves to the Lord and the house of God would be a house of prayer for all the peoples. [00:06:21]
It is quite striking that at the birth of Jesus you have these wise men that come from the east and uh it's of course a fulfillment of the prophetic word because Isaiah uh amongst others prophesied of the day when foreigners would join themselves to Yahweh when they would join themselves to the Lord and the house of God would be a house of prayer for all the peoples. [00:06:21]
And so when we think about what the message of the gospel is, what it means to go out into the whole world, what it means for men and women to be brought into the family of faith, only through the cross of Jesus Christ does this actually happen. [00:08:46]
The point though is fairly straightforward, isn't it? that at the same moment that the Jewish authorities are displaying such amazing animosity towards Jesus uh these Gentiles are now marked by a curiosity at least a curiosity. [00:06:04]
Now what happens in this moment uh says our friend Bruce Mil is that the request of the Greeks to see Jesus is like an exploding fuse in the mind of Jesus. like an exploding fuse in the mind of Jesus [snorts] because remember years before long time before when he's 12 years old when he gets uh uh um in the temple courts with the people who are talking and he's discussing with him and he's separated from Mary and Joseph and they have to backtrack and they finally found find him [00:12:14]
Of course, you see what is anticipated here is the fact that this barrier between the court of the Gentiles and the court of the Jews is about to change. And it is that that we're going to come to. I think that Philillip is an interesting character. [00:09:58]
uh Greek people had many gods, multi-gods, all kinds of ideas and notions. And yet these uh Jewish people worshiped the one true and living God. And presumably there was something that was attractive in that not simply because of its clarity because but also because of the morality that accompanied it too. [00:05:12]
In fact, I'm convinced that he is an interesting character. I don't want to delay on it, but I often use him as an illustration. For example, when Jesus says, you know, he who has seen me has seen the father and Philip is the one who puts up his hand and says, if you could just show us the father, that would help us. He's a special student. [00:10:19]
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