We now come to the great prayer of Jesus to His Father. "After Jesus said this", this came after the discourse with the disciples in the upper room. It could be that Jesus prayed this in the presence of His disciples, and this would explain how we come to know the prayer so fully. Alternatively, He may have told them about it later. Either way, the prayer seems to be largely for our benefit, and it is essential that we know and understand what He prayed.
The hour has come, the most crucial time in history is at hand, and the most significant events in history are about to happen. The Father will glorify the Son, and the Son will glorify the Father. The events declared Jesus to be the most important man in history, and the events enabled men to truly know God.
God gave Jesus authority over all people, so that He could give eternal life to all who believe. Remember from John 5:24 that eternal life starts now. There Jesus says that anyone who believes in Him has crossed from death to life. Eternal life literally means "life of the age (to come)". It is a quality of life associated with kingdom of God. We will not experience this fully until Jesus returns, but it starts now. And the fundamental feature of eternal life is knowing the Father and the Son. From this everything else flows.
Jesus would return to the Father's presence, to be where He had been even before the world began.
The hour has come, the most crucial time in history is at hand, and the most significant events in history are about to happen. The Father will glorify the Son, and the Son will glorify the Father. The events declared Jesus to be the most important man in history, and the events enabled men to truly know God.
God gave Jesus authority over all people, so that He could give eternal life to all who believe. Remember from John 5:24 that eternal life starts now. There Jesus says that anyone who believes in Him has crossed from death to life. Eternal life literally means "life of the age (to come)". It is a quality of life associated with kingdom of God. We will not experience this fully until Jesus returns, but it starts now. And the fundamental feature of eternal life is knowing the Father and the Son. From this everything else flows.
Jesus would return to the Father's presence, to be where He had been even before the world began.
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