The Hour has Come…
John 17:1-2 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
Thy Will be IS done! From the beginning of time, from the moment of “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; (Genesis 1:26), Father, Son and Holy Spirit, declared Their Will over all of creation!
It was, is, and will always be only a matter of time (an earthly nuisance). In fact, Jesus declared the victory. The Hour has Come…
“It is finished!” (John 19:30) The Will of God… to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
The gift of life… ETERNAL LIFE!
John 17:3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
The Hour has Come… do you know the only true God??? AND Jesus Christ whom He sent???
Jesus… Who… glorified God on the earth, having accomplished the work which He had given Him to do. (John 17:4-5)
Jesus… Who… manifested God’s name to the men whom God gave Him out of the world; they were God’s and God gave them to Jesus, and they have kept God’s word.
Victory!!!!! Jesus declares it!!!
“I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.”(John 17:4-5)
Yes, the cross (the wages of sin = death) was still to come in those moments, but the cross was just the final sword (the debt paid and WIPED OUT) through the heart of sin and death. It was, is, and will always be, Jesus who saves – not the cross… “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (John 3:16-17)
The Hour has Come and Jesus declares and desires His “bounty”. “The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.”
The Hour has Come and it never Goes Away…“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. (John 17:20-24)
Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven… “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” (John 17:25-26)
Has your hour come? Have you experienced this kind of intervention and intercession with Jesus? It is His prayer! “I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity…”
I pray your hour has come!
Ephesians 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might.
**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.