OUR FATHER WHO GAVE HIS SON AUTHORITY OVER ALL FLESH

The book of John Chapter 17 verses 1 - 5 records the Lord Jesusˋ continued discourse to His disciples but now with His eyes lifted to heaven addressing His Father directly;

1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

Jesus, approaching the last few hours of His life as a man, told His Father that He had glorified Him on the earth and that He finished the work His Father had given Him to do.

He asked His Father to glorify Him with the glory which He had with Him from before the creation of the world.

These statements Jesus made reveal  that the ancient metaphysical plan for the redemption of mankind was reaching its conclusion.

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