OUR FATHER WHO KNEW THAT HIS SON WOULD BE REJECTED

The book of John Chapter 12 verse 37 - 41, the apostle John links the unbelief of the children of Israel at the appearance of their Messaih to the prophecies of Isaiah the prophet. Isiaiah had foreseen that the Messiah would appear among His people but the people would not believe in Him.

37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: 

“Lord, who has believed our report?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,

Lest they should see with their eyes,

Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.”

41 These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

The prophet Isaiah, having see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ  wrote of Him centuries in advance but also knew that the people would be blinded and their hearts hardened so that they would see the signs and wonders that He would perform  before their eyes and they would still be unable to comprehend the importance of what they were seeing and they would not be able to believe in the One who came to save them.

Amen.

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