John 12:12-32 God Said, " I Will Glorify Him And Will Glorify Him Again

On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,  took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”  Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,  “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”  These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.  So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.  For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.  So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.” Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;  these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”  Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.  And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.  Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”  So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it and were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”  Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake   Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

These are rich passages declaring the Pharisees understood that unless they plotted to kill Jesus, all men would accept Him because nobody can do what He does unless God is in Him. The crowd was excited that Jesus came to the great celebration of the Passover, because previously people did not know where He was.  But He enters Jerusalem on the colt of a donkey fulfilling the prophecy that the king would ride in on the colt of a donkey.  God Himself spoke to the people saying “I have glorified Him and will glorify Him again. People did not understand what they had heard, but Jesus said that God spoke not for His sake but for theirs.

Daily Prayer:  Blessed is he that sees and believes, but more blessed is he who does not see, yet believes.  This is the age we live in.  The age of grace.  Jesus, we do not see You in person, but have all the benefits of Your life and resurrection.  We have the value of knowing Your earthly life from its humble beginnings to it’s glorious end.  And now I believe upon Your name and am heir with You to all You  possess.

In Your holy name I  pray Amen.