307th Post Jesus Promises Made to His Followers Con't. - His Own Prayers Con't. John 17: 1 - 26.

John 17: 1-26. This was spoken by Jesus in the Upper Room on Maundy Thursday, before He was to be betrayed. Since the whole chapter of John is the passage it is too long to print here and discuss it, like I usually do. What I will do is print this passage in sections, and then comment on the section printed. The passage will be "italics" as usual.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
In verse one Jesus says the time is come for the Father to glorify His Son. When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, Adam brought sin into the world. Adam was deceived by Satan, and disobeyed God. Satan has been enjoying ruling the earth ever since. God has sent His Son as Messiah, to take sin out of the world. How well you understand this, is based on how well you understood what the "Cup" symbolizes in the previous posts. When Jesus dies on the cross, and rises from the dead Jesus will be glorified. This is what verse 2 of this passage where it says that the Son will glorify you. The word "may" is used before this was spoken before it became fact. The last part of this verse is where we will pick up on next post.