Follow Jesus' Example!
"Therefore they sought to take Him;
but no one laid a hand on Him,
because His hour had not yet come."
John 7: 30
Jesus Christ entered into time so that we might enter into eternity.
As God, Jesus is infinite, timeless, eternal, and from everlasting to
everlasting. But when He descended into our world through the
virgin birth, He subjected Himself to the limitations of time.
He often spoke in John’s Gospel of “His hour.” He passed most
of His years in the small town of Nazareth, then devoted about
three years to ministry. The six hours He spent on the cross is
a period of torturous death we can’t even imagine, despite all
the pictures we have seen and sermons we have heard.
Then He spent three days in the grave,
followed by forty days on earth following
His resurrection.
These years, days, and hours provided our gateway to eternal
life. He prayed in John 12:27: “Now My soul is troubled, and
what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this
purpose I came to this hour.” In John 17:1 as He was about
to be arrested, Jesus prayed, “Father, the hour has come.”
Because Christ came to earth for a specific time, we can
be with Him in heaven for ages unlimited. What an incredible
thought! Treasure every moment as you prepare for your
eternal home with Him one day.
