The Coming Hour

Scripture Reading | John 12:12-33

Introduction

The determinate counsel & foreknowledge of God & the everlasting covenant

Acts 2:23 “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:”

Hebrews 13:20 “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,”

Romans 3:25 “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”

Daniel 9:24–27 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”

The Lord’s Earthly Ministry

1. “His hour is not yet come”

John 2:4 “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.”

John 7:6, 8, 7:30 “Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.”

John 8:20 “These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.”

2. “The hour is come”

John 12:23, 27

John 13:1 “Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”

John 17:1 “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:”

Mark 14:41 “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.”

What takes place prior to “his hour”?

1. Jesus Arrives in Bethany

2. The Triumphal Entry

3. The Upper Room

4. Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, Burial

Sermon

Jesus Arrives in Bethany

Going Up to Jerusalem

Luke 9:51 “And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,”

Matthew 20:17–19 “And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.”

Two Selfish Men - Two Men that saw but couldn’t see

Matthew 20:20–21 “Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.”

Two Men that couldn’t see, but could see

Matthew 20:29–34 “And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.”

Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Kingdom’s Delay

Luke 19:11–28

Luke 19:11 “And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.”

Certain Nobleman - Jesus Christ

went into a far country - heaven

to receive for Himself a kingdom - glory

and to return - coming again

occupy till I come - activity in absence

servants - believers

citizens - unbelievers (:27)

called unto Him - judgment

Arrival at Bethany

John 12:1 “Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.”

2. The Triumphal Entry

Timing

Daniel 9:25 “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”

Donkey

Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; Lowly, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.”

The Lamb of God Presented

Exodus 12:1–6

The Lamb of God Rejected

John 12:37-50

Withered Tree - Matt. 21:20-22; Mk. 11:20-26

The Lamb without Spot - Teaching in the Temple

Authority Challenged - Mt. 21:23-32; Mk. 11:27-33; Luk. 19:47-20:8

Teachings - landowner, wedding invitation

Examination - Mt. 22:15-22; Mk. 12:13-17; Lk. 20:20-26

David’s Son (Messiah) & David’s Lord (God) - Mt. 22:41-46; Mk. 12:35-37; Lk. 20:41-44

7 Woes - Mt. 23:1-39

Olivet Discourse - Mt. 24

Upper Room Discourse

Eating

Washing

Betrayal

Judas

Disciples Rivalry

Peter Denial (2x prophesied)

Lord’s Table

Comfort, Helper, Vine + Branches, Hated, Death + Resurrection

High Priestly Prayer

John 17:1-26

Gethsemane - Mat. 26:36-46; John 18:4-6

3. Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, Burial

Arrest - John 18:4-6

Trial (1) - Annas, Caiaphas

Verdict

Trial (2) - Pilate, Herod Antipas

Sentenced - Pilate

Mocked

Golgotha - 1st 3 hrs, last 3 hrs

Body Removed

Body Buried

Conclusion