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In the first part of this sentence, Jesus is preparing His disciples for His death.
A little while, and you will no longer see me.
They will see Jesus be arrested.
They will see Jesus be beaten.
They will see him be mocked.
They will see him spat upon.
They will see him nailed to a cross, and hung up between two godless men.
They will see him die.
and then he will be taken away from them.
the time he is referencing here that they no longer will see him is the 3 day period where Jesus will be residing in the borrowed tomb of Jospeh of Aramethea.
There he will be sealed up.
Guards placed at the tomb for “security” so that no one steals his body.
So in a very literal sense, a little while longer and they will not see him.
But he goes on...
But then, he prophecies that a little while longer and they will see him.
He prophecies that again.. a little while longer and they will see him.
e prophecies that a little while longer and they will see him.
I love this, and you should too.
That Christ is confident in THIS moment tells us a lot about him.
it shows us that he knows what is about to happen to him.
It shows that despite what everyone else may think, the crucifixion is not the end of the story, and Jesus knows this.
But His disciples don’t.
They don’t get it.
Why should they at this point?
This doesn’t make any sense at this point.
Look at what they say:
In other words, what are you talking about.
It seems to them that He is talking out of two sides of his mouth.
he saying you won’t see me and now they will see him.
Which is it?
What are you talking about?
A little while?
We don’t get it.
They are honestly trying to figure this thing out.
And here we see a couple of things about the disciples that we should take note of, because these are characteristics of us as well.
They don’t know everything.
And they fail to trust the one who knows all things.
They don’t hold the future.
They fail to entrust theirs to the one who does.
They don’t realize that what awaits them is best.
They can’t understand why bad must happen to give them the best.
And these same characteristics are applicable to us.
We don’t know everything.
The sooner we realize who does and begin trusting in him the better.
We don’t hold the future.
You can’t guarantee a thing.
We think we can.And wisely, we do try to insure, invest, plan, but realize there is one who holds you in His hand and it is not Allstate.
We don’t realize that what awaits us is best.
We cling to this world with all we have because we think we have true joy here, when Paul says to live is Christ and to die is gain.
At times, we are just like these disciples, we don’t get it.
I invite you to listen to the Words of the Sovereign Savior.
Just as he knows the future, he knows whats on their minds.
He knows whats on your mind.
And because he loves them, and he understands their angst and frustration, he seeks to encourage them despite their lack of knowledge.
He desires their faithfulness.
He wants their trust.
He speaks vaguely here about the details, but he assures them of the result.
The question is: Will they trust Him with the result even if he doesn’t give them the details?
Will you?
Will you trust Christ with he result of your life and live faithfully to Him no matter what happens, good or bad?
Will you trust that he knows?
Will you trust that he holds the future?
Will you trust that he knows whats best?
This means surrendering to his knowledge .
This means surrendering to His control.
This means surrendering what you think is best and trusting in the good pleasure of His will toward you despite circumstances that may not be immediately desirable.
Look what he says in verse 20
You will weep and lament.
You are about to go through the most difficult time of your life.
it will be miserable.
And while you are weeping, the world will rejoice.
He’s speaking of His death.
The death of Christ was a miserable time for the disciples, and while they wept because he wasn’t there with them any more, the world around them rejoiced at His absence.
During times like this, it is obvious to spot who are His.
for three years the crowd had followed Him, now that same crowd rejoices that He is gone.
I’m reminded of the past few weeks, where in New York, they voted for abortion to be available up to the baby’s birth for health reasons.
An entire chamber of law makers clapped and rejoiced that they could continue and even further the Satanic act of abortion.
Here is where I should remind you of Jesus’s words here.
While we weep, the world rejoices at evil.
But Jesus doesn’t stop there.
He goes on in verse 20.
you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.
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the disciples would grieve the death of Christ.
This was their friend, their brother, their teacher and their God.
But on the third day, the resurrection of Christ assures them of their joy.
In fact, it transforms their grief into joy.
The morning of the resurrection for the disciples turned their grief into joy.
Grief and weeping for them was momentary.
The resurrection for the believer gives hope beyond the griefs and anguishes of this life.
In death, though we weep for a moment, we have eternal joy knowing that death is defeated and swallowed by Christ.
In sickness, we grief and we writhe with pain, but there is joy to be had in Christ.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:4:
This is where we apply the resurrection our own lives and to our world.
Your pain, Your grief, your heartache, will turn into joy because the resurrection of Christ.
The world’s rejoicing will one day silenced.
Those who scream cheer evil and rejoice over the spread and advancement of evil in this world will one day be judged in a place where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Their joy will turn into weeping.
But for the believer, Our weeping will turn into joy.
How?
Because of the Savior who lives.
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