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Response to Jesus
Intro
John’s gospel is a master class in literature.
Which isn’t Surprising b/c it was inspired by the Creator of the universe.
And its an account about the most amazing person to ever walk the earth.
But God could have chose to tell these stories in any way, and yet he does so in such a way that the more you read and study it the more amazed you are by what God is showing us.
Each week as I prepare for Sunday, I am overwhelmed and amazed by the depth and richness found in God’s Story.
For Instance, John 10 ends with what theologians call an inclusio.
An inclusio is a section of scripture that is tied together at the beginning and end.
You could call it a book end, but theologians have to be special and use a word not many understand.
And you may be asking yourself, what is the inclusio found in John.
Remember right after the Prologue in John 1, those first 18 verses about who Jesus is, we are introduced not immediately to Jesus, but to John the Baptist.
John is proclaiming the coming of Jesus.
The coming of the messiah.
John is Teaching and proclaiming Jesus.
And from there on we are introduced to Jesus as the Son of God who came to save God’s people.
Then John ends chapter 10 with Jesus leaving Jerusalem and going to where John was witnessing about Him, and the people there believed b/c of John’s testimony.
John’s Gospel opens with John the Baptist proclaiming Jesus and Jesus’ ministry in Jerusalem ends with Jesus going back to the wilderness where John taught about Jesus and those there believed with him.
That’s the inclusio.
It’s absolutely beautiful.
In that span of time in John’s Gospel Jesus proves to us who he claims to be.
Since we are coming to the end of this section, I think it’s time to do a quick overview of what we have learned so far through our study.
In John 1, we learn that Jesus is the Eternal God who put on flesh to live with his people and become the lamb of God to take away the sin of the World.
In John 2, we learned that Jesus is the perfect bridegroom who has come and we can celebrate his coming.
In John 3, we learned that Jesus is the Son of God and that through faith and trust in him we can be born again and have eternal life.
In John 4, we learned that Jesus came to rescue and save all who will come.
He is the Messiah not just for the Israelites, but for the whole world.
In John 5, Jesus gives us evidences and proofs of his claims to be the Son of God.
He tells us that John the Baptist, Jesus’ Works, God the Father, and the Scriptures attest to his claims.
And that if you honor him, God will honor you.
In John 6, Jesus feeds the five thousand and proves that he is the greater moses who is the bread from heaven that sustains and provides life.
In John 7, Jesus steps into the Festival of Tabernacles and claims that he is the living water and that he will provide life for all who drink from his well.
In John 8, Jesus tells us that he is the Light of the World and that he is the one the pierces the darkness and brings dead men to life.
We find truth and freedom in the light of him.
Not only that but Jesus tells us that he also existed before Abraham and is in fact greater than Abraham.
In John 9, Jesus demonstrates that in fact he is the light by healing a man born blind.
Taking him out of darkness and bringing him to the light.
Ending with the man worshipping at Jesus’ feet.
In John 10, Jesus is the Good Shepherd who has come to rescue his sheep from the thieves and false shepherds.
Fulfilling Ezekiel 34.
John is making sure that the reader of his gospel knows that Jesus is the fulfillment of all the promises made to Israel.
He is the fulfillment of the feasts.
He is the fulfillment of the promised better Moses.
Jesus is the Messiah that Israel had been looking for.
John has weaved together a beautiful story that proves that Jesus is who he claims to be.
At least to the reader, to those who are encountering Jesus there are still those who don’t believe.
They have sought to murder Jesus for his claims and in Today’s text, the tension has risen to a whole nother level.
It starts out seemingly innocent enough, but ends with Jesus leaving Jerusalem a marked man.
Is Jesus the Messiah?
John tells us once again that there is another festival going on in Jerusalem.
This one is called the Festival of Dedication.
This Festival is an interesting one.
This Festival isn’t one prescribed by God in the OT.
However, it is widely celebrated.
We know it by another name, not the Festival of Dedication, but as Hanukkah.
So if it isn’t prescribed by God in the OT, what is the festival and why is it celebrated?
This festival is a celebration of the reclaiming of the Temple.
In 161 BC, Antiochus Epiphanes entered into the temple and erected a statue of Zeus to worship.
Not only that, but to add insult to injury, He sacrificed a pig in the Temple.
This is a big deal, 1) Because a false god was erected in the temple, and 2) pigs were viewed as unclean and defiled among the Jewish people.
Well 3 years later in 164 BC there was a Jewish man who had enough of Antiochus Epiphanes and his rule, so he started a revolt.
His name was Judas Maccabaeus, or Judas “The Hammer”.
There was an uprising and he lead a group to clean out the temple from all this false idol worship.
This revolt is discussed in 2 Maccabees a non-canon Jewish book found in the Apocrypha.
But it is celebrated, nonetheless by Jewish people as a reminder of Judas’ accomplishment and celebration of the temple being cleansed.
Like the Feast of Tabernacles, there is a light component to the Feast of Dedication.
Each night for 8 nights a candle is lit.
And unlike the great feasts of the OT this one can be celebrated outside of Jerusalem.
Not only that, but this festival falls in line with the Feast of Tabernacles in that one of the things they are celebrating is the God’s promise of a Savior.
They are anticipating the Messiah and all that they believe he is going to do.
The Jewish people are anticipation a figure like Judas Maccabeus who will come and declare Jewish Independence from Roman occupation.
And Jesus steps on the scene.
The messiah.
The savior of the world.
It’s no accident that this is the only time that the Festival of Dedication is mentioned in the NT.
It’s no accident that John has already revealed to the readers of his gospel that Jesus is the messiah.
It’s not accident that they are waiting for the Messiah but they miss him.
So what happens?
Jesus is teaching in the temple area and all of a sudden a crowd of his opposition surround him.
The tension here is mounting.
They are cornering Jesus.
Like playground bullies surrounding their latest victim.
They are Looking for answers.
And the answer they really want is to the question: Is Jesus the Messiah?
Is he the promised one of God?
They ask him
John 10:24 “24 ...“How long are you going to keep us in suspense?
If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.””
They believe that Jesus has be enigmatic at best.
They believe he hasn’t spoke plainly.
And true, he hasn’t told them specifically “I am the messiah.”
But he has provided them with evidence.
So how is Jesus going to respond?
Jesus’ Answer
Jesus answers their question.
He tells them to look at his works.
Look at the things he has done and they will prove that he is who he has claimed to be.
Remember only the Messiah would restore sight to the blind.
Only the Messiah would restore what was broken.
Only the messiah would accomplish, teach, and challenge the things that Jesus had done.
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