Therefore So I Speak

John concludes the personal ministry of Christ with a summation of His teaching and an explanation for the outcome which follows this apparently successful week in Jerusalem during this fourth Passover. Jesus has been cheered in the streets, He is marveled at for the magnificent miracles worked in the presence of all, the people desire to see Him, even the believing Gentiles seek Him. He has been proclaimed Messiah and the Son of David, He would be received as their King, but Jesus does not seek an earthly throne. This is not the will of the Father, that is not how the God of Heaven will glorify Himself and His Christ.