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ST. JOHN 7, VERSES 32 - 36.
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such
things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief
priests sent officers to take him. 33 Then said Jesus unto
them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto
him that sent me. 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find
me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. 35 Then said
the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we
shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among
the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? 36 What manner of
saying is this that he said; Ye shall seek me, and shall not
find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
The Jews sent some officers to arrest the truthful Jesus
Christ (Ppuh), but Jesus (Ppuh) told them he was still going to be with
them for a while longer yet, and then he would be going
to God who sent him. Jesus (Ppuh) said the Jews would be still
searching for him wanting to arrest him, but they would
fail to do so, Jesus (Ppuh) said the place where he would be, the
Jews couldn't go to.
Since the Jews did not want to accept or believe that
Jesus (Ppuh) was the Christ sent to them from God, they did not
understand what and where was this place Jesus (Ppuh) spoke of.
But the one thing the Jews understood was that Jesus (Ppuh) was
going away after a little while and they would never succeed
in arresting him; they would not arrest him now and would
not arrest him then either, so they started guessing what
and where was this place Jesus (Ppuh) would be going to?
ST. MATHEW 23, VERSE 9
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
ST. MATHEW 23, VERSE 22
And he that shall swear by heaven sweareth by the throne
of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
ST. LUKE 11, VERSE 2
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
ST. JOHN 17, VERSES 1 - 3
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: 2 As thou hast given him
power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as
many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that
they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent.
The place Jesus (Ppuh) described to the Jews is 'heaven', where
the only true God, who sent Jesus (Ppuh) to earth, is sitting on his
throne.
Let us now look at what Jesus (Ppuh) told the Jews in more
details.
ST. JOHN 7, VERSE 33
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you,
and then I go unto him that sent me.
Yet for a little longer Jesus (Ppuh) would be with the Jews; yet for
a little while he would be on earth, and then, Jesus (Ppuh) would
go out of this world up to God who sent him and who is
sitting on his throne in heaven.
By Jesus (Ppuh) being lifted up from this world up to heaven, the
Jews could not possibly arrest him, since they could not
follow him into heaven.
ST. JOHN 7, VERSE 34
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am,
thither ye cannot come.
Jesus (Ppuh) said these words by way of an answer to the Jews
seeking to kill him and sending officers to arrest him, telling
them, he would be with them a little while longer. Therefore they would not be able to arrest him now, and then, when
the time came, he would go to the one who sent him, he
would go to God in heaven and the Jews would still be
searching for him, they would not find him and they could
not follow him to heaven, and so they would also fail to
arrest him at that time. Jesus (Ppuh) was telling the Jews he would
go up to God without ever being arrested.
Now let us discuss the "little while" Jesus (Ppuh) said he would still
be with the Jews, while they were seeking to catch him.
ST. JOHN 7, VERSES 32 & 33
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such
things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief
priests sent officers to take him. 33 Then said Jesus unto
them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto
him that sent me.
That was what Jesus Christ (Ppuh) said to the officers who were
sent to arrest him. He said he would not be arrested
because he would be with them a little longer. Jesus (Ppuh) told
them he would not be arrested at that time and as he said,
he was not.
What would the Jews have done if they had arrested Jesus
Christ (Ppuh) at that time?
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Author's Notes:
It's very important to closely listen to and understand the words of Jesus (Ppuh) said to the Jews, who were seeking to catch him and kill him. Jesus (Ppuh) was answering them with the knowledge God taught him and commanded him to tell, about the success, or the failure of the Jews, in catching and killing Jesus (Ppuh), as we shall learn.
Remember, Jesus (Ppuh) was not answering the Jews with his own knowledge, challenging them to catch him, no, he was answering them with the knowledge God taught him, and commanded him to teach.
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