Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
When you crucify me, you shall have proof that I am the Messiah and that God sends and approves me. The resurrection proved it beyond doubt, it was the sign that settled everything.
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He had piped grace to them; they would not dance. Now He mourns in wrath, to see if they will lament. Four terrors fall on the stubborn: His departure, their enmity to the true Messiah, their fruitless seeking, and their inability to follow Him. Worse than war or plague, these spiritual judgments destroy the soul itself. Ichabod, the glory departs when Christ goes.
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Commenting on John 8:21-30
Your senses are fascinated by stupidity, so you grasp nothing I say; but the time comes when you will know a Prophet of God has lived among you. This knowledge comes too late, when the reprobate are dragged to punishment, they reluctantly see that God, to whom they owed reverence, is their Judge.
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