In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
The Holy Spirit is the mirror in which faith beholds Christ truly, not with the blurred eyes of flesh but with the sharpest sight of the soul. By this we feel continual joy even amid sorrows, because He goes to eternal glory and becomes far more present than before.
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Your sorrow will be brief as a woman's travail; when you see Him risen, joy will seize you and no one can steal it. But mark this: without Christ's own enlightenment, the plainest doctrine preached most often will leave men in ignorance. Your understanding cannot compass spiritual mysteries.
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They grasped that He would depart and return, but the phrase "a little while" baffled them utterly. They knew His words but could not fathom His meaning.
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