Not so much in the Synoptic Gospels, Matthew and Mark and Luke … but especially in the fourth Gospel is Jesus found often referring to “His Hour.”
He told His Mother in John 2:4, “Mine Hour is not yet come!”
Then in John 7:30, when an attempt was made to arrest Jesus … “Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.”
John 8:20 adds … “These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.”
His “Hour,” not yet come!
Jesus seemed to live under the impression that His Hour was on the way, and that it was the most important Hour in His Life and Ministry.
Then, finally, in John 12:23 we learn … “Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.” The “Hour” had arrived!
John 12:27 adds, Jesus bearing His Heart … “Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.”
I believe this “Hour” was the Crucifixion of our Lord.
“Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.” John 13:1
And at the beginning of Jesus’ longest prayer on record, John 17, He utterrs these words … “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.”
Just prior to His arrest!
And Jesus faced His “Hour” with honor and dignity and through His sacrificial and vicarious Death on the Cross … made eternal salvation possible for everyone who believes!
That Hour is (undoubtedly) the most important HOUR in all history!
Have you reckoned with that HOUR in your life?
Because of that HOUR John 5:24 can be a reality in your life …
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
Believe on Him today.
Amen!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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