The Hour of Glory

The people wanted Ezra to “bring the (inspired) Book” (Nehemiah 8:1). Some Greeks wanted to be brought to the embodied Word (John 12:21).

They came to Philip and Andrew and said, “We wish to see Jesus.”

Though they were Gentiles, they were apparently God-fearers, having come to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover feast (John 12:20). They’d obviously heard some about Jesus. They wanted a meeting, some one-on-one time, to see what the deal was.

When the two disciples told this to Jesus, He answered them, “the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.”

Then He went on to talk about a seed dying and bearing much fruit. Then He remarked about the trouble His soul knew in this hour.

This was the hour when He would be lifted up. This was the hour of His glory. And this lifting, this glory, was the hour of His death on the cross. And “as often as (we) eat this bread and drink the cup, (we) proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26).

To be brought to Jesus is the same as hearing “the word of the cross.” This is the Lord’s Table, it is His Table of Glory.