John 7: 6-9
‘ Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.” After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.’
Here we have another example of Jesus’ heavenly perspective showing up in his speech. The idea that someone has an appointed time for some very personal event is unique. We might casually use the phrase, “It’s not my time…” for this or that, but we speak from the perspective of a human who is guessing or making an excuse. (e.g. – “I didn’t win because it just wasn’t my time.”) Jesus, on the other hand, speaks of a specific time that is preordained.
Q: When was this “time” Jesus speaks of selected and how?
Before creation, by God.
Yes! Ron gets the Gold Star for the day! 🙂
It is amazing to me how God had planned this from the beginning of time, even to the point of directing the path of heavenly bodies to reveal the Star of Bethlehem at the appointed time at the Savior’s birth. Thanks Ron!
May we always trust God’s planning