UNDAILY Episode 129
Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me, ’and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.” Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
JOHN 16, 16-20 (NIV)
Why did Jesus choose the path of suffering and imminent death instead of a comfortable, long life on Earth? Here is God, who instead of fleeing from suffering, embraces it with open arms. In Jesus Christ, the fullness of the sacrifice is revealed, which is the bridge connecting us with the Father and the only answer to the pain of a world that rejects the truth about salvation. Have you ever wondered what it's like to lose something precious and then... to regain it? This is precisely the event that the Evangelist John describes. Jesus says to his disciples: "A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while and you will see me" - does this not sound like the preview of something extraordinary, almost like a movie trailer? Except here we're talking about facts, not fiction (...)