John 16:12-22 12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.” 16 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.” 17 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’?” 18 They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.” 19 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’? 20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
The Lord Jesus still had many things to tell the disciples, but they couldn’t bear it at this time because they had not received the Holy Spirit. After the Lord Jesus was resurrected and ascended to heaven, the Holy Spirit came to lead the disciples into all the truth. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are Trinity God. The Holy Spirit is not alone, he does not speak on his own. He speaks what he hears. He glorifies the Son just as the Son glorifies the Father. When the Lord Jesus said, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” , the disciples did not understand what it meant. The first “a little while” meant after a short time, the Lord Jesus was going to be crucified and died on the cross, and the disciples could not see him. The second “a little while” was resurrection three days after crucifixion, the disciples saw him again. The Lord Jesus knew everything and knew that the disciples did not understand what he said and wanted to ask him. When the Lord Jesus was crucified on the cross, the disciples wept and grieved. When the Lord Jesus was resurrected, the disciples’ grief turned to joy. The grief of the disciples was temporary, but the joy no one could take away.
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