We will see that Jesus uses his mother and the beloved disciple to show us that through the travail of the cross, the church was brought into existence, and in that a family closer than any blood relation.
John presents a three-fold witness (water, blood and Holy Spirit) that Jesus is the Son of God brings all things to a conclusion by establishing a New Covenant in his blood.
Jesus, acting as Priest, is shown to be the true Passover Lamb who dies in the place of his people, taking their sin and judgment upon himself.
Christ is simultaneously the Triumphant King, the Lion of Judah, and the Suffering Servant, the Lamb of God – in fact, he gains his triumph through suffering.
(National) Israel brings their time as the people of God to an end as they align themselves with Caesar, effectively ending the covenant made at Sinai and their status as God's covenant people.
Jesus shows that Israel has identified with the kingdom of darkness, which is inferior to Christ's kingdom.
Genesis 3:15 presents the promise of a child to be born of a woman, who would come and reverse the damage done by the serpent by undergoing the curse on behalf of his chosen people - to bring peace between them and God.
The dichotomy presented between Jesus and Peter demonstrates that Jesus can be the only mediator between man and God, there can be no other.
Jesus, the holy God, voluntarily substitutes himself for hissinful people.
The union Christ prays for is a true (heavenly) union that is based upon the saving work of Jesus Christ and transcends earthly notions of unity.
Jesus, confidently and effectually, prays for the protection and sanctification that belongs to his people through union with him.
Jesus begins his high priestly prayer by speaking out of the reality of the resurrection and announcing that he has done all the Father required of him and, therefore, is due the reward of glory that was promised to him that he might give it to his disciples.
Jesus shows us that all he did was to glorify the Father by saving the elect from sin and death, and this through faith alone.
Jesus wants you to know that you may have peace and courage in this world (which contains sorrow and affliction), because Christ has overcome the world and given you the Holy Spirit.
In the absence of Christ (between his first and second comings) the Holy Spirit brings the conviction of sin, vindication of Christ and promise of judgment, through Christ’s disciples.
The hatred which the world has for Christ will be reflected in how the world treats those who belong to Christ in that they will suffer while they remain in this world.
Jesus, in introducing the New Covenant, changes the nature of the relationship between himself and his people from slave and master to that of friend – and, in that, causes his disciples to bear lasting fruit.
Jesus, the True Vine, provides the context in which God’s people can live and bear fruit (especially in evangelism) and thus bring glory to God.
The Holy Spirit is given as the first taste of heaven and therefore brings about a new reality that God’s children are called to live out of.
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