John 16:1 "These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended."

Jesus is now going to prepare His disciples, as well as us living today for what is to come when He leaves the world to be with the Father. Like we discussed in the last chapter, when you teach what Jesus taught, the world will hate you just like they hated Christ, and crucified Him.

Don't let it offend you, it is just a common fact that you can count on. When you plant the seeds of truth, it will be refused by most people, for Satan is the prince of this world age, and that is why the world will flock to him. The real truth offend most people today, because in most cases the truth of the Scriptures does not back up their theories and traditions. It is hard to learn a truth from your parents as a child, and then later find out that what they taught you was nothing but a fairy-tale. When the attack comes on any false doctrine or tradition it then becomes a personal attack on the parents of the person, who in ignorance accepted the tradition as truth and passed it on to their next generation.

Traditions are established through many generations, and it is no difference today then How it was in Jesus day. When the Kenites twisted the Scriptures to where the people accepted their traditions in ignorance, they were unable to separate truth from a lie. Jesus is telling you here to remember this, the next time you plant a seed of the truth and it is rejected, and don't be offended by what they might say.

John 16:2 "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."

The "synagogues" are suppose to be the houses of God. Jesus is telling His disciples that the world is going to become so twisted, especially when the false Christ returns, that the conditions that are in the world will make a person that is doing wrong believe that he is doing right. Today in these latter days, we can see many calling themselves Christians slipping so far out of God's Word and commandments, and yet they still believe they are doing right. We can see the people within our nation, as in many other nations of the world catering to a new religious order. The things of God's Word are being changed in their minds to conform to the new order of Satan. This is done in preparation of a one world religious system that will rise out of the political system that will soon collapse when it receives it's mortal head would.

Even the Churches of our generation are moving to a position of allowing the Kenites to rule over them, and set the acceptable doctrine for that church. In the seven types of church that Jesus told us about in Revelation 2 and 3, there were only two that were acceptable, because they knew those who claimed to be Jews, and of God, but were not. Jesus called them of "the synagogues of Satan." Those two churches were the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia. Those Kenites that ruled the temple in Jesus day, are the forefathers of those that are in the controlling positions of the churches, of government and the education and money world of today. They are the sons of Cain, and the church world on the whole are ignorant of them, and what they stand for.

In the end, if you buck the one world religious order, you will either be put out of the system, or called to account because of your beliefs. This is the time that Jesus spoke of in Mark 13:11; "But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit."

Even though it is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better, but when we are in Christ and have the Holy Spirit as our guide, we should not worry. When the Antichrist, who is Satan is ruling on the earth from Jerusalem, the entire world will think that He is the Messiah. When you cross him, even your relatives will think they are doing God a favor when they betray you to the Antichrist.

John 16:3 "And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me."

This is leading to the things that will be done to Christ when they deliver Him up to be murdered on to cross. Every last thing that will be done, will be in accordance as it was prophesied by the prophets of the Old Testament, and recorded by them. The Christians of today are so turned to accept the traditions of men that they don't know the prophecies that pertain to our generation.

John 16:4 "But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you."

Jesus is explaining that He did not go into the detail of how His end would come, or His death on the cross, because there was other teaching necessary. He would be with them and teach them then. This also applies to the end times, when the Holy Spirit of God will witness to our spirit as He calls the prophecies to remembrance, and the events come to pass.

John 16:5 "But now I go My way to Him That sent Me; and none of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou?"

The disciples were holding back on their questions as to where Jesus was going. They had an idea because of Jesus teachings, but they wanted it spelled out in detail.

John 16:6 "But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart."

Jesus is indicating that their feelings should be the other way around. Instead of a heavy heart, they should have a joyful heart. Jesus Christ's last journey to the cross was the full purpose of His coming to earth in the flesh body as man, in the first place. He pointed this out many times from the Old Testament.

John 16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you."

It wasn't expedient for Jesus nor the Father that He go away to the cross for their own benefit, but it was important for us, because we are the sinners. This was a promise that Jesus made to the disciples that when He ascended into Heaven on the day of Pentecost. The Comforter will come to fill the hearts and minds of all that believed on His name, and repented of their sins.

Acts 2:1 "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place."

Acts 2:2 "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and if filled all the house where they were sitting."

Acts 2:3 "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them."

When one man or woman spoke, all that heard them, heard in their own tongue with understanding. There was no confusion nor need of an interpreter.

Acts 2:4 "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Jesus gave His Word, and the Comforter did come and He is here today as He was then. The Holy Spirit will lead us in all matters, and give us understand when we apply ourselves to His Word.

John 16:8 "And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:"

It is the Holy Spirit that convicts the sinner of his sin, and that is the way that we can tell right from wrong. He corrects us when we fall short of His Word, and He directs us in all righteousness and judgment. We will now see the duties are of the Comforter, and then what the Comforter meant to the disciples [those that discipline themselves in all generations].

John 16:9 "Of sin, because they believe not on Me;"

John 16:10 "Of righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more;"

Don't be sorrowful because of His absence. Why did He go to the Father? He went to the father to sit on the right hand of the Father, and to send the Comforter. Physically and spiritually Jesus sits on the right hand of the Father as our advocate. He is our lawyer before the throne of God. When we are accused before the throne of the Father of those sins that we have repented of, they will not be held against us. With Christ representing you before the Father, what are you worried about.

This gets to another point, the devil, Satan our accuser is there. When we have repented a sin to the Father, they are blotted out forever. So if someone accuses your consciences, or someone tries to hold it against you with the fear of God, that accuser possesses not the Spirit of God, but a spirit of the devil, for the Holy Spirit will not go against what God's Word states. Stop listen to the devil putting a guilt trip on you, if there is a sin in your life, confess that sin, and release yourself from all guilt trips.

That is the whole purpose of the Holy Spirit coming to earth, and helping Christians as they try to live by the Word, He call to remembrance the word that we have stored in our heart.

John 16:11 "Of Judgment, because the prince of this world is judged."

The prince of this world is Satan, and he has been judged already, and he has been judged to death. Though that judgment will not be carried out till after the Great white throne judgment, he is sentenced to death. That is why Satan is called the "son of perdition", for perdition is death. We saw in Ezekiel 28 that Satan, the king of Tyre, was sentenced to death in the world that was, in the first earth age. This followed his rebellion, and overthrow.

And in II Thessalonians 2:3 that Satan, the "son of perdition" will come to earth to deceive the entire world, before Jesus Christ returns at the seventh trumpet. "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [the day of the Lord] shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,"

We must understand this judgment of Satan and why he was judged then, because it gets into why this earth age even exists. The whole purpose of the flesh age is to bring those the desire the right to chose, and come back to the Father in Repentance.

When we start to see the events marking the end of this flesh age, the Holy Spirit will touch you, and open your mind to understanding and the events of the last days will go by very quickly. We are now being prepared mentally, by the sealing of His Word in our minds, and that is our protection from the deceptions of Satan and his realm that will cover the entire earth. The key is that when it all comes to pass, we are not to become offended.

John 16:12 "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."

Jesus is saying that at that time, they simply could not handle the thought of His suffering and death..

John 16:13 "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come."

This is something that we must be careful of, for we have those way out spiritual people that use this verse as their excuse for not studying God's Word, and knowing the truth. They say that the Spirit of God will speak through them, and He will place the words in their mouths. As a student of God's word, it becomes a little hard to take. We are to study the Word, to place it in our mind, not to memorizing, but reading to understand. Then in those times where the Holy Spirit wants to use you, you are ready to be of service to Him.

Remember in John 14:26; "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have taught you." We are taught from His Word, and the Holy Spirit gives us the understanding.

The Word of God is complete, and when you study it, the Spirit of God reveals to you what He would have you understand. He will give you that ability to separate the truth of God's word, from the lies of the devil. That is Why Jesus spoke in parables when the Kenites were around. Jesus told His disciples directly in Matthew 13:10-13 of this.

Matthew 13:10 "And the disciples came, and said unto Him "Why speakest Thou unto them [these Kenites] in parables?"

Matthew 13:11 "He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."

Matthew 13:12 "For whosoever hath, to him shall be given and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath."

Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."

It may be hard to comprehend, but there are some people that Jesus just doesn't want to understand. If they did understand they in turn would repent and believe on Jesus.

Matthew 13:15 "For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

I hope you are starting to catch on that it is no accident that you understand the Scriptures, when you do, for the understanding comes from and through the Holy Spirit. This is why you should pray that the Holy Spirit open your spiritual eyes, before you start your studies, and He will. It was no accident that the religious Kenite leaders never understood in Jesus day, nor why their offspring of today simply don't understand. It Spirit of God simply will not open their eyes and ears to understanding.

The Holy Spirit will reveal to you what you should know as you mature in His Word, and He will reveal the understanding of His Word on the level that you are in at that point in time. As we enter into Christian adulthood, especially in this final generation, it is time to get off the milk in into the meat of the Word, for there is a difference. The Spirit of God withheld much of the Word so it would not be confusing to His own, but in the time of the end, He said it would all be revealed, and it is all becoming known.

After Daniel had his vision and the vision became very troubling to him, God spoke to him and told him: "And He said, 'Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end." Daniel 12:9

We are in the time of the end, and that is why the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit is revealing His Word like it has never been taught before. The wise shall understand all truths, and the wise are those who diligently study His Word. All wisdom comes from God because He created all things.

John 16:14 "He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you."

With Jesus sitting on the right hand of God, it will be His Comforter, or Spirit that shall be the one to show you all things. The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Son of God, for it is only through the Son of God, and His shed blood on the cross that anyone can approach the throne of God, and have eternal life. There is only one door to enter for eternal life. If you are to see that door [Jesus Christ], and hear and understand the directions to that door, it will all be by the help of the Holy Spirit.

John 16:15 "All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine and shall shew it unto you."

The Father created all things and has given it all to His Son. When we come through that door, Jesus Christ, He in turn will share it equally with you. Romans 8:16-17; "The Spirit Itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:" [16] "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together." [17]

John 16:16 "A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father."

This will confuse some people, so we will continue a few verses before discussing the meaning.

John 16:17 "Then said some of His disciples among them selves, "What is this that He saith unto us, ' A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me: because I go to the Father?"

John 16:18 "They said therefore, "What is this that He saith, "A little while?" We cannot tell what He saith."

Understand that the disciples had observed Lazarus being raised from the dead, and they knew that Lazarus was with the Father when his body was decaying in the grave. They knew that to be absent for the flesh body was to be present with the Lord, and that was the reason Jesus waited the four days. Kenite tradition taught that the soul had not departed the flesh body until the third day, and this became the restatement of the new priesthood.

The disciples still did not catch on what Jesus was talking about when He said, "A little while." This gives us a double emphasis that we need the Comforter. The disciples had witness the miracles, and heard taught the fact that Jesus was going to the cross. They knew that Jesus would be raised from the dead after three days, and that He would go to the Father.

Yet, they continually forgot and were confused on most matters that we would consider critical. This all stresses the point these disciples of Christ needed the Comforter. The needed the Holy Spirit to call to their remembrance matters that they should know to avoid confusion and deception. Friend, you can not understand the Word of God without the indwelling and direction of the Comforter.

John 16:19 "Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask Him, and said unto them, "Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, "A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me?"

Jesus is asking the disciples if this phrase is stirring them up a little bit?

John 16:20 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but you sorrow shall be turned into joy."

Why would this be? Before Jesus ascended into heaven He talked to them and told them to wait right here in Jerusalem, and He would send the Comforter, the "promise of the Father". Then on the fiftieth day, the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit of God came and filled all of the followers of Christ with His Spirit. They all poured out into the streets and spoke in the language of the Spirit of God.

There were people in Jerusalem from all over the world, devout Jews and they came for the Pentecost feast celebration. When those Christians spoke, every person heard the words given with understanding by the Holy Spirit. The words they heard were in their own native language, and even neighborhood dialect. The Comforter speaks what the Father tells Him to speak, and that is what He will speak through you.

There was sorrow when Jesus Christ ascended to the Father, but ten days later on that day of Pentecost what great joy came over Jesus' disciples and followers. When the Holy Spirit of God filled that room, He came into the souls of everyone present. Peter tells us that this is exactly as it will be in those very last days, when the Antichrist is on the earth, and the seal of God is in our minds. The Spirit of God will then come forth and speak through us when we allow Him to have control of our hearts, minds, and mouths.

John 16:21 "A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world."

Here in verse twenty one, we come to the birth of a new age. That is what Christ is prophetically speaking of. All of the disciples are very sad when Jesus spoke of the fact that He is about to be crucified. Jesus was preparing the disciples for is the next step in the Father's overall plan. Satan has already been sentenced to death, and now to seal that sentence upon Satan, Jesus must go to the cross for many purposes, but the foremost is that it opens the way so that all His children can return back to Him. It is through Jesus death and resurrection that salvation can come to all those that repent and believe on the name of Jesus.

You believe on the name of Jesus when you repent to the Father in Jesus name, and by faith accept the promises that are written in His Word. Faith is not just a thing that you say and it is done, faith is something that you would stake your entire life on. Faith is an action that you take that is based on what you believe in your mind to be true. Then you act on that belief with the confidence that your belief will sustain you. It is like a crutch that you put your entire weight on, and you have the confidence to know that you will not fall flat on our face. Faith is also like that rock solid place that you run to when the storms, hurricanes and tornadoes are heading your way.

This hour that comes, is mention as the very last hour of this dispensation. It is the time just prior to our entering into the Millennium age of Christ's kingdom. That hour starts at the sixth trumpet when Satan is caste out onto the earth by Michael, to play the role of the Antichrist [the "instead of Christ"]. Throughout both the Old and New Testament this hour is stressed many times, such as in Revelation 17:12 where it is called; "one hour with the beast." In Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 this hour is called the "hour of temptation", when Satan the Antichrist is here on earth. That hour is the birth of a new age for the children of God.

Throughout Bible prophecies it states that this hour shall come to pass, and now Jesus is stating how it will come to pass. Jesus is stating that there is an hour coming before this new age of the Millennium comes that there will be an "hour of travail" upon the whole earth. We will not see the "birth of this age" until we have witnessed this "birth of travail" first. Though there is much pain and anguish just before the birth of the child, once the child is born the joy of the new baby far outweighs the travail that came just before.

Isaiah wrote of this travail in Isaiah 66:6.

Isaiah 66:6 "A voice of noise form the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord That rendereeth recompense to His enemies."

This is the time that God takes vengeance on those that are in that city of Jerusalem. The time is just prior to the start of the Millennium age.

Isaiah 66:7 "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child."

Before the labor pains started, she was given a man child.

Isaiah 66:8 "Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children."

Friend the birth of this new age will come forth at the end of that one hour. This new nation is the kingdom of Jesus Christ that will be establish on earth at the final day of the five month period called "one hour", that we also call the great tribulation.

As soon as Zion, or Jerusalem goes through this travail, spoken of through out the Scriptures as the time that the Antichrist rules from Jerusalem. She brought forth her children.

Isaiah 66:9 "Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: "shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?" saith thy God."

It simply can't be done, because it is unnatural. When a woman goes through the birthing process, and the travail of the final moments before the birth takes place, the birth of the child must follow. Then comes the joy of the birth of the child.

Isaiah 66:10 "Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:"

We rejoice because the new age shall come forth, and all of God's children shall be delivered.

The hour that Jesus speaks of here in John 16 is none other then His second advent. He will return then with His vengeance to conquer the world, and eliminate Satan and all evil from the face of the earth. He will come as King of Kings and not to be crucified, but in complete victory. The pains that are part of the travail, are the prophesied events that shall come to pass before Christ's return, and just as the birth pains grow closer and closer together before birth, so also will the prophesied events grow closer together before His return.

We are moving very fast today into the One World order, and the establishment of first the political beast that will shortly fall, and out of that beast will rise a one world religious beast that Satan the Antichrist shall rule over. The events of the final days are passing by us on almost a daily basis, as the One World political beast is almost fifty years old [it's teeth are falling out, so to speak], and many nations simply don't trust that old system anymore. The member nations are refusing to pay their dues to the system, and very few countries respect her Satanic orders, and and have given up on the many false hopes this system is built around.

Friend, the United Nations is going to die and fall apart. That is the time for all Christians, sealed of God to wake up, for what follows will be rapid, just as that woman about to give birth. The religious beast must come and rule before the birth of the New age of the Millennium can come.

John 16:22 "And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you."

Between the time of Jesus speaking this, and His resurrection, all of these disciples would scatter and run. Peter himself would deny Christ three times before Jesus crucifixion would have taken place. However, when Jesus does return they will all rejoice to see Him.

This is also exactly how it will be concerning the birth of a new age. He shall return later, and that looks forward to even us today. There will be travail before His second advent, and scattering before that final day, but Jesus will come to set up His new kingdom on earth. What ever the travail is, when we have the Spirit of God within us, we can overcome whatever lays in our path. That is the time to dig out the promises of God and stand upon each of them. Christ has not left us alone, He has given us His Spirit.

John 16:23 "And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name He will give it you."

In other words; I walk with you today and you ask me all your questions, and I give you the answer to them. However, there is a day coming when you will not be able to ask me anything, for I will not be here. Jesus is telling them that when He is gone, then you pray to the Father. But when you will ask anything of the Father, you ask it in Jesus name, which is giving your credentials to the Father that you are a believer. Jesus is telling the Disciples how to pray, which is how we should pray to the Father.

John 16:24 "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full."

Do you understand that Jesus wants you to be happy, and not confused over things concern your standing of Him. If you understand His Word there is no confusion, and you will have much joy, for you have something to look forward to. That day of Christ's return is not far away, and most of the people living on the earth today will witness His return, and the start of the Millennium age.

When you are in the Word then He is in you, for Christ is the Word. Every day in the Word becomes a good day and full of joy.

John 16:25 "These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father."

We have seen this all come to pass and it is history to us. However, for these disciples of Jesus it was hard to understand, for Jesus had not gone to the cross, and the Holy Spirit had not come upon them yet. However they would shortly experience everything that Jesus had told them in proverbs and teaching.

Jesus is telling them that there are some events that would happen very shortly that would make everything He had told them very easy to understand. They would then see the sorrow that they had in the travailing, and rejoice all the more with the joy of their reward. Not only the death of Jesus, but in the risen Christ.

John 16:26 "At that day ye shall ask in My name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:"

Up until this time, you prayed to the Lord God Almighty and followed the ordinances and rituals that God laid down in His holy Word. However, Jesus is telling us and His disciples that from this point on we are to pray then to the Father, but ask it in "My Name". We ask of the Almighty Father in Jesus name, for He is the door and the only credentials that the Father will listen to. Jesus paid the price to take the barrier away that was between you and the Father, and without your accepting and using that paid price of the blood of Christ, the barrier is still there between you and the Father. That is why you ask "in Jesus name".

John 16:27 "For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came out from God."

Because you believe that Jesus was sent from the Father and have loved Jesus, the Father also will love you. The Father does love you, and that is why He created you. He takes pleasure when you show that you love Him by reading and studying His Word, and telling Him you love Him in your prayers. Even though God created billions of Children, God still knows each of us personally, and He cares for you, and all those matters that are important to you.

Jesus Christ is at the right hand of the Father interceding on our behalf, and when you ask in Jesus name, then Jesus takes on the duties of serving you before the Father. When you ask for tools, or memory, or even the changing of another persons mind, that matter become the request of Jesus our advocate [lawyer] at the right hand of the Father. Remember the purpose of our asking as the vine of Christ [the Branch], was to bear fruit, and our request when given in that light, is then within the will of the Father.

John 16:28 "I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

They hadn't asked their questions of Jesus, but He has just given the answers to all their question before they asked.

John 16:29: "His disciples said unto Him, "Lo, now speakest Thou plainly, and speakest no proverb."

The disciples finally understood that Jesus was not speaking in a parable, but telling it just as it is.

John 16:30 "Now are we sure that Thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask Thee: by this we believe that Thou camest forth from God."

The disciples were questioning between themselves of this fact, then wham, all of a sudden it hit them, Jesus really is the Son of God. Jesus really did come from the Father. Jesus usually asked them a question before He gave them answers, however here Jesus just gave them the answer outright, and they understood. They told Jesus that because you could read our minds and know what we were thinking, you have to be the sent one, for only God could read one's mind.

The parable was not what amazed the disciples, but the fact that Jesus knew what they were thinking as they were thinking it.

John 16:31 "Jesus answered them, "Do ye now believe?"

Jesus question is whether His disciples understood the parable of the birth of a nation, the second advent. That was the subject of the parable, and what Jesus was talking about. But the main thing that Jesus wants them to start doing, is to pray to the Father in Jesus name, they hadn't done that before, but now is the time to start.

John 16:32 "Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me."

Just as the disciples are reaching a new high, Jesus has just popped their balloon. They were just starting to understand, and now Jesus is telling them that they will now all be scattered. The time is come when what Jesus has to do, He can only do alone. Every part of the next few days are detailed in prophecy, and must come to pass exactly as prophesied. Jesus is the only one that can endure the cross, and the suffering and humility in His death, and pay the price for each of our sins, and only the Father will be with Him.

Regardless of what the disciples stated to Jesus, they will all leave and scatter as sheep without a shepherd. Their hearts may be willing and believing, but their flesh is weak without the Spirit of God.

The most important part of this verse is where Jesus states; "..I am not alone, because the Father is with Me." Remember Christ's Words on the cross and what so many teachers teach, bless their uninformed hearts. In Matthew 27:46 "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Number one, Christ never called Father, "God". Jesus always called Him Father when addressing Him. The correct translation of Matthew 27:46 for "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" is "My God, My God for this I am come." It is a statement of fact, not a question.

Remember what Jesus said, "Because the Father is with Me." The Father never forsook Christ on the Cross as is stated in the mistranslation, you see Jesus was quoting from Psalm 22, because the Father was with Him. Over and over Jesus has stated, "when you have seen the Father you have seen me". "I and My Father are one." "If you have seen the Son, you have seen the Father." Are you starting to catch on Who Jesus is, and who the Father is, if you do you will see why the Father did not leave the Son hanging on the Cross, and why Jesus stated here, "I am not alone, because the Father is with Me."

There is only One God, but we must divide the offices of God. The God head is very difficult to explain, and there are as many opinions, as there are people thinking on the subject of the Godhead. The point here that we are discussing is the fact that when Jesus went to the cross, "The Father is with me." He did not depart, or turn His back on His son hanging on the cross. Jesus stated it, and it is written in God's Word, and prophesied to that matter.

It is not a point of argument, for to doubt Jesus statement here is disbelief. What is given in Psalm 22 is every word spoken by Christ, including the words spoken by the chief priests. To expand on this go to the study of Matthew 27. Just like the Father would never leave the Son alone during those critical times, He also will never leave you, His child alone in the critical times ahead when Satan the Antichrist rules the entire earth. Accept it as a fact, because it is.

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

The only true peace is the peace that comes when we have repented to the Father in Jesus name, and become a child of the Living God. When Jesus Christ was crucified and placed in the tomb, He acted in obedience to the Father, to fulfill the sacrifices necessary to be the covering for sin. Then when Jesus came out of that tomb, He conquered the sting of the death of the soul, where by we have eternal life.

However we are living in our flesh bodies, and in the world that is now governed by men and women also in the flesh. With it come the mistakes and the suffering that comes by error and sin that exists in the flesh world. The prince of this world age is the devil Satan, who now is living under his death penalty. When Jesus came out of the tomb and ascended to the Father, He sent the Holy Spirit to us, and under the power and authority of the Holy Spirit we have the authority over Satan, as well as his entire satanic realm.

Though we be in this world, we still have a good reason to be of "good cheer", because when Christ overcame the world, so did you. Our peace is not hinged on some piece of paper signed in a foreign land, by a bunch of old greedy men that lie through their teeth, and denounce the very God of heaven. Our hope is in Jesus Christ who will return very shortly at the appointed time. Praise God for all of His promises.