7 x 7 WRAPS UP JOHN's GOSPEL

Whatever has John’s Gospel got to do with wire-rope arrestor cables on aircraft carriers? Notice there are 7 bundles of 7 strands: ‘7 x 7’... a very strong arrangement of the highest single-digit prime number.... just like John’s Gospel!                       

7 times Jesus identifies as ‘ego eimi’: I AM ...including ch18 where a band of armed Roman soldiers are knocked over backwards by the I AM!                 

7 titles of Jesus... (plus a bonus for the future: the ‘Son of Man’)                                

The Word, God, the Light, the Son of God, the King of Israel, the Lamb of God, and the Messiah/Christ

7 signs/miracles from Jesus – just from His voice!... (plus a bonus 153 great fish!)

• Ch 2: water into wine - “Whatever He says to you, do it!”
• Ch 4: a nobleman ‘believed the word’ – his son was healed
• Ch 5: “Rise, take up your bed and walk”
• Ch 6: The Bread of Life feeds 5000+
• Ch 6: Jesus walks on a stormy sea - “It is I, be not afraid”; instantly their ship arrives!
• Ch 9: Mud in the eye... then: “Go wash”
• Ch 11: “Lazarus come forth”

7x “I am the...”

• The Bread of life
• The Light of the world
• The Door
• The Good Shepherd
• The Resurrection
• The Way, the Truth and the Life
• The True Vine

7 claims by Jesus in chapter 5:

• He works with the Father
• The Father loves the Son
• He gives life like the Father
• The Father has given judgment to the Son – as Son of Man!
• All should honour the Son and the Father
• His words give eternal life to any who believe
• His voice will even raise the dead!                                             

 7 charges laid by Jesus in chapter 8:

• Ye seek to kill Me
• Ye are from beneath… I am from above
• Ye are of this world… I am not of this world
• Ye believe Me not
• Ye are of your father the devil
• God’s words; ye therefore hear them not
• I honour my Father… ye do dishonour Me

That’s 6 sequences of 7. There are lots more in John’s Gospel, so... you can find a 7^th.

What was John’s purpose? “...that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through His Name.”                  

There was double witness to this!... John the Baptist, Jesus’ works, the Father’s public endorsement, and the Scriptures.

What was that warning from John the Baptist?                                                     

“He that believeth NOT the Son…the WRATH of God abideth on him”

Remember the claim John made at the outset?... “the Word was God”          

Finally the disciples were sure: “My Lord and my God!”                                      

John also claimed... ‘Esaias [Isaiah] saw His [Jesus’] glory and spoke of Him’.  Yup...700 years before!                           

The Jews were expecting their new king or Messiah. What they weren’t expecting was God showing up in the person of Jesus – the real temple of God!                   

Why??  Love for the people of the world! ...and that’s how John felt – loved by Jesus.                                                                                    

“For God so loved the world 

that he gave His only begotten Son 

that whosoever believeth in Him     

may not perish but have everlasting life.”

  So why do people claim Jesus was just a good man and not God Manifest?


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