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A voice was heard from heaven by Jean-Louis Coraboeuf "Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again. Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to Him. Jesus answered and said, This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out" (John 12:27-31). Because He was man, Jesus needed to hear the voice of God, which spoke to Him in an audible way at least three times:
The voice of God the Father was heard:
God the Father was with His Son from the beginning to the end of His ministry. Jesus wanted to totally accomplish the will of His Father, and so He spent a lot of time in prayer and saw heaven open above Him. Jesus only accomplished that which He saw His father doing (John 5:19), we must, we too, as beloved sons of God (Ephesians 5:1), become imitators of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1):
in order that God the Father may be glorified. As the Father took pleasure in His Son Jesus, He will also take pleasure in us, His adopted sons. |