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Well, you also say, when you think about the idea that He's going to draw all men to Himself, we've talked a whole lot about You know, that overlay of the New Testament opening up salvation to all kinds of people. Let's listen to the language here in 55. He said, Where are you at? I'm in Isaiah 55, verse 5. Okay. Because of the Lord your God and the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

Well, you also say, when you think about the idea that He's going to draw all men to Himself, we've talked a whole lot about You know, that overlay of the New Testament opening up salvation to all kinds of people. Let's listen to the language here in 55. He said, Where are you at? I'm in Isaiah 55, verse 5. Okay. Because of the Lord your God and the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

So you start thinking about, man, what is happening here in the Gospel of John is that Christ, the salvation of Israel, has come. And it turns out that not only is He the salvation of Israel, He's going to be the salvation of the entire world. And nations will be called that didn't know Him.

So you start thinking about, man, what is happening here in the Gospel of John is that Christ, the salvation of Israel, has come. And it turns out that not only is He the salvation of Israel, He's going to be the salvation of the entire world. And nations will be called that didn't know Him.

So you start thinking about, man, what is happening here in the Gospel of John is that Christ, the salvation of Israel, has come. And it turns out that not only is He the salvation of Israel, He's going to be the salvation of the entire world. And nations will be called that didn't know Him.

Nations that did not even know anything about him will actually run to him, nations outside of Israel because of Israel. And so that, again, going back to that phrase that Paul uses, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile, you're seeing it even play out here. So I think there's a lot more implications here any time you reference the Old Testament, particularly Prophet Isaiah.

Nations that did not even know anything about him will actually run to him, nations outside of Israel because of Israel. And so that, again, going back to that phrase that Paul uses, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile, you're seeing it even play out here. So I think there's a lot more implications here any time you reference the Old Testament, particularly Prophet Isaiah.

Nations that did not even know anything about him will actually run to him, nations outside of Israel because of Israel. And so that, again, going back to that phrase that Paul uses, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile, you're seeing it even play out here. So I think there's a lot more implications here any time you reference the Old Testament, particularly Prophet Isaiah.

I mean, there's a whole lot of eschatology going on in this passage, believe it or not.

I mean, there's a whole lot of eschatology going on in this passage, believe it or not.

I mean, there's a whole lot of eschatology going on in this passage, believe it or not.

Yeah, like the covenant just continues to unfold, the covenant that God makes. And it's always, in some regard, a one-way covenant, like it was in Genesis 15, when he split the animals and he said, go through. I mean, Abram never went through. God went through by himself. So it was essentially saying, if this... If you break this covenant, may this happen to me.

Yeah, like the covenant just continues to unfold, the covenant that God makes. And it's always, in some regard, a one-way covenant, like it was in Genesis 15, when he split the animals and he said, go through. I mean, Abram never went through. God went through by himself. So it was essentially saying, if this... If you break this covenant, may this happen to me.

Yeah, like the covenant just continues to unfold, the covenant that God makes. And it's always, in some regard, a one-way covenant, like it was in Genesis 15, when he split the animals and he said, go through. I mean, Abram never went through. God went through by himself. So it was essentially saying, if this... If you break this covenant, may this happen to me.

So in John 6, what you're seeing, again, you're seeing Christ taking preeminence in the initiation of the covenant. Christ draws you in. Christ invites you in. But we do have a response, though, because he also says in Matthew's gospel that how I long to gather you under my wing. Like a hen, mother hen gathers her chicks, but you are not willing. Yeah. You weren't willing.

So in John 6, what you're seeing, again, you're seeing Christ taking preeminence in the initiation of the covenant. Christ draws you in. Christ invites you in. But we do have a response, though, because he also says in Matthew's gospel that how I long to gather you under my wing. Like a hen, mother hen gathers her chicks, but you are not willing. Yeah. You weren't willing.

So in John 6, what you're seeing, again, you're seeing Christ taking preeminence in the initiation of the covenant. Christ draws you in. Christ invites you in. But we do have a response, though, because he also says in Matthew's gospel that how I long to gather you under my wing. Like a hen, mother hen gathers her chicks, but you are not willing. Yeah. You weren't willing.

So there is the element here of he's trying to gather us in.

So there is the element here of he's trying to gather us in.

So there is the element here of he's trying to gather us in.