John 17:25-26 … To make His Name known (01/17/17)
“Righteous Father, the world does not know You, but I know You … I will make your name known, so that the Love with which You have Loved me may be in them, and I in them as well.” ~ Jesus (John 17:25-26)
This passage is from the farewell prayer Jesus offered for the safekeeping of his disciples (alongside a prayer for the effectiveness of his imminent plan to have himself crucified as a symbolic relaying of his Way) … He uttered these words just before heading to the Garden of Gethsemane – just before heading to the place where he had already arranged to be captured, in order to be then tried, tortured, and crucified.
Note here that he once again intimates that his primary Purpose is to spread the message of selfless Love throughout the world (with the Greek word for “Love” here being “agape” – a Love that was active more than merely heartfelt; see Strong’s #26) – the perfect Love that was the embodiment of his heavenly Father (Matthew 5:48) and the perfect Love that resides within each & every one of us (John 14:20-26).
Keep in mind as well that Jesus professes here to make the name of his heavenly Father known – a name that was never specifically given throughout the entire Bible (“El” a la Genesis 31:29, “Elohim” a la Genesis 17:7, “El Shaddai” a la Genesis 49:24 & “I am that I am” a la Exodus 3:14 were all names given to God by the Elohim themselves; fallen angels who were merely posing as God, while “Adonai” & “YHWH” — the two actual names of the heavenly Father — are only defined loosely as “lord” or “master” therein). And yet Jesus does make it repeatedly clear that the Divine Essence he called Father (or “Abba”, which is actually the highly intimate Aramaic word for “Daddy”) is composed of perfect, selfless, unconditional, limitless Love (Matthew 5:48 + Luke 6:36 + Matthew 8:21-22 +1 John 4:18 et al).
Regardless of this analysis, Jesus “knows” this Father not because he was literally “born of Him” (as religious superstition still claims to this day), but rather because he had chosen to fully embody the selfless essence thereof in his everyday living – just as we too can do in any moment we so choose.
Amen … Let it be so.
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