Judas leaving the group brings a change in the way Jesus goes forward. He is now with just His true disciples and His care, openness, and love is evident over the next chapters.
The cross is the big thing that is coming. It is in the cross that Jesus is saying He, and God with Him, will be glorified. The cross will come to symbolize the love and glory of the living God. This should at first strike us as odd. Could you imagine people wearing little electric chairs around the necks like we do crosses? That is what the cross was in that day; an instrument of death and shame. However, Jesus going to the cross for us is to His Glory and our eternal good. It is at the cross that Jesus defeats our enemies and meets our greatest needs. He pays the price for our sins and opens the way for us to know God; all this only by His Grace
We are not to be embarrassed, as some are, by the cross. In the cross we see the love of God. In the cross, we see the hope of God. In the cross, we see the glory of God. How do you see the cross?
Consider: 1 Peter 4:10-11
