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The gospel of John’s “from above” orientation transforms our human “from below” assumptions and habits. It draws us into union with God and into unity with one another. It communicates who Jesus is, in both intimate and profound dimensions. The book of John shapes Christian identity, invigorates worship, and implants eternal hope. “John’s gospel defies description,” marvels Willard Swartley. “It...

may be either literal or a euphemism for death, misunderstanding ensues. Then Jesus speaks prophetically, announcing the significance of Lazarus’s—and his own—death: This illness … is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it (v. 4 RSV). Striking is the christological claim that Jesus participates in God’s identity: what glorifies God also glorifies the Son of God (v. 4d). The glory (doxa) theme in the prologue (1:14) and at his first sign in Cana (2:11) now moves
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