is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out’ (Jn 12:31). This is the judgement of the world, he says, I am dying and as I die I am going to judge the world. From beginning to end the message of the Bible, this revelation of God, is that there is to be an end to the world, and that the end is judgement. The Christ of God will come back into this world and he will return to judge it. Listen to what we are told is the favourite verse of most people: ‘For God so loved