John 17 is a unique chapter in the Bible as we see an inter-trinitarian prayer from God the Son to God the Father. The hour has come and the cross is in sight. As He is nearing the final moment of His life, the eternal Son lifts His eyes to Heaven and prays to the eternal Father. And what is on His mind? What is of importance in these movements before His arrest in the garden? The Father is on His mind, the disciples are on His mind, and all that the Father had given Him are on His mind. Before the world was the Father was loving His only begotten Son. It is that same love to which the Father loves the elect and gives them to the Son before the foundation of the world by mercy and grace. The Son has lived a perfect life fulfilling all righteousness for the all the Father had given Him and now is moments away from being the substitutionary death for them. It is all that the Father had given Him that are on His mind as well as finishing the work He was sent to accomplish to glorify His Father. He is interceding for them in this prayer, He will intercede for them on the cross, and will continue to intercede for them for all eternity. This prayer is personal as salvation is personal. Christ was thinking about and praying for all believers in the hours before His death as it was for them He was sent. He had prayed that all that the Father had given Him would see His glory and be with Him. Because of His work, that prayer will be completely fulfilled when one day we see Him as He is and be with Him where He is forever just as He prayed to His Father in His High Priestly prayer!
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