Volume 5 4th Trailhead – 3rd Trail – 1st Track

            We are on the first track of John 12:38.  It is also set in the context of “Israel’s rejection of the Messiah Foretold” as written in John 12:36-43.

In John 12:37 of the context passage, it is stated that Israel failed to believe in Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah even though He performed many miracles attesting to His identify.

John 12:38 puts on record the fulfilment of the rejection of the message of salvation through the Messiah as foretold in Isaiah 53:1.  As such, it leads back to the trailhead of Isaiah 53:1.

            Hence, the thrust of John 12:38 is:

“Prophecy of the rejection of salvation message fulfilled”.