Section 15
self. Then the church will come into being, then God will be glorified, and then Satan will be dealt with and cast out, for he will be expelled by the church.
The Lord as a grain of wheat falling into the ground lost His soulish life through death that He might release His eternal life to the "many grains" in resurrection. We as the many grains must lose our soulish life through death that we may enjoy the eternal life in resurrection. This is to follow Him that we might serve Him, as mentioned in John 12:26. Furthermore, the many grains need to be crushed and ground into flour, into powder, that they may be blended together and become the bread.
RELIGION'S UNBELIEF AND BLINDNESS
Verses 36b through 43 speak of the unbelief of religion and God's judgment upon that un belief. Regardless of how much the Lord as life worked in wonders, miracles, and signs, the re ligious people would not go along with Him. They simply did not receive Him, but, on the contrary, they rejected Him. Isaiah had proph esied this already. He said, "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" (Isa. 53:1). The arm of the Lord is the