John 16:16-33 - Amanda Featherstone

Working our way through the gospel of John which is different from the other gospels. John, the beloved disciple, is making known to us the ‘Word made flesh’ as Jesus, and Jesus is making known to us the Father. Jesus refers to God as ‘Abba’ again and again in John’s gospel, In Aramaic/Hebrew, it is like saying papa/daddy. The Old Testament rarely refers to God as Father and then only in the context of the nation of Israel or the anointed King which in turn was pointing to the Anointed One/Messiah who was to come.