John 11:52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
As the Pharisees are meeting to plot Jesus’ death, God is working to make all of His children throughout all of history into one nation for eternity. We are so limited in our view and judgment of the affairs of men. We know so little. “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known” (1 Cor. 13:12). What a glorious day it will be when we see all of God’s wisdom and glory in the affairs of men. This verse should encourage us to love and trust God in everything that happens in our lives.
