John 12:28 Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
What was the purpose for which Jesus came to His hour of suffering? He was consumed with glorifying His Father and making His name great. He cried out, “Father, glorify Your name.” Implied is, “Glorify Your name in My hour of suffering. Look how quickly the Father testified to those around Him. “Then a voice came out of heaven: ‘I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.’"
It seems the context implies that the Father glorified His name in the resurrection of Lazarus and will do it again more powerfully in resurrecting Jesus to ultimately testify that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. We can count on the same promise that God will bear fruit “beyond our imaginations” if we serve Jesus with the same resolve and faith—the hope of His glory.
