Bright Monday: How God reveals Himself to us: Exegesis of John 1:18-28 Pascha, Bright Monday, 2023

Bright Monday: How God reveals Himself to us: Exegesis of John 1:18-28 Pascha, Bright Monday, 2023

Audio: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/pascha-mon-01_2023+how-does-god-reveal-himself-to-us_john1-18-28.mp3
Video: https://youtu.be/TJ9WmYewXrg

All of the Gospel of St. John is a revelation of the person, the God-man, Jesus Christ. The revelation of Jesus Christ to the heart of man reveals God, Holyholy Trinity. We see this in the exegesis of the reading for Bright Monday. We also interpret, according to the fathers, the obscure and difficult to understand statement of John, “He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”

Video/Audio Timestamps
1:24 – 4:30 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” John 1:18
4:30 – 6:02 John was baptizing in the Jordan. Regarding the uniqueness of his baptism, and why he had authority to baptize and teach.
6:02- 7:42 The conversion of Saul (Paul)
7:42 – 9:49 “John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.” )John 1:26-27)
9:49 – 12:37 Most of the Gospels after Pascha are about how God reveals himself unto man.