John 7:33-36
33 Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. 34 You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come.” 35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What is this thing that He said, “You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
Jesus knew when He would be crucified. When He said they would not be able to follow Him, they did not understand that they could not die on a cross, lay in a tomb for days, and then bring themselves back to life and into the Father's presence as only the God-man could. So we can only follow by being made new and able in Christ the first fruits to follow through death into life.
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