John 12:32-34
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” 33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die. 34 The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
Jesus rose from death in order to draw people, not to offer a free deal to all. He calls and we respond as we are made able because He died to offer us life and righteousness. The Christ, the messiah, does exist forever - through death into eternity from where He came. As the Son of Man, Jesus provides this certainty of hope (no mere wish) because He died as one of us to make payment on God's just wrath to give deliverance and reconciliation to us who He calls and draws out.
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