Jerusalem had been charged with excitement ever since the news broke that Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead, and then a spontaneous parade erupted as Jesus enter Jerusalem for the passover. In that parade the people yelled, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” But the Apostle John declared the spiritual reality concerning the hearts of the Jewish people.

John 12:37-41
37 Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him.
38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
40 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn-- and I would heal them."
41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. (NIV)

Verses 40 and 41 refer back to the events of Isaiah chapter 6 when Isaiah saw Jehovah God sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. Isaiah confessed his sinfulness as he saw the righteousness of the Lord.

Isa 6:5
5 Then said (Isaiah), Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. (KJV)

The Lord called Isaiah to preach but warned him that no one would listen.

Isa 6:9-10
9 And (the Lord said to Isaiah), Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. (KJV)

John said that Isaiah said these things when he saw the glory of Jesus Christ and prophesied of His future ministry.

41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.

Just imagine, it was Jesus Christ that Isaiah saw that day on the throne, Isaiah knew that someday God would come to earth in the person of Jesus Christ and preach to the nation of Israel. Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh

As John said in John chapter 1,

John 1:14
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (KJV)

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