John 7:34

John 7:34 says, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.  Jesus said they sought Him but they would not find Him.  The Pharisees and chief priests thought they could easily arrest Jesus, but He said not yet.  People of the world today may feel that they can easily stop the gospel, but God says not yet.  No matter how many plans are made to halt the gospel, it will go forth.  We need to proclaim that Jesus is the Christ, and there never was nor ever will be another.  God is fully in charge of the time when the return of Christ will mark the end of the proclamation of the gospel.  Until then, we must witness for the time is not yet.  All those who seek Him shall find Him. When Jesus said that where He was going, they could not come, the Jews were still thinking in earthly terms.  We have to see the promises of God from a spiritual understanding, not a physical one.  I think this is why we often look to material things as a sign of God's blessings. Verse thirty-five adds, Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? They asked if Jesus might be going to the Jews dispersed among the Gentiles or even to the Gentiles.  They should have realized that they could go to these places themselves.  They might not have wanted to, but they could.  Verse thirty-six continues, What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? They then questioned His statement with an attitude of disbelief.  Where can He go that we cannot go.  There are so many people today who do not want to acknowledge that Jesus was more than just a man, and they ask what He can do, where He can go, that they cannot do or go.  He was speaking of His ascension after His crucifixion, somewhere they certainly could not go, but they were offended by His claim that He could go somewhere or do something that they couldn't.  That is the problem with many people today.  They don't want to think that Jesus, or anyone else, can do anything they cannot do for themselves.  We must acknowledge our inability to do what Jesus did for us.  Until a person is willing to acknowledge his or her own inability to find salvation through his or her own efforts, that person will continue to be without hope.