John 12:34

John 12:34 says, The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?  The people still did not understand the true nature of the Messiah. People today easily miss the true nature of God. He is a God of love and mercy, but many would try to make Him a God of anger and wrath. After Jesus referred to His death, the people were attempting to fit Christ, the Messiah, into their understanding of the scriptures.  People today attempt to use the Scriptures to validate their beliefs, even when those beliefs are against the true teachings of the Scriptures.  They were citing a part of the Scriptures but ignoring the parts that referred to His death.  Verse thirty-five adds, Yet a little while the light is with you.  Walk while ye have the Light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not where he goeth.  Jesus, the Light of the world, was going to be with them but a while longer, and they needed to use this time to learn as much from Him as possible.  We have the advantage that the Holy Spirit is with us at all times, so if we are walking in darkness, it is a deliberate choice to ignore God.  Verse thirty-six continues, While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.  Jesus again told them that while they had Light to believe in the Light that they might be children of the Light.  We are to be His children and shine His light into the world.  That is our calling today.  We, through the power of the Holy Spirit, are to shine God's light into a dark and dying world. After telling them this, Jesus departed from them.  We must always choose whether to believe in Jesus or not.  If we do, He will always be with us through the Holy Spirit, but if we don't, He will depart from us.  The choice is always ours.