What I’m Doing You Know Not Now

Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know it hereafter.

John 13:7

This was said during the time of what we know as the Last Supper. Jesus had gathered His disciples into the upper room and began to wash their feet. This was the servants job, or at least the lowest of the disciple of a rabbi. But Jesus, the Master, the head of the group, got down and began to wash their feet. This was most likely why Peter exclaimed, “You shall never wash my feet!” This reminds me of the time when Jesus went down to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. Matthew records the encounter in the following way: Then comes Jesus from Galilee to Jordon unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, “I have need to be baptized of you, and com you to me?” And Jesus answering said unto him, “Let it be so now: for it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness.” The he let him. Matthew 3:13-15

Now, I didn't remember reading in the past where Jesus explained what He meant by this saying, "What I'm doing now, you don't know, but you will later". I didn't remember the apostles writing about it, either. But then the Holy Spirit drew my attention to another verse, only 2 chapters away.  I have many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come. John 16:12-13

This was all written by beloved disciple John. And is believed to have been written some 30-50 years after these events took place. So, how did John, the beloved disciple, remember these things? It was by the revelation of the Holy Spirit - by the Anointing.  But the Anointing which you have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him. 1 John 2:27 The Holy Spirit is the Anointing; He is the teacher. He is the One Who will bring the revelation of what Jesus was saying at that time. Remember, Jesus said during this same time, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My Name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 And we find Him (The Holy Spirit) doing just what was prophesied about Him, giving the revelation of Jesus Christ to John: The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John. Revelation 1:1

When Jesus said, “What I do you don't know now; but you will know it soon,” He wasn't just speaking about the act of foot-washing. Rather, He was saying that everything that had come about up until that point was about to come to a climax in Him. He would fulfill all the Scriptures concerning the Messiah's first coming. And they weren't even aware of it. He had told them on several occasions how that the Son of Man would be handed over to the Gentiles to be crucified, but raised again on the third day. But then He told them that they would every one abandon Him at that hour. Peter, being the hot-head/macho man that he was, said, “Even if everyone else abandons you, I will never leave you.” But Jesus prophesied that even Peter would deny Him three times before the rooster crows. And just as He prophesied it, it came to pass.

And just as He prophesied that “What I'm doing you don't know now, but your gonna know later”, it came to pass through the Holy Ghost. It came through revelation. Not just to John, but to Simon Peter and the other disciples. Even to the Apostle Paul, who was not an original.