Unique Characteristics of John's Gospel, Part 1 (TMF:2958)
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
Peace to Live By: Unique Characteristics of John's Gospel, Part 1 (TMF:2957) - Daniel Litton
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In contemplating all of this, and as we are about to dive headfirst into the text, there are some particularly unique features we can note about this account, versus the other somewhat similar accounts. To begin, we note John’s Gospel does not open with a genealogy that traces Jesus’ linage, like Matthew and Luke do. While Matthew traces Jesus’ linage back to Abraham, and Luke to Adam, John, we could say, traces his linage all the back in eternity, since he establishes Jesus as God. Traveling the other way, into the future, John will end his Gospel by focusing on Jesus’ promise to believers that he will truly return one day. Let us not forget John's most famous other writing—that special preview of Christ's return, the fact that Jesus will return, and this account also presents a whole host of other things along with that. This is the text of The Revelation of John. The unique vision of Christ's return.