Unless The Grain Of Wheat Falls To The Earth And Dies, It Remains Alone; But If It Dies, It Produces Much Fruit

 "There were some Greeks who had come up to Jerusalem to worship during the feast.  They approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, 'Sir, we wish to see JESUS.'  Philip went to Andrew,  and the two of them told JESUS.

Then JESUS said, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  Truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.

Those who love their life destroy it, and those who despise their life in this world save it even to everlasting life.

Whoever wants to serve ME, let him follow ME; and wherever I AM, there shall MY servant be also.  If anyone serves ME, the FATHER will honor him.'" - John 12:20-26 

(Several foreigners [called Greeks because of their language] were converted to the faith of the Jews.  Though they did not observe the Jewish laws, they were accepted in the temple of Jerusalem where a courtyard, [separate from that of the Jews] was reserved for them.  The question from those Greeks offers JESUS the opportunity to announce that HIS kingdom will be extended through the whole earth, when HE will have been raised on the cross.

Unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies.  JESUS will die and the universal Church will be born.  JESUS allows HIS lifeless body to be laid in the earth; on rising from the tomb, HIS same body, now glorified, will also embrace the believers united to HIM.  The life that is now HIS will be communicated to all the children of GOD.

Unless the grain dies.  This is the law for all life that will be fruitful [Mark 8:34].  The first believers were already saying: "The blood of the martyrs is a seed.")

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