What did Jesus mean in John 8: 56?

"Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."



John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.





Isaac was a type of Christ.





Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,


18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:


19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.





That is the way he "saw" Christ's day.




I always enjoy Adam Clark on verses that are vague.





Joh 8:56


Abraham rejoiced to see my day - Or, he earnestly desired to see my day; , from , very much, and , I leap - his soul leaped forward in earnest hope and strong expectation that he might see the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The metaphor appears to be taken from a person who, desiring to see a long-expected friend who is coming, runs forward, now and then jumping up to see if he can discover him. There is a saying very like this in Sohar Numer fol. 61: Abraham rejoiced because he could know, and perceive, and cleave to the Divine Name. The Divine name is Yehovah; and by this they simply mean God himself.




John 8:56


Abrahamyour 'father'with jubilant faith looked down the corridors of history and saw my day coming. He saw it and cheered." -the message





John 8:56


Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad." -NIV





Abraham looked toward the day that Jesus would be born and rejoiced when it came




Abraham believed in Jesus in Genesis 15. Then was it accounted to Abraham for righteousness.





The only way to be saved is by believing in Jesus alone for salvation, without adding ANY of your own works:





Romans 4:5 "But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."





Salvation is a free gift.




Abraham, whose mortal life antedated that of Jesus by nearly two millenniums, saw in vision the ministry of Christ and rejoiced in the knowledge that salvation and redemption would come in and through our Lord's atoning sacrifice. Undoubtedly this was recorded in some ancient scripture now lost to the knowledge of men. From the writings of Paul we know that Abraham had the gospel (Gal. 3:8), and from the account in the Book of Abraham we learn that Jehovah appeared to Abraham and gave him both gospel and priesthood promises.




Jesus was referring to the visions of Abraham from God, where Abraham was SHOWN the future generations to come....




Verse 58 is the answer. He was (came into existence) before Abraham was born. I guess he heard it from God Himself. He is the " I am" of this chapter.




Abraham looked forward to redemption through Him.




When Christ was born, Abraham celebrated in Heaven...




He left a subliminal message:


"LOL they'll believe in this".