John 12
God's shows great loving kindness in that Jesus did not just eliminate those who sought his life. Maybe some of these very ones would later come to believe - as when Paul encountered the vision on the road to Damascus. And perhaps he waits for some to come "come out of the closet", such as the timid in verses 42 and 43: "Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God."
God is very patient. When you look at the world it's obvious it's a created place. It's obvious that men are the highest creatures because they, as God said, have Dominion. And it's obvious that without God men are very mean to each other. God hasn’t pulled the trigger yet, but one day he will.
