Translations:MC2 01FN How is God at Work Today/17/en

Jesus is praying to the Father. In the prayer, Jesus identifies 4 generations. The first generation is the Father who sent Jesus. The second generation is Jesus, who passed on what he had received and sent the third generation, the disciples. But because Jesus expected what he modeled to be repeated, he also prays for the fourth generation, those who will believe through the disciples. Jesus was looking toward the fourth generation as the way to ensure a movement of disciple-makers.'