Christ promised success out of His Death !
The Antichrist is a failure, However the True Christ made a Promise per Jn 12:24-33
24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33This he said, signifying what death he should die.
In verse 24 Christ was identifying Himself as that corn of wheat, that was about to die. We now this because of vs 33
Now He says, if that corn of wheat shall die, again speaking of His Death that He is to die, He says it brings forth much fruit !
What is Fruit in this context ? Is it apples and oranges ? No its not, the word fruit here is the greek word karpos and means:
fruit
a) the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields
b) the fruit of one's loins, i.e. his progeny, his posterity
Jesus meaning is His Progeny, or Offspring [Spiritually of course], His Posterity, shall be brought forth if He dies.
The word bring forth [pherō] means to produce, Jesus is saying that out of His death He shall produce Life, a posterity.
The word fruit also means:
that which originates or comes from something, an effect, result
Christ's Death will produce an effect, results, it will bring forth an Offspring, Life, and this Offspring will serve Him. Remember the psalmist speaks of a Offspring that shall serve Him Ps 22:30
30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Jesus talks about those that serve Him in Jn 12:26
26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Jesus is alluding to the Effects of His Death as the corn of wheat, it will produce a Offspring, a progeny that SHALL SERVE HIM Per Ps 22:30
And it is this Offspring that Jesus means in Jn 12:32. The all here that shall be drawn to Him because of His Being Lifted up or as vs 24 states it, fall into the ground and die, they all shall come to Him to Serve Him..Their coming is denoting their conversion to Him, this is the Success that He promised out of His Death.
His Death actually gives Life[Spiritual] to the World Jn 6:33
33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
This of course is the World of His Seed !