In the Garden
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Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:39–46 (NASB95)
And He came out and proceeded as was His custom to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him. When He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him. And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, and said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Mark 14:32-41
Mark 14:32–41 (NASB95)
They came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.” And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.” And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by. And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.” And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? “Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again He went away and prayed, saying the same words. And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him. And He came the third time, and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew 26:36-46
Matthew 26:36–46 (NASB95)
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.” And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? “Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. “Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”
I used to laugh when I would read that they were sleeping
The irritation of Jesus voice
What is the significance of the focus on the sleeping disciples (Peter, James, and John)?
Luke says Jesus found them “sleeping for sorrow” (Luke 22:45).
As humans, we often resort to sleep to help with fear because sleep is a escape for our minds.
The only hint of a rebuke is (as we saw above) what Jesus said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour?” (Matthew 26:41).
Jesus was about to face the greatest trial, and He passed the test of temptation to take the “easy road.” Would the disciples also pass their temptation to escape?
Jesus shows remarkable restraint and patience with His closest friends, and to be fair, Peter, James, and John were undoubtedly confused and reeling from Jesus’ revelation that He would soon die.
Would we so pass the test or in our own weakness would we flee to the safety of sleep so we would not have to worry
Let’s now focus on Jesus’ prayer.
What Did Jesus Pray for in the Garden of Gethsemane?
What Did Jesus Pray for in the Garden of Gethsemane?
Matthew’s gospel records Jesus’ prayer in this way:
“My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will” (Matthew 26:39).
And a second time in Matthew 26:42:
“My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, Your will be done.”
Jesus, after finding His disciples “sleepy,” left them and “went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words” (Matthew 26:44).
Mark’s gospel chronicles His prayer as+
“Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will” (Mark 14:36).
Mark adds the personal term, Abba, which we can render as Daddy. Mark also mentions Jesus prayed three times.
Luke’s record of Jesus’ prayer is,
“Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me. Nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42).
Jesus’ prayer is a perfect model of how Jesus taught His disciples to pray in Matthew 6:10: “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 26:44 tells us Jesus prayed the same prayer three times, and each time, He prayed for this not to happen, yet without objecting to the Father’s will. The temptation for Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane did not lay in the possibility of disobedience but in
The Humanity in Jesus
Fully God
but Fully Man
AS Fully God He knew what was to come
Not only death, but the entirety of Sin poured into him of all time
Then the entirety of Gods own divine justice of Wrath that has been stored up for the sins of the World
AS he prayed. The cross was not the only thing on Jesus mind
For to die would be absent from the body and present with the lord
No Jesus was about to experience much more than physical death
he was to take on all of Gods wrath in full
to drink the cup of Gods wrath all the way to the bottom
For the Love of the father and the love of you and me
What a burden!
So much so He was grieved even unto death
Jesus literally had the weight of heaven and earth on his shoulders that night
Grieved to the point of death so much so that his blood was as sweat as it fell to the ground
Never before had Jesus’ disciples heard such prayers before or seen their Master in such anguish, and Luke’s is the only gospel which mentions,
“His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:44).
Luke was a physician, and he would have included details that speak to his vocation. We do not know if Jesus sweated blood because the Scripture says, “like blood,” not “His sweat became blood.” However, a condition exists (hematidrosis), which may happen to people who suffer from tremendous levels of stress. Multiple net-like blood vessels encircle the sweat glands, and they compress under the pressure of great stress.
The agony
the burden
The weight of the Cross
Jesus was the final Passover Lamb to be slain. Even though He did shrink back from the suffering, He ultimately yielded to the Father.
He knew the union of the Trinity would be broken, albeit temporarily, as He endured the Father’s divine wrath poured out on Him.
The crucifixion would be the first and only time the Father looked away from the Son, because the sins of all people throughout all time—past, present, and future—would be laid on Jesus at Calvary,
The cup to which Jesus referred was a common symbol for divine wrath
Psalm 11:6.
Psalm 11:6 (NASB95)
Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
Isaiah 51:17–22 (NASB95)
Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk from the Lord’s hand the cup of His anger; The chalice of reeling you have drained to the dregs. There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne, Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared. These two things have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The devastation and destruction, famine and sword; How shall I comfort you? Your sons have fainted, They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full of the wrath of the Lord, The rebuke of your God. Therefore, please hear this, you afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine: Thus says your Lord, the Lord, even your God Who contends for His people, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling, The chalice of My anger; You will never drink it again.
Ezekiel 23:33 (NASB95) ‘You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, The cup of horror and desolation, The cup of your sister Samaria.
Jeremiah 25:15–16 (NASB95)
Jeremiah 25:15–16 (NASB95)
For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. “They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Revelation 14:9–11 (NASB95)
Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. “And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
This is the cup that Christ pleaded with the father to let pass before him
It was not just the thought of Death
But the entirety of The Fathers wrath poured our on the Son
Why did Jesus need to bear the Father’s wrath?
Isaiah 53 gives us the answer. Jesus was “pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds, we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).
Isaiah 53:5–10 (NASB95)
But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. But the Lord was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
The Father answered the Son’s prayer— by not to removing the cup—
but to empower Jesus to complete the plan made before time began. Jesus knew what was to come at the cross. He also knew what would come after Calvary—the resulting joy (Hebrews 4:16, 12:2).
Judas Comes He betrayed Jesus Peter trys to defend Jesus cutting the ear off a soldier
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”
Given the power by the Holy Spirit to endure the cross to endure the suffering to endure the pain the humiliation God as man Walked towards the Cross willingly
“No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”
While on the Cross that day As Jesus Hung there where you where I were we all belong Jesus hung there in our place and the full force of The Fathers will mans sins The cup of wrath stored up was poured upon the son
For the first time in eternity past the trinity was broken as the Father could not look at his only begotten Son
For My Jesus was stained by min sin My iniquities my transgressions
He who was perfect was tarnished by me
By you by all of us
Your sin was poured into him Gods wrath that was intended for your sin was poured on His Son whom He loved so dearly
Because of His great love for you and for ME
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
He drank the Cup And for all those Who believe and put their trust in Him Take up their own cross and follow Him for them
He took their sin that day
John 3:16–19 (NASB95)
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. “This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
for Those that love anything more than Jesus who gave up heaven and earth for you who took the cup for you you will have to drink of the cup your self