Gethsemane did not sneak up on Jesus
“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of Your hands . . .
“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of Your hands . . .
As Christianity aged, Christ's believers learned to serve Him with activity, thus missing His attention.
The undone, the unfinished, the unclear and the unavailable, Jesus all 'left behind' at His ascension. The disciples obediently prayed and waited together.
The Cross is a block the Jew trips upon. They could not discern the Son of God, yet they looked for miracles.
Palm Sunday is very curious, it is painted from a white and black palette. Jesus is paraded before His people.
Eden was pure. Eden cried. Eden was blocked and then destroyed. God has only walked in two gardens of His entire world, Eden and Gethsemane.
Martin Luther said about the book of Esther, ‘I am so hostile to it that I wish it did not exist’.
Our streets boil over with hate, crime, anger and sheer hopelessness. (Franklin Graham) Ever more the world wearies. Weariness thrusts the human soul forward into temptation.
It’s been called ‘the Fifth Gospel’. Psalm 22 is unparalleled amongst the psalms in its prophetic portrayal of the suffering of the Lord Jesus on the cross.
The Bible contains twin gardens that are notable in eternity. The first Adam 'lived' in one, and the second Adam 'died' in one.