Mark 14:35-36 And going a little farther, he fell on the
ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from
him. 36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible
for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you
will.”
Our
Wednesday night Bible Study group finished up a video series by Ray Vander Laan
titled “The Path to the Cross” this week. We learned a few great new things
that we never knew in this last and final session, One being that the word
Gethsemane (Hebrew: גת שמנים , Gat Shmanim) literally means “Oil Press”. Another
being that there were five cups of the Passover Seder: (Cup 1) I will bring you
out, (Cup 2) I will set you free, (Cup 3) I will redeem you, (Cup 4) I will
take you and (Cup 5) which modern day Cll Elijah’s Cup, but originally was
called the Cup of God’s Fury or Wrath.
Jeremiah 25:15 For thus says
the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this wine cup of fury from My
hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.”
As
the Angel of death passed over the Israelite home marked with the blood of the
lamb as the wrath of God was poured out upon Egypt, let us remember that the
wages of Sin is death but Easter is not about the pouring out of this Cup of
God’s wrath upon us. John 3:36 and 1 John 5:11-13 are clear
that Jesus Christ saves us from God and His wrath.
Matthew
10:28 ‘Do not fear those
who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can
destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Jesus
drank that cup and it was for you and me! Jesus drank it all. Death and sin
have been swallowed up. The cup is empty, the tomb is empty and the Cross is
empty. Christ paid it all and it is finished because He is risen. Jesus tells
us to learn to be like Him so that people will see Him in you and I. Do we take
the death and resurrection of our Savior and Lord lightly on Good Friday and
Easter Sunday? God doesn’t. It was for us.
In
Christ, Brian
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