City of Jerusalem

An Upper Room in Jerusalem

City of Jerusalem

Mount of Olives Today

Garden of Gethsemane

Gethsemane Olive Tree

The name Gethsemane (gatshemanim) means "oil press" and suggests that the garden was a grove of olive trees with an oil press.

Olive Press during Bible times

• Olive press from Capernaum The press consisted of two stones. Into the upper stone a long pole was placed to pull the stone around. The weight of the upper stone gradually would squeeze out the Olive Oil..

Golden Gate seen from the Garden

The Golden gate, in the eastern wall of Jerusalem, gave access to the courtyards of the Temple from the Kidron valley.

Apostles will “sit on 12 thrones”

• Luke 10:16 " The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me."

• John 13:20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

Lessons learned from Peter

• No one is beyond the reach of sin! I Cor 10:12

• The devil aims high!

• Even when we deny the Lord, even willfully, Jesus is for us – can use us!!

• Peter had too much faith in himself, not God!

“Sell cloak and buy a sword.”• Physical offense?• Two swords was enough!

– Self-defense, hunting??• Spiritual kingdom! 2 Cor 10:3-5• 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war

according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

Intro

• 30 min walk form upper room to Mt of Olives. Garden was..

• Clear view from garden across Kidron Valley to gate of city…could see people coming.

• Here Jesus chose to wait..inevitable. • He took 3/12 inner garden P,J, John—

other 8 left at the entrance– Pray!• Jesus went further into the garden to pray.

Jesus is in control of his destiny

• He gave His life…blood poured not split.

• He could have left but did not and refused to let his followers fight for Him.

• Jesus said: Take what you have come for—He gave himself freely to them!

• The soldiers came prepared for resistance.

“Pray that ye might not enter into temptation!”

• Both are facing greatest trials! Abort!• Are you a “coper or avoider?”

– Disciples were sleeping for sorrow! ESCAPE– When you are hurting do you Escape?

• Sleep?• Addiction – emotional eating?• Excessive entertainment?• Denial? Disciples told plainly, yet rejected!

• LS: Come face to face with sins, see how to cope, cleanse our guilt—for real, not just avoid!

Pray let ye enter into temptation!• Faced his troubles, acknowledged them in prayer –

asked for help, not escape!!• An angel comes to his rescue!

– Spiritual battle! Eph 6:10-13– Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

– The armor of a prayer warrior!! – Available to us! Give us strength choose way of escape,

not back down when things are difficult!

Let this cup pass from me, Not my will but thine be done

• Not the cross… he had to fulfill his destiny! • Took tremendous strength/self control to just

wait to be captured and set in motion..– 12 Legions of angels – 6,000 soldiers = 72K– God could have protected him and 11 disciples with a

legion a piece if ask, and God’s will!! – “Inner cup of mental anquish”– “Sweating drops as it were blood.”– Others suffered, never like this…separated from

father, undeserved! Choose to die for very ones nail his hands and feet!

– Illust. Death sentence, beside themselves, but once come to terms with the inevitable, accept it, and calm!

• (Whom do you seek? I am He?)

Why? How?

• He did it out of love for us, and to obey the father!

• If we are go avoid sin….motivated love for Jesus, obey our father!

Jesus: “With you all things are possible”

• NOTICE: IT was not his being God that sustained Him but his confidence in God.

• We have the same access to God and power to resist temptation that Jesus did!

• Hematisdrosis—tiny capillaries in the sweat glands can break mixing blood with sweat.

• Jesus concerned for disciples—how react when he is taken away and crucified.

Lest we forget Gethsemene

• Thy agony

• Thy love for me…

• Lead me to calvery…

• Prepare our minds for the LS

Invitation

• Jesus began his agony (suffering) at foot of Mt of Olives, and his place of triumphant and glory is from the Mt. of Olives (Acts 1:12). – Always be: First suffering – then Glory!

• First the cross, then the Crown!

– Exodus (way out) – Ch 1 Groan out for deliverance, Ch 40 – Glory of Jeh. Fill tab!!

– We must repent (Groan) –humble and contrite spirit as we come to him, be saved!

The Winepress

• Rev 14:18-20• 18 Then another angel, the one who has power over fire,

came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, " Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe." 19 So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles

Isa 63:3; Rev 14:20 different picture

• Gethsemene—Jesus sweats—drops of blood alone, as the innocent sufferer.

• The wine press figure – pictures God as the inflictor, not sufferer of vengeance.

• God will avenge His son’s blood, and the blood of his people whose blood was shed (martyrs) by crushing them in the winepress of his wrath.

• In the end… Jesus is coming back in the clouds to gather the elect from the four corners of the earth and dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, II Thess 1:8-9

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