Luke 22:44
"Jesus was in great pain and prayed so sincerely that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood"
A heartbreaking yet touching revelation is found in the following book:
Jesus praying – according “The day I was crucified”
by Gene Edwards
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“I prayed, I wept, and as I wept, a cup appeared before me. Though I LONG KNOWN this hour would come, I recoiled in horror from what I beheld.
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“Father please! If possible, find a way that I might not drink from it. Then, as I spoke the CUP drew nearer”
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The cup spewed its vile venom until the stench of it's contents seemed to fill the winds of the earth.
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I watched as ALL the sins Abraham slipped into the cup. I saw their centuries of rebellion, idolatry, incest, murder, lies, and deceit make their way into the cup. The sins of the Hebrew race had now become ONE with that cup.
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My hands and face began to pour forth BLOOD until the ground around me was soaked.
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I wept again. I called out for the deliverance and cried, “Abba! Father!”
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My body began to shake uncontrollably. So also my weeping and cries of terror.
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Never had I, or any man known the dept of repulsion as I new it when I saw the wantonness and evil that poured into that cup.
Jesus speaking
Death your hour has arrived, I whispered...
Come forth from the“underground”.Let us speak to one another, Death before we both die.
Death, take religion, the old man, and the self nature and make them your prey.
Die upon my Cross, all of you,die in me!You have now encountered the most destructive power in creation, - my Cross!
Putt me to death I command you! Death, -look at me! I am become THE FALL.
Sin speaking He comes ! He comes! My child comes – screech Sin .Come to me my son, your mother calls
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Come from the east – gathering all that it filth.
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Come from the west and gather all that is abomination. [object of disgust]
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From the north gather all that is wicked.
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And from the south gather together all that is evil .
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Come from the depths of the seas, from places long since forgotten. Come from places that have ceased to be. Come from the deepest cesspools of deprativity and wantonness. Gather all the dregs of hell, all that is unnatural. Bring together all blasphemies of time and eternity.
With bloated arrogance Sin declared, I smell rotting fetor. There is no one like him-he is the greatest of all gods! He is forever my companion.
Worldliness turned it's face in shame. The principalities, the dammed demons, and the unclean spirits gasped for breath.
Never before had ALL SIN been confined to such a small space...
The very earth shook in uncertain horror.Sun and stars closed their eyes-Jerusalem shook in terror, as did all the pilgrims of the Passover.
Even Lucifer looked away!
Death, you take the last breath from me, I have a surprise for you.
You are now mine! and Jesus Christ died...
Adopted and modified from "The day I was crucified" by Gene Edwards. Thank you Gene, may you be blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ. Many blessings for 2007. |