”Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;“
Hebrews 5:7 KJV
During Christ’s days on earth He pleaded with God, praying with passion and with tearful agony that God would spare Him from death. And because of His perfect devotion His prayer was answered and He was delivered. During the days when Christ wore flesh, He prayed in the garden to be spared from death that night as He sweat drops of Blood. What death since Jesus gave His life for us on the Cross? Jesus prayed to be spared from death that night and live long enough to die on the Cross, and not prematurely die in the garden. The “cup” that Jesus was asking to let pass Him was the cup of premature death in the garden, not the death He would experience the next day on the Cross. The prophecies had to be fulfilled of being pierced on the Cross for our transgressions. God answered His cry and He lived through the agony of Gethsemane so He could be our sacrifice for sin on Calvary. Later on when the soldiers came to arrest Him and Peter tried to attack, Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?” Our great and awesome Saviour. Amen!
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