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John 18

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  John 18  “Gethsemane” When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.  Read Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42 & Luke 22:39-46. This “garden” called Gethsemane (meaning oil/olive press) is where Jesus will face his final and most agonizing temptation; where, just as olives must be pressed to produce oil, the pressure of this final testing will cause blood to literally infuse into his sweet glands, in a condition brought about by extreme anguish, called  hematidrosis. It is very rare and shows us the immense pressure that Jesus was under at that point. Now is that time: where Satan will attempt to succeed, where he failed in  Luke 4:1-13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him  until an opportune time . Luke 4:13 2  Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.  3...
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John 17 The High Priestly Prayer

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The High Priestly Prayer We have reached the end of Jesus’s farewell discourse with his disciples: And now… 1  When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,  He now “lifts his eyes to Heaven” and turns his attention entirely towards his Father, surrendering his life into the Father’s hands; 2  since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.  Remember Jesus words of ch.16:11 “the ruler of this world stands condemned.” This marks a transfer of  authority on the Earth: from Satan - usurped from the first Adam - to Christ Jesus, the last Adam. Satan, through the fall of the first Adam, brought us Death: Jesus Christ, the last Adam, now brings us eternal Life! (Romans 5:12-19; 1Corinthians 15:21-23) 3  And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent....
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