36th Post Jesus Relationship with His Father -Mark 14:36

Mark 14:36, Matthew 26:39; and Luke 22:42; all deal with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane later in the evening of Maundy Thursday. This passage deals with Jesus asking His Father if it were possible to take "this cup" away from Me. This passage is written in simple language, but the meaning of what is happening here is far from simple. I will try to explain it here. First, you have to understand that Jesus had two natures; He was 100% God and 100% man, at the same time. The cup represents two different things also; to God the Father it represents justice (through the Law), and the consequences for breaking that Law. This has been called wrath, this is the justice due for breaking the Law. To Jesus (still God) and the man part of Him, the cup represents all the sins committed from the Garden of Eden, up to and including His Life on earth; including all of the sins committed by man (and woman) until He comes again. That is a lot of sin. God provided payment for this, one time and one time only. Jesus is in the Garden asking God if it were possible for Him not to complete this task. Earlier in this blog we have been looking at the passages that say I have not come here on my own but do the works of My Father that sent Me. If He doesn't complete this task, His earthly coming would have been in vane and the devil would win another round. God is more powerful than the devil, so this could not happen. And yet, here we have Jesus asking for the very reason He came to earth to be removed from Him. Jesus is struggling here with what to do. Just like us, Jesus had to confess the sins of others, others because He had no sin to confess. We on the other hand have much to confess or we will be held accountable for that sin unless we confess it and ask for forgiveness. It is easier for us to confess our sins, because we are the ones who committed them and for that reason we own our sin. In Jesus' case, He was sinless, and had to confess our sins as His Own, because He was sinless He had to become the sins on our behalf; in order to pay for our sins. The cup represents our sins and Jesus had to drink it in order to fully pay for our sins. I will have to continue this on next blog. Stay tuned....