“Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?” Matthew 26:53 (ESV)
The setting of this verse is the Garden of Gethsemane just outside the walls of the City of Jerusalem. Today, many structures have been built and many places have shrines but the night Jesus said these words, it was simply a garden at the base of the Mount of Olives. Jesus is being arrested and one of his disciples takes up his sword to defend Jesus. At that moment, Jesus says these words recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. They remind us of the wonderful love of our Lord Jesus Christ. He could have avoided suffering and dying on the cross. Thousands of angels could have been called upon to set Him free. But because God promised a means of redemption, and Jesus was the only way to accomplish that. Jesus went with the arresting officers and then to the cross to die for us. Why? Because He so loved us He did what He came to do – He obeyed His purpose. In return Jesus asks us to love him and show our love by obeying Him. Today, let's stay close to him and lets again commit to love Him with our whole heart, mind, and might.
The setting of this verse is the Garden of Gethsemane just outside the walls of the City of Jerusalem. Today, many structures have been built and many places have shrines but the night Jesus said these words, it was simply a garden at the base of the Mount of Olives. Jesus is being arrested and one of his disciples takes up his sword to defend Jesus. At that moment, Jesus says these words recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. They remind us of the wonderful love of our Lord Jesus Christ. He could have avoided suffering and dying on the cross. Thousands of angels could have been called upon to set Him free. But because God promised a means of redemption, and Jesus was the only way to accomplish that. Jesus went with the arresting officers and then to the cross to die for us. Why? Because He so loved us He did what He came to do – He obeyed His purpose. In return Jesus asks us to love him and show our love by obeying Him. Today, let's stay close to him and lets again commit to love Him with our whole heart, mind, and might.
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