In Gethsemane, Jesus fell on His face and prayed. He knew every wound and the heavy cost that lay ahead of Him. He could have stopped the whole thing in a second by calling down Heaven’s army to fight at His side. They bound Him, mocked Him, and led Him away to face judgment. Thorns pressed into His head, yet He spoke no word of anger. He willingly refused the rescue and chose to bleed, because His love for us was stronger than the pain of the cross. The grave could not hold Him. On the third day, He rose. The stone was rolled away, and the tomb was empty.
“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?” —Matthew 26:53–54
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