City of Jerusalem

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City of Jerusalem
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An Upper Room in Jerusalem
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City of Jerusalem
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Mount of Olives Today
Garden of Gethsemane
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Gethsemane Olive Tree

• The name Gethsemane (gatshemanim) means "oil
  press" and suggests that the garden was a grove
  of olive trees with an oil press.

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Olive Press during Bible times

• Olive press from Capernaum The press consisted of
  two stones. Into the upper stone a long pole was
  placed to pull the stone around. The weight of
  the upper stone gradually would squeeze out the
  Olive Oil..

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Golden Gate seen from the Garden

• The Golden gate, in the eastern wall of
  Jerusalem, gave access to the courtyards of the
  Temple from the Kidron valley.

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Apostles will sit on 12 thrones

• Luke 1016 " The one who listens to you
  listens to Me, and the one who rejects you
  rejects Me and he who rejects Me rejects the One
  who sent Me."
• John 1320 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who
  receives whomever I send receives Me and he who
  receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

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Lessons learned from Peter

• No one is beyond the reach of sin! I
  Cor 1012
• The devil aims high!
• Even when we deny the Lord, even willfully, Jesus
  is for us can use us!!
• Peter had too much faith in himself, not God!

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Sell cloak and buy a sword.

• Physical offense?
• Two swords was enough!
• Self-defense, hunting??
• Spiritual kingdom! 2 Cor 103-5
• 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
  according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our
  warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely
  powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We
  are destroying speculations and every lofty thing
  raised up against the knowledge of God, and we
  are taking every thought captive to the obedience
  of Christ,

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Intro

• 30 min walk form upper room to Mt of Olives.
  Garden was..
• Clear view from garden across Kidron Valley to
  gate of citycould see people coming.
• Here Jesus chose to wait..inevitable.
• He took 3/12 inner garden P,J, Johnother 8 left
  at the entrance Pray!
• Jesus went further into the garden to pray.

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Jesus is in control of his destiny

• He gave His lifeblood poured not split.
• He could have left but did not and refused to let
  his followers fight for Him.
• Jesus said Take what you have come forHe gave
  himself freely to them!
• The soldiers came prepared for resistance.

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Pray that ye might not enter into temptation!

• Both are facing greatest trials! Abort!
• Are you a coper or avoider?
• Disciples were sleeping for sorrow! ESCAPE
• When you are hurting do you Escape?
• Sleep?
• Addiction emotional eating?
• Excessive entertainment?
• Denial? Disciples told plainly, yet rejected!
• LS Come face to face with sins, see how to
  cope, cleanse our guiltfor real, not just avoid!

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Pray let ye enter into temptation!

• Faced his troubles, acknowledged them in prayer
  asked for help, not escape!!
• An angel comes to his rescue!
• Spiritual battle! Eph 610-13
• Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the
  strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor
  of God, so that you will be able to stand firm
  against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our
  struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
  against the rulers, against the powers, against
  the world forces of this darkness, against the
  spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly
  places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of
  God, so that you will be able to resist in the
  evil day, and having done everything, to stand
  firm.
• The armor of a prayer warrior!!
• Available to us! Give us strength choose way of
  escape, not back down when things are difficult!

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Let this cup pass from me, Not my will but thine
be done

• Not the cross he had to fulfill his destiny!
• Took tremendous strength/self control to just
  wait to be captured and set in motion..
• 12 Legions of angels 6,000 soldiers 72K
• God could have protected him and 11 disciples
  with a legion a piece if ask, and Gods will!!
• Inner cup of mental anquish
• Sweating drops as it were blood.
• Others suffered, never like thisseparated from
  father, undeserved! Choose to die for very ones
  nail his hands and feet!
• Illust. Death sentence, beside themselves, but
  once come to terms with the inevitable, accept
  it, and calm!
• (Whom do you seek? I am He?)

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Why? How?

• He did it out of love for us, and to obey the
  father!
• If we are go avoid sin.motivated love for
  Jesus, obey our father!

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Jesus With you all things are possible

• NOTICE IT was not his being God that sustained
  Him but his confidence in God.
• We have the same access to God and power to
  resist temptation that Jesus did!
• Hematisdrosistiny capillaries in the sweat
  glands can break mixing blood with sweat.
• Jesus concerned for discipleshow react when he
  is taken away and crucified.

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Lest we forget Gethsemene

• Thy agony
• Thy love for me
• Lead me to calvery
• Prepare our minds for the LS

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Invitation

• Jesus began his agony (suffering) at foot of Mt
  of Olives, and his place of triumphant and glory
  is from the Mt. of Olives (Acts 112).
• Always be First suffering then Glory!
• First the cross, then the Crown!
• Exodus (way out) Ch 1 Groan out for
  deliverance, Ch 40 Glory of Jeh. Fill tab!!
• We must repent (Groan) humble and contrite
  spirit as we come to him, be saved!

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The Winepress

• Rev 1418-20
• 18 Then another angel, the one who has power over
  fire, came out from the altar and he called with
  a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle,
  saying, " Put in your sharp sickle and gather the
  clusters from the vine of the earth, because her
  grapes are ripe." 19 So the angel swung his
  sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters
  from the vine of the earth, and threw them into
  the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And
  the wine press was trodden outside the city, and
  blood came out from the wine press, up to the
  horses' bridles

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Isa 633 Rev 1420 different picture

• GethsemeneJesus sweatsdrops of blood alone, as
  the innocent sufferer.
• The wine press figure pictures God as the
  inflictor, not sufferer of vengeance.
• God will avenge His sons blood, and the blood of
  his people whose blood was shed (martyrs) by
  crushing them in the winepress of his wrath.
• In the end Jesus is coming back in the clouds to
  gather the elect from the four corners of the
  earth and dealing out retribution to those who do
  not know God and to those who do not obey the
  gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the
  penalty of eternal destruction, away from the
  presence of the Lord and from the glory of His
  power, II Thess 18-9

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