Saturday, March 31, 2012
A dark night in the garden
this story really shows Jesus' human side - "Is there any other way to get your children back?" He's obviously scared and hoping that there could be a last-minute change to the plan. We happened to watch a series on NatGeo today about the historical parallels between the gospels and what we know to be archaeologically and historically true...one of the episodes focused on the "innocence" of Pontius Pilate that is portrayed in the later gospels vs. what's more likely to have happened based on what historians know to be true about him and the laws and customs of the Roman empire. I think the fact that Roman soldiers came to the garden point to the fact that there must have been some level of collusion between the Jewish leaders and Romans in the city from the get-go.
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I had a hard time watching the passion of the Christ, but the scenes from the garden were very powerful for me. I think they did a good job of capturing Jesus's wrestling with humanity, evil, the weight of the sacrifice in front of him.
ReplyDeleteIt is such a powerful insight into Jesus to see him in Gethsemane. I am very glad that the Gospel writers included it. The place where he chooses his humanity as a human.
I can't fathom what it would be to know the extent of your suffering, know it was voluntary and still choose it. The book does a good job of explaining it -- love held him to the cross.
Some powerful love.
I liked the fact that Jesus called God "Papa."
ReplyDeleteI know this is a Jesus storybook, but for the sake of children it could be somewhat questionable. I am glad they did include it.
It is definitely interesting that the Leaders mention that they cannot kill him, that they need to get the Romans.