Mark 14: 35 And going forward a little, He fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him. 36 And He said, Abba Father, all things are possible to You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will. Heb 10:9 He then has said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second, 10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
[Part 2 of 2] In Gethsemane the Lord Jesus prayed, "Abba Father, All things are possible to You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will" (14:36). If we would know what the will of God is in this verse, we need to consider Hebrews 10, where we are told that the Lord Jesus came to do God's will. It is commonly thought that this means that the Lord Jesus came to do everything according to God's will in a general way. But from the context of Hebrews 10 we see that God's will specifically denotes the replacing of the offerings. God's will was to send Christ to earth to carry out the replacement of the offerings with Himself. In the Old Testament there were many offerings or sacrifices. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to replace all these. It was God's will that Christ should die as the replacement for all the offerings. The Lord Jesus knew that it was God's will for Him to die as the replacement of the offerings. This was the reason He prayed, "Not what I will, but what You will." After His prayer in Gethsemane, the Lord Jesus was ready to be arrested, tried, sentenced, and put to death. Everything and everyone had been prepared, and He had had thorough prayer with the Father. By means of that prayer, He had the confirmation that it was God's will for Him to die to replace all the offerings. Therefore, after that prayer, He was ready to be arrested by the chief priests, elders, and scribes. (c) Living Stream Ministry.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Mark, pp. 396-397. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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