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182:3.3 When [[Jesus]] returned to [[speak]] with the three [[apostles]], he again found them fast [[asleep]]. He [[awakened]] them, saying: " In such an hour I need that you should watch and pray with me—all the more do you need to [[pray]] that you enter not into [[temptation]]—wherefore do you fall [[asleep]] when I leave you? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]

182:3.3 When [[Jesus]] returned to [[speak]] with the three [[apostles]], he again found them fast [[asleep]]. He [[awakened]] them, saying: " In such an hour I need that you should watch and pray with me—all the more do you need to [[pray]] that you enter not into [[temptation]]—wherefore do you fall [[asleep]] when I leave you? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]

182:3.4 And then, for a third time, [[the Master]] withdrew and [[prayed]]: " [[Father]], you see my [[sleeping]] [[apostles]]; have [[mercy]] upon them. The [[spirit]] is indeed willing, but the [[flesh]] is [[weak]]. And now, O [[Father]], if this cup may not pass, then would I drink it. Not my will, but yours, be done. " And when he had finished [[praying]], he lay for a [[moment]] [[prostrate]] on the ground. When he arose and went back to his [[apostles]], once more he found them [[asleep]]. He [[surveyed]] them and, with a [[pitying]] [[gesture]], tenderly said: " [[Sleep]] on now and take your [[rest]]; the [[Moment|time]] of [[decision]] is [[past]]. The hour is now upon us wherein the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] will be [[betrayed]] into the hands of his [[enemies]]. " As he reached down to shake them that he might [[awaken]] them, he said: " Arise, let us be going back to the camp, for, behold, he who [[betrays]] me is at hand, and the hour has come when my flock shall be scattered. But I have already told you about these things. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]

182:3.4 And then, for a third time, [[the Master]] withdrew and [[prayed]]: " [[Father]], you see my [[sleeping]] [[apostles]]; have [[mercy]] upon them. The [[spirit]] is indeed willing, but the [[flesh]] is [[weak]]. And now, O [[Father]], if this cup may not pass, then would I drink it. Not my will, but yours, be done. " And when he had finished [[praying]], he lay for a [[moment]] [[prostrate]] on the ground. When he arose and went back to his [[apostles]], once more he found them [[asleep]]. He [[surveyed]] them and, with a [[pitying]] [[gesture]], tenderly said: " [[Sleep]] on now and take your [[rest]]; the [[Moment|time]] of [[decision]] is [[past]]. The hour is now upon us wherein the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] will be [[betrayed]] into the hands of his [[enemies]]. " As he reached down to shake them that he might [[awaken]] them, he said: " Arise, let us be going back to the camp, for, behold, he who [[betrays]] me is at hand, and the hour has come when my flock shall be scattered. But I have already told you about these things. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]

182:3.5 During the years that [[Jesus]] lived among his followers, they did, indeed, have much [[proof]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]], but just now are they about to [[witness]] new [[evidences]] of his [[humanity]]. Just before the greatest of all the [[revelations]] of his [[divinity]], his [[resurrection]], must now come the greatest [[proofs]] of his [[mortal]] [[nature]], his [[humiliation]] and [[crucifixion]].

182:3.5 During the years that [[Jesus]] lived among his followers, they did, indeed, have much [[proof]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]], but just now are they about to [[witness]] new [[evidences]] of his [[humanity]]. Just before the greatest of all the [[revelations]] of his [[divinity]], his [[resurrection]], must now come the greatest [[proofs]] of his [[mortal]] [[nature]], his [[humiliation]] and [[crucifixion]].

182:3.6 Each time he prayed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane the garden], his [[humanity]] laid a firmer [[faith]]-hold upon his [[divinity]]; his [[human]] will more completely became one with the [[divine]] will of [[the Father|his Father]]. Among other [[words]] [[spoken]] to him by the mighty [[angel]] was the [[message]] that [[the Father]] [[desired]] [[Creator Son|his Son]] to finish his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL earth bestowal] by passing through the [[creature]] [[experience]] of [[death]] just as all [[mortal]] [[creatures]] must [[experience]] [[material]] dissolution in passing from the [[existence]] of [[time]] into the [[progression]] of [[eternity]].

182:3.6 Each time he prayed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane the garden], his [[humanity]] laid a firmer [[faith]]-hold upon his [[divinity]]; his [[human]] will more completely became one with the [[divine]] will of [[the Father|his Father]]. Among other [[words]] [[spoken]] to him by the mighty [[angel]] was the [[message]] that [[the Father]] [[desired]] [[Creator Son|his Son]] to finish his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL earth bestowal] by passing through the [[creature]] [[experience]] of [[death]] just as all [[mortal]] [[creatures]] must [[experience]] [[material]] dissolution in passing from the [[existence]] of [[time]] into the [[progression]] of [[eternity]].

182:3.7 Earlier in the evening it had not seemed so [[difficult]] to drink the cup, but as the [[human]] [[Jesus]] bade [[farewell]] to his [[apostles]] and sent them to their [[rest]], the [[trial]] grew more appalling. [[Jesus]] experienced that [[natural]] ebb and [[flow]] of [[feeling]] which is common to all [[human]] [[experience]], and just now he was weary from [[work]], [[exhausted]] from the long hours of strenuous labor and [[painful]] [[anxiety]] concerning the [[safety]] of his [[apostles]]. While no [[mortal]] can [[presume]] to [[understand]] the [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]] of the [[incarnate]] [[Son of God]] at such a [[time]] as this, we know that he [[endured]] great anguish and [[suffered]] untold [[sorrow]], for the [[perspiration]] rolled off his [[face]] in great drops. He was at last convinced that [[the Father]] [[intended]] to [[allow]] [[natural]] [[events]] to take their [[course]]; he was fully [[determined]] to employ none of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereign power] as the [[supreme]] head of a [[universe]] to save himself.

182:3.7 Earlier in the evening it had not seemed so [[difficult]] to drink the cup, but as the [[human]] [[Jesus]] bade [[farewell]] to his [[apostles]] and sent them to their [[rest]], the [[trial]] grew more appalling. [[Jesus]] experienced that [[natural]] ebb and [[flow]] of [[feeling]] which is common to all [[human]] [[experience]], and just now he was weary from [[work]], [[exhausted]] from the long hours of strenuous labor and [[painful]] [[anxiety]] concerning the [[safety]] of his [[apostles]]. While no [[mortal]] can [[presume]] to [[understand]] the [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]] of the [[incarnate]] [[Son of God]] at such a [[time]] as this, we know that he [[endured]] great anguish and [[suffered]] untold [[sorrow]], for the [[perspiration]] rolled off his [[face]] in great drops. He was at last convinced that [[the Father]] [[intended]] to [[allow]] [[natural]] [[events]] to take their [[course]]; he was fully [[determined]] to employ none of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereign power] as the [[supreme]] head of a [[universe]] to save himself.

182:3.8 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 assembled hosts] of a [[Nebadon|vast creation]] are now hovered over this scene under the transient joint command of [[Gabriel]] and the [[Personalized Adjuster]] of [[Jesus]]. The division commanders of these armies of heaven have repeatedly been [[warned]] not to [[interfere]] with these [[transactions]] on [[earth]] unless [[Jesus]] himself should order them to [[intervene]].

182:3.8 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 assembled hosts] of a [[Nebadon|vast creation]] are now hovered over this scene under the transient joint command of [[Gabriel]] and the [[Personalized Adjuster]] of [[Jesus]]. The division commanders of these armies of heaven have repeatedly been [[warned]] not to [[interfere]] with these [[transactions]] on [[earth]] unless [[Jesus]] himself should order them to [[intervene]].

182:3.9 The [[experience]] of parting with [[the apostles]] was a great strain on the [[human]] [[heart]] of [[Jesus]]; this [[sorrow]] of [[love]] bore down on him and made it more [[difficult]] to [[face]] such a [[death]] as he well knew awaited him. He [[realized]] how [[weak]] and how [[ignorant]] his [[apostles]] were, and he dreaded to leave them. He well knew that the time of his departure had come, but his [[human]] [[heart]] longed to find out whether there might not possibly be some [[legitimate]] avenue of [[escape]] from this terrible plight of [[suffering]] and [[sorrow]]. And when it had thus sought [[escape]], and [[failed]], it was willing to drink the cup. The [[divine]] [[mind]] of [[Michael]] knew he had done his best for the [[twelve apostles]]; but the [[human]] [[heart]] of [[Jesus]] [[wished]] that more might have been done for them before they should be left [[alone]] in the world. [[Jesus]]' [[heart]] was being crushed; he truly [[loved]] his brethren. He was [[isolated]] from his [[family]] in the [[flesh]]; one of [[the Apostles|his chosen]] [[associates]] was [[betraying]] him. His father [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s people had [[rejected]] him and thereby sealed their [[doom]] as a [[Chosen People|people]] with a special [[mission]] on [[earth]]. His [[soul]] was [[tortured]] by baffled [[love]] and [[rejected]] [[mercy]]. It was just one of those awful [[human]] [[moments]] when [[everything]] seems to bear down with crushing [[cruelty]] and terrible [[agony]].

182:3.9 The [[experience]] of parting with [[the apostles]] was a great strain on the [[human]] [[heart]] of [[Jesus]]; this [[sorrow]] of [[love]] bore down on him and made it more [[difficult]] to [[face]] such a [[death]] as he well knew awaited him. He [[realized]] how [[weak]] and how [[ignorant]] his [[apostles]] were, and he dreaded to leave them. He well knew that the time of his departure had come, but his [[human]] [[heart]] longed to find out whether there might not possibly be some [[legitimate]] avenue of [[escape]] from this terrible plight of [[suffering]] and [[sorrow]]. And when it had thus sought [[escape]], and [[failed]], it was willing to drink the cup. The [[divine]] [[mind]] of [[Michael]] knew he had done his best for the [[twelve apostles]]; but the [[human]] [[heart]] of [[Jesus]] [[wished]] that more might have been done for them before they should be left [[alone]] in the world. [[Jesus]]' [[heart]] was being crushed; he truly [[loved]] his brethren. He was [[isolated]] from his [[family]] in the [[flesh]]; one of [[the Apostles|his chosen]] [[associates]] was [[betraying]] him. His father [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s people had [[rejected]] him and thereby sealed their [[doom]] as a [[Chosen People|people]] with a special [[mission]] on [[earth]]. His [[soul]] was [[tortured]] by baffled [[love]] and [[rejected]] [[mercy]]. It was just one of those awful [[human]] [[moments]] when [[everything]] seems to bear down with crushing [[cruelty]] and terrible [[agony]].

182:3.10 [[Jesus]]' [[humanity]] was not insensible to this situation of [[private]] [[loneliness]], [[public]] [[shame]], and the [[appearance]] of the [[failure]] of his cause. All these sentiments bore down on him with indescribable heaviness. In this great [[sorrow]] his [[mind]] went back to the days of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_123 childhood in Nazareth] and to his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126 early work] in [[Galilee]]. At the time of this great [[trial]] there came up in his [[mind]] many of those pleasant scenes of his [[earthly]] [[ministry]]. And it was from these old [[memories]] of [[Nazareth]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134#134:8._THE_SOJOURN_ON_MOUNT_HERMON Mount Hermon], and of the [[sunrise]] and [[sunset]] on the shimmering [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee], that he soothed himself as he made his [[human]] [[heart]] [[strong]] and ready to encounter the [[traitor]] who should so soon [[betray]] him.

182:3.10 [[Jesus]]' [[humanity]] was not insensible to this situation of [[private]] [[loneliness]], [[public]] [[shame]], and the [[appearance]] of the [[failure]] of his cause. All these sentiments bore down on him with indescribable heaviness. In this great [[sorrow]] his [[mind]] went back to the days of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_123 childhood in Nazareth] and to his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126 early work] in [[Galilee]]. At the time of this great [[trial]] there came up in his [[mind]] many of those pleasant scenes of his [[earthly]] [[ministry]]. And it was from these old [[memories]] of [[Nazareth]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134#134:8._THE_SOJOURN_ON_MOUNT_HERMON Mount Hermon], and of the [[sunrise]] and [[sunset]] on the shimmering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee], that he soothed himself as he made his [[human]] [[heart]] [[strong]] and ready to encounter the [[traitor]] who should so soon [[betray]] him.

182:3.11 Before [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] and the [[soldiers]] arrived, [[the Master]] had fully regained his customary [[poise]]; the [[spirit]] had [[triumphed]] over the [[flesh]]; [[faith]] had [[asserted]] itself over all [[human]] [[tendencies]] to [[fear]] or entertain [[doubt]]. The [[supreme]] test of the full [[realization]] of the [[human]] [[nature]] had been met and [[acceptably]] passed. Once more the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was [[prepared]] to face his [[enemies]] with [[equanimity]] and in the full [[assurance]] of his invincibility as a [[mortal]] man unreservedly [[dedicated]] to the doing of [[the Father|his Father]]'s will.

182:3.11 Before [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] and the [[soldiers]] arrived, [[the Master]] had fully regained his customary [[poise]]; the [[spirit]] had [[triumphed]] over the [[flesh]]; [[faith]] had [[asserted]] itself over all [[human]] [[tendencies]] to [[fear]] or entertain [[doubt]]. The [[supreme]] test of the full [[realization]] of the [[human]] [[nature]] had been met and [[acceptably]] passed. Once more the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was [[prepared]] to face his [[enemies]] with [[equanimity]] and in the full [[assurance]] of his invincibility as a [[mortal]] man unreservedly [[dedicated]] to the doing of [[the Father|his Father]]'s will.

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