The Cross Being the Father's Will
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 22:40 And when He came to the place, He said to them, Pray
that you do not enter into temptation. (41) And He withdrew
from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and prayed,
(42) Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from
Me; yet, not My will, but Yours be done. (43) And an angel from
heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him. (44) And being in
agony He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like great
drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 22:39-46 the Man-Savior prayed about the sufferings of His
death and charged the disciples to pray. The Man-Savior charged
the disciples to pray so that they might be prepared to receive
His death. The "cup" here [v. 42] refers to the Savior's death
on the cross.
In verse 42 the Man-Savior prayed that the Father's will would
be done. The Triune God determined in His divine plan in
eternity past that the Second of the divine Trinity should be
incarnated and die on the cross to accomplish His eternal
redemption for the fulfillment of His eternal purpose (Eph.
1:7-9). Hence, the Second of the Trinity was ordained to be the
Lamb of God (John 1:29) before the foundation of the world,
that is in eternity past (1 Pet. 1:19-20), and in the sight of
God as the Lamb of God, He was slain from the foundation of the
world, that is, from the existence of God's fallen creatures
(Rev. 13:8).
After man's fall, lambs, sheep, calves, and bulls were used for
God's chosen people as types, pointing to Him who was to come
as the real Lamb foreordained by God. In the fullness of time,
the Triune God sent the Second of the divine Trinity, the Son
of God, to come in incarnation to take a human body (Heb. 10:5)
so that He might be offered to God on the cross (Heb. 9:14;
10:12) to do the will of the Triune God (Heb. 10:7), that is,
to replace the sacrifices and offerings, which were types, with
Himself in His humanity as the unique sacrifice and offering
for the sanctification of God's chosen people (Heb. 10:9-10).
In His prayer here, immediately before His crucifixion, He
prepared Himself to take the cup of the cross. He was willing
to do this unique will of the Father for the accomplishment of
the eternal plan of the Triune God.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 436-437. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/25/02)
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