A Tale of Two Gardens

When Jesus celebrated the last supper with His disciples,he then went to the garden of Gethsemane . There before the betrayal , his fleeing friends , Jesus was in great testing and anguish . Crying out to the Father that if this cup could be pasted away , let it be . However after 3 times , Jesus prayed not my will but the Father's will be done. He rose , prepared to complete the call to the cross.

In this garden , Jesus , the second Adam was fully obedient to God's will . In this garden of testing He did not fail like the first Adam did . Adam sinned , he turned his back on God who had given Him everything but he willing allowed Eve to be tempted and sin , then in his temptation took from Eve the forbidden fruit , and plunged all of creation into chaos , death and sin . 

But in Jesus garden , He saw the glory of His Father , willing submitted Himself to walk the path to the cross to atone for our sin , and thereby breaking the curse of Adam , which we are under. I cannot fathom or grasp what Jesus went through as He prayed and prepared to take the full wrath of God on our behalf , His sheep  whom He knows . But what a Savior , as He is about to be made sin , whom knew no sin , there He is making intersession to the Father . 

Yes this day is a tale of two gardens . One that left a darkness , evil and wretched  sinful stain on this world but this garden marked the cleansing , a new birth for all those the Father delighted in giving to the Son to show his great mercy,love and grace. As Jesus rose to face His day that had been planned before the foundations of the world , that would undue Adams fall , the Devils scheme and deaths sting. God clothed Adam and Eve after their sin , and He does it completely when we are clothed in the wonderful , beautiful , majestic righteousness of His son .



For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
(1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV)