Thought for the Week

Jesus had celebrated Passover one last time with His disciples: During the meal, He given them a New Covenant: They were to remember it using bread, representing His broken body and grape wine, representing His blood shed as sacrifice for the sin and sins of all mankind. He washed the feet of His disciples, demonstrating His humble servant hood and His great love for them. He led them to a garden where He asked them to pray. He prayed Himself for three agonizing hours. His request was that God might permit Him to live and not die the humiliating, painful, death by crucifixion He knew was await...