Mark 14:36

[Travis]

Mark 14:34-36
34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.


What is the cup that Jesus desired his Father to take from him?

[Blane]

Mark 14:34-36
34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.


What is the cup that Jesus desired his Father to take from him?

Great question, Travis.

Paul Washer has an absolutely exceptional message on this passage. He marvelled once when an eight year old girl answered his question correctly. That is, she answered, "The wrath of God was in the cup." Win Worley also has a superb message on this topic, entitled, "The Crimson Cross of Calvary."

Jesus knew that the sins of the world would be placed upon Him at Calvary, resulting in the wrath of Almighty God being poured out upon Him. He never asked The Father to take away the cup. He only asked that it be taken away IF it were possible. By that, I'm thinking He meant, if it were possible to accomplish the redemption of fallen man any other way.

Those are my thoughts, but I'm looking forward to hearing what others have to say on this unique passage of scripture.

Blane

[Travis]

Great question, Travis.

Paul Washer has an absolutely exceptional message on this passage. He marvelled once when an eight year old girl answered his question correctly. That is, she answered, "The wrath of God was in the cup." Win Worley also has a superb message on this topic, entitled, "The Crimson Cross of Calvary."

Jesus knew that the sins of the world would be placed upon Him at Calvary, resulting in the wrath of Almighty God being poured out upon Him. He never asked The Father to take away the cup. He only asked that it be taken away IF it were possible. By that, I'm thinking He meant, if it were possible to accomplish the redemption of fallen man any other way.

Those are my thoughts, but I'm looking forward to hearing what others have to say on this unique passage of scripture.

Blane

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me Blane. I love hearing Worley preach the Word of God. I haven't listened to as much audio of his as you... but I've listened to my fair share for the time I have known him :p Without a doubt that man had the love of God in him, and he couldn't help but have it spill over onto those the Father brought him into contact with. I'm not so sure I agree with everything he says about the cup Jesus was praying about though here. Not that what he says isn't true by any means, I just think maybe there is more to "this cup," than that. Which my brother Paul seems to hit on.

Paul Washer seems to be spot on with his interpretation of this passage, which lines up with a lot of other men of God throughout time. I think you are right in saying that the cup was the wrath of God himself. For it is the wrath of God to which every human being looks forward to who has not been redeemed or made right with God. To save us from the wrath of God, it makes sense that Jesus had to drink the fullness of the wrath of God on that cross in that 'hour,' something which only the Son of God could take in it's fullness without experiencing it for an eternity (as some will). Being fully God, only Jesus could take the wrath of his Father who is fully God as well. No created being could possibly handle the fulness of that wrath in the way required to appease the wrath of God and be the substitute for our sin, or propitiation. It had to have happened this way, there was no other way for salvation to come to mankind.

By drinking the blood of the covenant, Jesus's shed blood, I can taste the results of the cup which Jesus drank, by which I am made completely righteous, justified before God in every way. The extent of the wrath which Jesus tasted in that 'hour' is something that is beyond my comprehension, yet something I feel compelled to understand more fully as eternity proceeds.

Travis