As we reflect upon the events that took place about 2,000 plus years ago in the Garden of Gethsemane in Israel, where Jesus together with his 11 disciples retreated after spending and eating the Passover meal, cleansing the Temple of the corrupted and sinful practices, retreated for the night - the last night when He asked them to pray and watch with Him for the time for the Son of man to be given as the Perfect Sacrificial Lamb for the sins of the World and humankind had almost arrived, how terribly challenged it must have been for the remaining 11 faithful disciples who had abandoned every thing to follow this simple "kampung" man, seen Him confronting the principalities and corrupted officials, performed miracles of healing and deliverance on the thousands of poor and oppressed people, multiply few loaves of bread and fishes to feed thousands, calm the life threatening storms and listened to His simple but down to earth sermons and teaching on the love, justice and the things to come for the coming Kingdom of YHVH ELOHIM whom He called His Father and theirs too if they believe, obey His commandments and follow Him. The rest are history as future events as foretold to them by their Master started to unfold before their very eyes. They were tested to the extremes, all of them beyond their ability to endure except for the empowering anointing of the Holy Spirit who was promised to them, and which they all received on Pentecost day, about 50 over days from that fateful night when the Son of Man became the Perfect Sacrificial Lamb of God who took the sins of the mankind.
We as the modern day followers of this simple "kampung" man, known as Yeshua HaMashiach, whose death and Resurrection had delivered us from bondage and slavery of sins and the kingdom of darkness and their human allies must likewise do the same. Let us, by His Grace, stay awake and watch, pray with Him even as He intercedes for all of us at the right hand of His Father in Heaven. Maranatha!
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