And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17

And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17
And the Spirit & the bride say, come...Revelation 22:17 - May We One Day Bow Down In The DUST At HIS FEET ...... {click on blog TITLE at top to refresh page}---QUESTION: ...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? LUKE 18:8

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

What the 3 in Gethsemane Represent

Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone.
John 16:2 
 
"Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane
---The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of “the agony.” ---Occupied with the passover feast at their own houses, they represent the many who live upon the letter, but are mere babes as to the spirit of the gospel. 
 
To twelve, nay, to eleven only was the privilege given to enter Gethsemane and see this great sight. 
Out of the eleven, eight were left at a distance; they had fellowship, but not of that intimate sort to which men greatly beloved are admitted. 
Only three highly favored ones could approach the veil of our Lord’s mysterious sorrow: within that veil even these must not intrude; a stone's-cast distance must be left between
 
He must tread the wine-press alone, and of the people there must be none with him. Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, represent the few eminent, experienced saints, who may be written down as “Fathers;” these having done business on great waters, can in some degree measure the huge Atlantic waves of their Redeemer’s passion.
 
*To some selected spirits it is given, for the good of others, and to
strengthen them for future, special, and tremendous conflict, to enter the inner circle and hear the pleadings of the suffering
High Priest; they have fellowship with him in his sufferings, and are made conformable unto his death. 
Yet even these cannot penetrate the secret places of the Savior’s woe. “Thine unknown sufferings” is the remarkable expression of the Greek liturgy: there was an inner chamber in our Master’s grief, shut out from human knowledge and fellowship. There Jesus is “left alone.”
Charles Spurgeon