John 18:1 records that as Jesus crossed over this brook called “darkness” or sadness under His feet was a river of a quarter of a million sacrificed lambs for the sin of the nation. So there walked the Lamb of God ready to be sacrificed crossing over the blood of sacrificed lambs. It was this same brook that during the time when Hezekiah was king that he cleansed the temple and all the debris that was found was carried to this brook to be disposed of. Both of which picture the sacrifice Jesus was about to undergo as the Lamb of God.
And having crossed over Jesus and his disciples came to a private garden where the wealthy planted things because it was against the law to spread manure in the city. Gethsemane means “oil press,” where the olives would be crushed to extract their oil. Today this garden is a part of the Catholic Church that is there and you can walk through this garden and apparently this was a favorite spot for Jesus to go with His disciples for prayer and fellowship right outside of the city. You may recall that human history began in a garden called Eden and it was man’s rebellion that caused our fall. But Jesus entered a garden in obedience to deliver man from his fall. Revelation 21-22 speaks of yet another garden where there is a pure river of water of life flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb where each tree will yield its fruit every month and leaves of the tree will be for the healing of the nations and there will be no more curse.
Jesus went into a garden where the world’s manure was, a place where crushing took place, where great drops of blood according to Luke 22:44 were extracted from Him. At once we are reminded that in the beginning there was Adam in a garden and Satan came into that garden to rip mankind off. And this time we see the second Adam come into a garden to restore that which was lost.
Consider further the two Adams:
•In a garden the first Adam rebelled against God, in a garden the second Adam submitted to God.
•In a garden the first Adam hid from God, in a garden the second Adam went forward for God.
•In a garden the first Adam was driven out because of Sin, in a garden the second Adam came to be prepared to be a sin offering.
That which was lost in a garden called Eden was reclaimed in a garden called Gethsemane.
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