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The cup of wrath in Psalm 75:8 are for the unrepentant wicked to drink. The cup that Christ was to drink was the same wrath of God for sin as Christ was the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world & those who put their faith in Him will not have to face the wrath of God. (I Thess 5:9).
However, those who reject what Christ has done, not recognizing Who He truly is, their sins remain. (John 3:18,36; 8:21,23,24; Isaiah 64:5; John 9:40,41).
Christ's cup not only included the wrath of God but the suffering & the baptism of suffering. This his disciples would also experience but not the facing of God's wrath as the atoning sacrifice for sin. Only Christ was able to do that.
The OP only quoted Matthew 26:39 out of its context, without other passages that also talked about this same cup & what it meant. The corroborative verses help define what this cup is. Here is the context. Also see my prior post on this, in this thread.
Matthew 26:27-30, 37-46 Then He took the cup, gave thanks & gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.” And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
37He took with Him Peter & the two sons of Zebedee & began to be sorrowful & deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here & keep watch with Me.” Going a little farther, He fell facedown & prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
40Then Jesus returned to the disciples & found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter. “Watch & pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
42A second time He went away & prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass UNLESS I DRINK IT, may Your will be done.” 43And again Jesus returned & found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
44So He left them & went away once more & prayed a THIRD time, saying the same thing. 45Then He returned to the disciples & said, “Are you still sleeping & resting? Look, THE HOUR is near & the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!”
Luke 22:41-44 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down & prayed, "Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done." Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him & strengthened Him. And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly & His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Mark 14:35,36,39-41 Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, THE HOUR WOULD PASS FROM HIM. "Abba, Father," He said, "all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will." Again He went away & prayed, saying the same thing. When Jesus returned the 3rd time, He said, “Are you still sleeping & resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled & what shall I say? Father, save me from THIS HOUR: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
John 18:1 "Put your sword back in its sheath!" Jesus said to Peter. "Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?"
Matthew 20:21-23 She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand & the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22But Jesus answered & said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of &to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup & be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand & on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Luke 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Heb 5:7 During the days of Jesus' earthly life, He offered up prayers & petitions with loud cries & tears to the One who could SAVE HIM FROM DEATH & He was heard because of His reverence.
Christ not only had to face all the suffering of His trials, beatings, etc. & then death on the cross, He also had to suffer the wrath of God for the sin of the world, to propitiate for sin. Not only those two things but He had to suffer what happens AFTER physical death & being held captive for 3 days under the power of sin & death, before He was raised & conquered both, now having the keys of death & Hades!
Christ had to reconcile all things, both visible & invisible, by the blood of the cross & His resurrection power.
And one poster did get it right. The cup is a metaphor for what Christ had to face, His fulfillment of prophecy & His hour AND for what the unrepentant wicked will have to face at the final judgment.
However, those who reject what Christ has done, not recognizing Who He truly is, their sins remain. (John 3:18,36; 8:21,23,24; Isaiah 64:5; John 9:40,41).
Christ's cup not only included the wrath of God but the suffering & the baptism of suffering. This his disciples would also experience but not the facing of God's wrath as the atoning sacrifice for sin. Only Christ was able to do that.
The OP only quoted Matthew 26:39 out of its context, without other passages that also talked about this same cup & what it meant. The corroborative verses help define what this cup is. Here is the context. Also see my prior post on this, in this thread.
Matthew 26:27-30, 37-46 Then He took the cup, gave thanks & gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.” And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
37He took with Him Peter & the two sons of Zebedee & began to be sorrowful & deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here & keep watch with Me.” Going a little farther, He fell facedown & prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
40Then Jesus returned to the disciples & found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter. “Watch & pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
42A second time He went away & prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass UNLESS I DRINK IT, may Your will be done.” 43And again Jesus returned & found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
44So He left them & went away once more & prayed a THIRD time, saying the same thing. 45Then He returned to the disciples & said, “Are you still sleeping & resting? Look, THE HOUR is near & the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!”
Luke 22:41-44 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down & prayed, "Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done." Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him & strengthened Him. And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly & His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Mark 14:35,36,39-41 Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, THE HOUR WOULD PASS FROM HIM. "Abba, Father," He said, "all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will." Again He went away & prayed, saying the same thing. When Jesus returned the 3rd time, He said, “Are you still sleeping & resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled & what shall I say? Father, save me from THIS HOUR: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
John 18:1 "Put your sword back in its sheath!" Jesus said to Peter. "Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?"
Matthew 20:21-23 She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand & the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22But Jesus answered & said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of &to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup & be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand & on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Luke 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Heb 5:7 During the days of Jesus' earthly life, He offered up prayers & petitions with loud cries & tears to the One who could SAVE HIM FROM DEATH & He was heard because of His reverence.
Christ not only had to face all the suffering of His trials, beatings, etc. & then death on the cross, He also had to suffer the wrath of God for the sin of the world, to propitiate for sin. Not only those two things but He had to suffer what happens AFTER physical death & being held captive for 3 days under the power of sin & death, before He was raised & conquered both, now having the keys of death & Hades!
Christ had to reconcile all things, both visible & invisible, by the blood of the cross & His resurrection power.
And one poster did get it right. The cup is a metaphor for what Christ had to face, His fulfillment of prophecy & His hour AND for what the unrepentant wicked will have to face at the final judgment.
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