Remove this CUP from me

[tonychanyt]

Jesus prayed in Gethsemene in Lk 22:

42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

What was this cup?

NIV, Ps 75:

7 It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another. 8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.

God judges the wicked with a cup in his hand. They drink the cup of judgment to the very dregs.

Is 51:

17 Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.

God's cup of judgment contains his wrath.

Je 51:

15 Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.”

God's cup symbolizes his sword.

Jesus knew the cup represented God's judgment on the wicked. It represented his divine wrath and sword to punish all nations. Jesus prayed that the Father would take away this cup of wrath from him. Nevertheless, Mt 26:

42 again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”

Jesus accepted God's cup of wrath. The Father temporarily forsook him in order to let him die on the cross.

 

[RamiC]

For me, this shows us that through becoming human with us, He even understands our struggles to submit to His Will at times when it is very daunting and the prospect is painful. I know none of our trials come close to being scapegoated for everyone's sin for all time, and few will ever approximate a crucifixion, (although there truly are some awful things that do happen in the world), but that we know even He pleaded for another way, then accepted the necessity in submission really highlights the draw-dropping, on the ground, I mean it when I say I love you thing we have in Jesus Christ. He sufferred with us in every tiny detail.