Where's God? Finding Him in the Small Stuff Greg McCollam

When John wrote about Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, he made a point to tell us that Jesus was bound. John was drawing a direct line from the story of Abraham and Isaac in the Old Testament to Jesus. John wanted us to see the similarities between what happened to Isaac and Jesus so we would see Jesus as a willing sacrifice, not as a helpless victim.

The crowd that had come to arrest Jesus had just been knocked to the ground by Jesus' words, and they had just witnessed Him heal a man's ear that had been cut off by Peter's dagger. Yet still, they arrested Jesus. My question is, how could they not believe at that point? Instead of binding Him, why did they not bow before Him?

When Jesus was arrested, he spoke to the crowd which had come to get Him at the Garden of Gethsemane, and the whole bunch of them fell backwards. Can you imagine, hundreds of full-grown men falling on their backs like a line of dominoes? It was here too, where Jesus spoke His last words to Judas. They must have broken Jesus' heart, but did they also break Judas' heart?

When they came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, there was a huge number of soldiers, priests and other officials that came to do so.  Why were so many needed to confront Jesus and his small band of disciples?  When the crowd arrived, they were led by Judas who betrayed Jesus with a kiss.  Why a kiss?  We discuss these things and more during this episode.

Jesus was tested in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night of His arrest, in many ways that were similar to the ways in which Eve was tested in the Garden of Eden.  Why?  Because Satan did not want Jesus to go to the cross.

The gospel writers focus on Jesus' prayers when they recount His Garden of Gethsemane experience on the night He was arrested.  Jesus asked three times during His prayers that God take away "this cup" if it were possible.  What was that cup?  Was it possible for God to it away?  We discuss these questions and more during this episode.