As the reality of the path He was called to climb bore down increasingly on His heart, His flesh and mind, Jesus brought His closest friends to the familiar garden grove. 

But this night, everything was different. 

Dialogue of Agony 

Yeshua : “Father!…FA-THER!…ABBA…

Some. other. way. 

ANY other way.

Why?

Why this way? 

Why only this way? 

The excruciation of the Cross? 

My God, My God, 

Why will You forsake Me? 

I have never known a second without Your love, 

And now

At this hour 

In My greatest need 

You will turn Your back on Me?

I Am Your Beloved 

from all eternity,

I have never sinned,

I have never disappointed You,

I have never turned My back on You! “

Father God: “My Son, You still are

And will always be,

My Beloved. 

But this is the purpose for which You were born 

You will need to become 

The curse 

For all humanity’s sin. 

And when My back 

is completely turned away

and all You feel

is My wrath,

Know that My own heart will be breaking too.

I will hear Your cries 

and I will not be able to answer You. 

I will see You, My Precious Son, 

being whipped 

and spit at in Your face.

I will hear their jeers and vile words 

the pounding of the nails,

Your shrieks of agony,

and I will have to restrain Myself 

from swooping in and saving You.

I will smell the blood 

flowing out of Your precious body, 

I will feel 

each. excruciating. breath. You. gasp. for.

I will see the shame 

of Your

nakedness 

And every bit of it

will shatter My heart.

I will fill with righteous anger

as they pour their hatred out on You, 

O Son of My love,

But it is You 

that I will abandon 

and inflict My wrath upon

O My spotless Son.

It will be 

the greatest act of injustice 

ever! 

The punishment incurred by 

The hate of Your betrayer, 

the mocking blood-thirsty crowds, 

those who condemn You without cause, 

Your crucifiers 

The punishment that even Your closest followers, 

Your earthly mother and father, 

That all humanity 

Of all ages deserves, 

All. of. that. 

I will thrust 

on You. 

You Who alone have kept 

every one of My commands 

with a pure and perfect heart,

You, my Son,

will be 

their Passover Lamb. 

The Righteous 

slaughtered for the unrighteous, 

to bring sinners 

back to Us

If there could have been 

any. other. way. My Son, 

I would have rescued You from all of this.

I can only promise that 

You will see the results 

of the travail of Your soul,

And You…and I…

Will. be. satisfied.

For every one of those 

who repent and believe 

will be with us

Now and

Forever!”

Yeshua: (His sweat falling to the ground as drops of blood)

 “My Father, 

if it is not possible 

for this cup 

to be taken away unless I drink it, 

then 

not My will 

but Yours 

be done.”

 Karen DiProspero