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The Story of Jesus
But God suffers with His Son. Angels behold the Saviour’s agony.
There is silence in Heaven. No harp is touched. Could men have
viewed the amazement of the angelic host as in silent grief they
watched the Father separating His beams of light, love, and glory
from His beloved Son, they would better understand how offensive in
His sight is sin.
A mighty angel now comes to the side of Christ. He lifts the
head of the divine sufferer upon his bosom, and points toward Heaven.
He tells Him that He has come off victor over Satan. As the result,
millions will be victors in His glorious kingdom.
A heavenly peace rests upon the Saviour’s blood-stained face. He
has borne that which no human being can ever bear; for He has tasted
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the sufferings of death for every man.
Again Christ sought His disciples, and again He found them sleep-
ing. Had they remained awake, watching and praying with their
Saviour, they would have received help for the trial before them. Miss-
ing this, they had no strength in their hour of need.
Looking sorrowfully on them, Christ said, “Sleep on now, and take
your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed
into the hands of sinners.”
Even as He spoke these words, He heard the footsteps of the mob
in search of Him, and said:
“Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray Me.”
Matthew 26:45, 46
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