"Gethsemane" means olive oil press.
When people crushed and pressed olives, the extra virgin, purest oil would come out first, and it would have a reddish colour due to oxidation. This was the oil used in the Menorah (Temple candlestick.)
So when scripture says Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane, and his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood, it is describing how Jesus is being crushed with the weight of our sin, like the olives in the press.
I need prayer and help I just woke up in the hospital unconscious since the 9th I was badly beaten by some thugs and robbed from. After everything I have been through the last 4 years there's this now too. I am very weak and tired. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. I won't be reading social media comments. I have a hard time admitting what I've been through because how judgmental and nasty people can be on social media but I had to now. I have no friend or family support. I have nobody but God and I've been through enough! Are there caring compassionate people out there anymore? Please pray and make good viral. My story is on there. I'm too tired to post more!
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Rebellion against God isn’t bold and “proud” (Isaiah 14:12–15)—it’s destructive. “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft…” (1 Samuel 15:23). The Left constantly rebels against God’s truth—mocking His Word, rejecting His laws, and even booing God at one of their DNC conventions just a few years ago. Romans 1 warns us of “vile affections” (v.26), “men with men” (v.27), and minds “given over to a reprobate mind” (v.28). This is the result of a heart that refuses to submit. Rebellion invites deception. The spirit of witchcraft blinds many—only repentance and truth can set us free.
(I wrote this be free to share it on the last night of "Pride Month" )
