&ldquo;And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:&rdquo; (Hebrews 9:27)<br />Death;<br />An unfortunate reality that awaits all men.<br />Jesus&rsquo; sacrifice solved the eternal death problem; the physical appointment with death &ndash; caused by Adam, nonetheless, still remains sacrosanct.<br />More intimidating also, is the mystery behind the timing, when this menace decides to pay his visit; as the hour of death, is unknown to most men.<br />Some, however, who by reason of their misdeeds, have been placed on death row.<br />These ones, are certain of when their &lsquo;ends&rsquo; would be.<br />Perhaps, the luxury of not knowing the scheduled time for death, affords many the ease and comfort to embrace this life, without care and worry.<br />To those on death row, this is not the case.<br />The sheer horror of knowing one&rsquo;s &lsquo;death date&rsquo;, petrifies.<br />It also transfixes and stupefies &ndash; mildly put.<br />The Gethsemane episode of the Christ, could best be explained by the death row experience.<br />Because of His omniscient nature, the Son of God knew what was soon to happen.<br />He fully understood the cruelty and savagery, that He was about to face.<br />Knowing His death date, was bad enough.<br />Worse, were the coming betrayals, isolation and immense torture.<br />His foreknowledge of these events, only offered Him more misery.<br />Grief, pain and unbearable agony.<br />In some thirty-three years the Christ had spent on Earth, He was never this vulnerable.<br />The Son of God, was really at His wits end!<br />That day &ndash; and in that place, the whole plan for redemption could have been aborted.<br />An action, that would have doomed our fates forever.<br />But what sustained the Son of God on His quest?<br />What kept Him resolute, even as His odyssey hung by a thread?<br />Let&rsquo;s take a walk through that garden, at Gethsemane.<br />Listen to the echoes&hellip;<br />&lsquo;even as we appreciate our Lord&rsquo;s perseverance, patience and love, in His venture to save our souls.<br />Lest we forget!