Two Pearls of Unimaginable Price
Jesuss victory over death at Golgotha is a well-known pearl of his Gospel. What is less understood is how Christ also defeated hell in Gethsemane. In Johns Witness, author Ian R. Harvey illuminates this missing pearl to deepen our understanding of Gods boundless love.
John was the sole eyewitness to the events in Gethsemane, and yet his own pearl of the account is altogether absent from his Gospel. In piecing together Johns missing story, we structurally rely on nested flashbacks to Gethsemane during Johns anxious dash to visit Jesuss empty tomb on that third day. We learn with John as he ponders Gethsemanes deep meaning. The biblical angel there provides him with added context and special visions of Eden that clarify Jesuss atoning work.
Because of Eden we must have Gethsemane.
Without Gethsemane there could be no Golgotha.
