Garden Of Gethsemane Lds

Many commentators have noted that the church of jesus christ of latter day saints herein referred to as the church has a distinctive focus on gethsemane 1 for example douglas j.

Garden of gethsemane lds. To the place only he could go. 1 powerful promise or invitation from every april 2020 talk sara anderson and kensie smith editor 39 s note. Gethsemane is located at the foot of the mount of olives just across the kidron valley from the old city of jerusalem.

Olive oil in my opinion is the best material symbol to represent the atoning blood of jesus christ. Davies has written that the lds interpretation of christ s garden experience involves a most interesting relocation of the act of atonement within christian theological accounts that have traditionally. The fourth gospel calls the area a garden.

However these statements from a variety of lds sources are sufficient to show that the lds include christ s suffering and death on the cross as part of his atonement for all humanity. Love and a prayer took him there. The trees themselves reminded me of the celebrated cedars of solomon on mount lebanon in the disproportionate hugeness of their venerable trunks to the thin foliage above.

His steps were heavy and slow. Doctrine of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints holds that the atonement wrought by our savior jesus christ was performed both through his suffering in the garden of gethsemane and by the voluntary surrender of his life on the cross. As promised by president nelson it truly was a ldquo memorable and unforgettable rdquo.

Our sketch will give an idea of the gnarled and time worn character of these trees supposed to be those of the garden of gethsemane. Here 39 s how you can watch. Jesus climbed the hill to the garden still.

For latter day saints gethsemane was the scene of jesus greatest agony even surpassing that which he suffered on the cross an understanding supported by mark s description of jesus experience mark 14 33 39. In the garden of gethsemane jesus was pressed with the extreme pressure of his suffering for all of us that his olive oil that is his blood oozed from his pores. This story was originally published by lds living in april 2020 and is being shared again in anticipation of october 2020 general conferen ce.