Father, bring glory to your name! In Gethsemane, an angel came to help him (Luke 22:43); here it is God who speaks. Three times God spoke from heaven during Christ's life: first, as Jesus is buried in baptism, symbolic of his own burial in the grave; second, at Transfiguration, when Moses and Elijah talk with him about his death; third, as his heart is troubled as he views the death he must die, and he honors God (compare John 12:23-24). And I will do so again. What Jesus has said means this: "Father, complete the demonstration of Your holiness and love, which you are making through me; complete it even at the cost of my agony (compare Hebrews 5:7-8)." God's answer is that he has brought glory to his name through Christ already, and that he will complete this visible demonstration, by the Cross, the Resurrection, the Ascension, Pentecost, and the victory of the messianic community!

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