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A Place Called Gethsemane

A place called Gethsemane

appears in the gospels,

(Matthew 26:36,38 and Luke 22:39-71),

immediately after Passover meal, and

right before Messiahs arrest and subsequent crucifixion.

The Hebrew word for Passover

comes from the Hebrew verb

פָּסַח – pasach,

meaning: to pass over or to spare.

The Greek equivalent used in the New Testament to refer to the Passover is

G3957 – πάσχα – pascha

If you are new to this term pesach/Passover, it refers to the 1st of 7 Biblical Appointed Times given by the Lord to be celebrated annually.

(Posts on the 7 Feasts can be found listed on homepage.)

Pesach/Passover commemorates the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The account can be found in Exodus 12 and tells of the sacrificial lamb that was killed and the meal that followed. This is where Adonai instructed the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb and mark their doorposts and lintel with its blood.

This act was to protect them from the final plague that struck Egypt, the death of the firstborn. The festival is celebrated on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan usually in the months of March and April in the Gregorian calendar. (In 2025 it is today April 12th).

This celebration marks the beginning of the week long annual Appointed Time of Unleavened Bread. It is a time of remembrance and gratitude for the Lords’ salvation and faithfulness, symbolizing redemption and deliverance. Messiah was the prophetic fulfillment of this appointed time, and in Hebrew they are called Moedim. He was the Passover/pesach lamb.

During this Passover/Pesach  פָּ֫סַח season

our attention is once again drawn to the places

where Messiah spent His last hours.

One very well known location is

a place called Gethsemane.

 

The name Gethsemane

stems from an Aramaic phrase often translated

oil press;

highlighting that the area functioned as an olive orchard, where oil was extracted from olives.

The word is of Aramaic origin, from

גת שמנא – gath shemanim, meaning: oil press,

and the Hebrew equivalent is

גת שמנא –gath shemanim,

which directly translates to

oil press, gath and shemen.

Strongs# 1660 gath: Winepress

Original Word: גַּת
Transliteration: gath
Pronunciation: gath
Phonetic Spelling: gath
Meaning: a wine-press. From an unused root meaning to tread out grapes.

The Greek word G3025 (ληνός, lenos): 

 and refers to a winepress in the New Testament, used in contexts such as the parable of the wicked tenants in Matthew 21:33.

The Hebrew word gath refers to a winepress, which was a structure or device used for extracting juice from grapes during the winemaking process. In biblical times, winepresses were often hewn out of rock or constructed from stone.

Vineyards and wine production played a crucial role in the agricultural, economic and daily life of ancient Israel. The winepress was a symbol of abundance and blessing, as wine and was a staple in the diet and used in religious rituals. The process of treading grapes in a winepress was labor-intensive and often a communal activity. Winepresses are frequently mentioned in the Bible as metaphors for judgment and blessing, reflecting their dual role in both providing physical sustenance and spiritual symbolism.

The four cups of wine in the Passover Seder reflect the Lords four actions of redemption, as described in Exodus 6:6-7.

They stand for each of the four promises the Lord makes to His people.

The Cup of Sanctification

I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

The Cup of Deliverance

I will rescue you from their bondage.

The Cup of Redemption

I will redeem you with an outstretched arm.

The Cup of Praise

I will take you as My people.

(Described in more detail later in this post).

Strongs #8081 shemen: Oil

Original Word: שֶׁמֶן
Transliteration: shemen
Pronunciation: SHEH-men
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh’-men)
Definition: Oil, grease, liquid, richness, which is derived from an unused root meaning to shine or be oily. from shamen fat, oil.
NASB Translation
choice (1), fatness (2), fertile (2), fertile* (1), lavish (1), oil (176), oils (3), ointment (1), olive (6), wild* (1).

Corresponding Greek #1637 (elaion): Olive oil, used in similar contexts as shemen, for anointing and as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

Also #5548 (chriō): To anoint, often used in the New Testament to describe the anointing of Yeshua/Jesus and believers with the Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh.

The Hebrew word shemen primarily refers to oil, particularly olive oil, which was also a staple in ancient Israelite culture. It was and still is used in various contexts, including anointing, cooking, lighting lamps, and as a symbol of abundance and blessing. In the religious context, oil was used for anointing priests, kings, and sacred objects, signifying consecration and the presence of the Holy Spirit. In ancient Israel, olive oil was a valuable commodity, essential for daily life and religious practices. It was used in offerings and as a base for anointing oils and perfumes. Because olive oil production was a significant agricultural activity, and its abundance was often seen as a sign of the Heavenly Father’s blessing. The process of extracting oil from olives involved crushing and pressing, which is metaphorically significant in many biblical texts.

Rather than ‘a garden’ as we would imagine, the name Gethsemane reflects its more likely use as an olive press, indicating its connection to olive groves and because olive oil was a staple in the Mediterranean diet and economy, olive presses were common in areas with olive groves.

The Mount of Olives, where Gethsemane is located, was a significant site in Jewish tradition and prophecy.

The garden’s setting provided a secluded place for prayer and reflection, away from the bustling city of Jerusalem

and

we are told in Acts 1:12.

was a

“Sabbath day’s walk from the city.” 

 

The pressing of grapes and olives correlates symbolically with the pressure Yeshua/Jesus felt the night before His crucifixion.

Many interpreters have pointed out the powerful parallel between the crushing and pressing of olives to produce oil,

the crushing and pressing of grapes to produce wine;

and Messiah experiencing

the crushing and pressing of intense sorrow and grief

before His ultimate sacrifice.

John notes in 18:1 that Jesus “went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley” and entered a garden familiar to them.

This place of olive trees and oil press was known as a garden being located across the Kidron Valley on the

Mount of Olives (Hebrew Har ha-Zetim).

This was a ridge paralleling the eastern part of Jerusalem, and in reality is an olive orchard at the foot of the Mount of Olives.

In Matthew 26:38, Messiah reveals that His soul is

“consumed with sorrow to the point of death.”

This extreme pressure reflects how He willingly stepped into the role of the sacrificial Lamb, bearing the weight of humanity’s sins, John 1:29.

The prayerful agony in Gethsemane highlights His full humanity experiencing that stress and grief, while also highlighting His resolve to complete the Fathers plan of redemption.

In Luke 22:44 we are told that His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground, a profound picture that some modern medical experts link to extreme stress. This condition, known as hematidrosis, and although rare, it has been documented in medical literature, further showing both the historical and physiological reliability of the Gospel accounts.

        

Without doubt we can never fully comprehend Messiah’s agony in that garden but neither should we set it to the side; because it is the agony of the One True God and Man at the same time, coming face to face with sin. It was the event of the ages, which was Holiness meeting with that which is evil and out of harmony with everything that He is. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique, they are the gateway the doorway into life for us. The door, the dalith, Whom Yeshua/Jesus said He was.

The door, the dalet/dalith, for the sheep.

Strong’s Hebrew: 1808. דָּלִיּוֹת (dalith) —

Door, Doorpost. Derived from the root דָּלַל (dalal),

which means “to hang” or “to be low.”

In John 10:9-16 Yeshua tells us that He is not only the shepherd of His sheep, but also the door of the sheep. In doing so, He is inviting us to be part of His sheepfold.

Because He had stated very clearly in John 18:37, that He came with the express purpose to die. So, it was not just the death He was about to endure on the cross that Yeshua/Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. He knew He was the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world, just as John the Baptist knew and declared it publicly as recorded in John 1:29.

Is it possible that His concern was that He might not get through this struggle as the incarnate son, understanding the human flesh side of His nature and physical being? He was surely confident of getting through it as the only begotten Son of God, satan could not reach Him spiritually, there He was untouchable. However satans assault was that Messiah would come through for us on His own as the son in His humanity. If Yeshua /Jesus had done that He could not have been our Savior. In Hebrews 9:11-15 we can read the record of His agony in light of his earlier wilderness temptations. In Luke 4:13, The devil departed for a more opportune time/season and in Gethsemane, satan came back with his temptations and accusations, but he was overthrown once again. It would seem that the final assault against the humanity of Yeshua/Jesus was in

a place called Gethsemane.

The agony in Gethsemane was the agony in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The biblical accounts reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God; and the simplicity of our salvation was won on the foundation of His indescribable agony which should make us think more deeply into its meaning!

The cross of Messiah/Christ was a triumph for Him, both as the son of man and the son of God. It was not only a sign that He had triumphed but that he had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what He went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of the Heavenly Father.

The cross of Messiah is the revealed truth of our Heavenly Fathers judgment on sin. We should never think of the cross of Yeshua/Jesus as a martyr’s death because on the contrary, it was the supreme triumph of all time and it shook hells foundations. There is nothing in time and eternity more absolutely certain and irrefutable than what Yeshua/Jesus accomplished on that cross. He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right standing relationship with YHVH. He made redemption the foundation of human life, that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship with our Heavenly Father and to become His children in a loving relationship of true family. His mission, HIs destiny was hidden until it was finished and why the word tells us in 1Cor. 2:8 that if satan had realized beforehand, he would never have crucified the Lord of Glory. It was the mystery of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, hidden, but now revealed. Ephesians 3.

The cross was not something that happened to Him, it wasn’t something The Father didn’t know about, He came to die, the cross was His purpose in coming.

How many times did He walk past the lines of people, crucified by the Romans along the road to Jerusalem, knowing one day He would also be hung on a stake?

He is the lamb slain from the foundation of the world – the redemption plan was always set in place from the very beginning. Rev. 13:8.

The incarnation of Messiah would have no meaning without the cross. We should be mindful of not separating that YHVH was manifested in the flesh …from, He made Him to be sin for us.

1Tim. 3:16 and 2 Cor. 5:21.

The purpose of the incarnation was redemption. Our Heavenly Father came in the flesh to take sin away not to accomplish something for Himself. The cross is the central event in time and eternity and the answer to the problems of both. The cross is not the cross of a man, but the cross of the King of the Universe, and it can never be fully comprehended through human experience; because the cross is Him exhibiting His nature. It’s the gate, the door, through which any and every individual can enter into oneness with Him, but it is not a gate we pass right through, it’s one where we abide in the life/chaim that is found there.

The heart of salvation is the cross of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that is cost Him so very much. After a place called Gethsemane, the cross was the place where the One True God and sinful man collided, and where the way to eternal life with Him was opened; and His heart absorbed all the agony of that collision. The reason that He was able to do this at all, began with Abram and the covenant that the Father and Messiah made themselves; Genesis 15:17. It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

It was not Abram who walked between the parts of the sacrificed animals. It was not Abram who made the covenant with God, or Abrams life would have had to pay the price for the broken covenant. Our Heavenly Father made it with Himself, so when the penalty had to be paid, it was He Himself Who was legally bound to pay with His own life. This life that had to be sacrificed, came in the form of His only begotten Son; Who as the sinless Lamb of God was the perfect offering, Whose blood covered all sin for all time. No more blood sacrifice has ever been and will not ever be needed…

It is finished and we are redeemed.

Every last will and testament/covenant cannot be ratified or fulfilled until the death of the one who made the will. With Messiah s death all the promises of the covenant /testament/will have come into being. And because He rose again in resurrection life, the new-renewed and better covenant is now in effect …eternally. We need a greater understanding of what went before for thousands of years, in order to fully appreciate what we have now been given through the promises of Messiahs victory over sin, death, hell and the grave.

The place called Gethsemane is a reminder of the wine press, the crushing of the grapes, and the part of the Seder Passover meal that includes the 4 cups of wine. This was the custom in Messiahs day and all followed the annual moedim.

For those new to this explanation, below is a brief overview of the 4 cups and their relationship to the 4 promises mentioned previously from Exodus 6:6-7.

Four cups of wine are poured during the course of the Seder.

The first cup is the cup of sanctification.

When drinking the cup of sanctification those at the meal recite, “I will bring you out from Egypt.” Because the children of Israel were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years, many had become bitter, having begun as guests but with time they became slaves and the yoke of slavery was burdensome and heavy. During Passover, we remember how our Heavenly Father brought the children of Israel out from slavery and made them into a great nation with a purpose and calling—to be a light to the nations (Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6, Acts 13:47) and to bring Messiah Yeshua/ Jesus into the world. Without the Jewish people, without Passover, we would not have the Messiah. When drinking the cup of sanctification, we remember YHVH bringing Israel out of slavery and the miracle that the Messiah came through the line of David. 

The 2nd cup reminds us of our deliverance from sin and death, that both Jew and Gentile, are under God’s judgment unless they accept salvation, that is, substitutionary atonement, through Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah Romans 5:9, 1 Cor. 15:1-5, John 14:6. The children of Israel could not just rely on their position as Israelites. They had to respond to the method that our Heavenly Father chose, which was the slaying of the Pesach/Passover lamb .We should humbly remember that just as the children of Israel escaped Egypt in haste, so our time on earth is fleeting – each moment is precious. 

The third cup of the Passover/Pesach Seder is The Cup of Redemption and is the first cup to be drunk after the meal. It is believed that it is the Cup of Redemption that Yeshua/Jesus instructed the disciples to partake of in the last supper, as both accounts in Matthew 26:27 and Luke 22:19 describe the cup being taken after the meal. Luke’s account in 22:15 even refers to the last meal Yeshua/Jesus had with his disciples as Passover. In this verse specifically, Messiah tells His disciples:

“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”

The Cup of Redemption traditionally signifies the slaying of the Passover lamb that spared the Israelites from the 10th plague of the slaying of the first born. This cup traditionally remembers how the Lord redeems Israel with an outstretched arm. It is very significant when Messiah tells His disciples that the wine in this cup is

My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. 

As the blood of the Passover Lamb covered the believing Israelites and Egyptians back in Egypt, so the Blood of Messiah covers Jewish and Gentile believers today.

The 4th cup of the Seder is the Cup of Praise. When drinking this cup, there is singing and rejoicing that Israel was made into a nation at Sinai. The leader of the Seder says that the Lord has remembered them; and to this day, our Heavenly Father has remembered the everlasting covenant that He made with Abraham in Genesis 17:7. Traditionally the song called in Hebrew Dayenu, meaning: “it would have been enough” is sung together with psalms of praise. In the song Dayenu, the words thank our Heavenly Father for delivering us from the Egyptians, bringing them through the Sea of Reeds, and bringing them forth as Am Yisrael, the people of Israel. There is a hope when drinking this 4th cup, that our Heavenly Father will forgive, restore the Jewish people, bring them back to the Land of Israel and that the Messiah will return.

Messiah sanctifies us – “And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth” John 17:19.

Messiah delivers us – “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” John 8:32.

Messiah redeems us – “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons” Galatians 4:4-5.

Messiah is our joy /praise – “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” John 15:11.

Three things we can learn:

Dependence on Prayer:

Obedience to God’s Will:

and Vigilance:

A place called Gethsemane underscores the necessity of profound, earnest prayer during times of crisis. Messiah’s willingness to endure unimaginable stress prior to bearing sin for the world, emphasizes total submission to divine plans. The disciples’ weakness in staying awake, warns believers about spiritual alertness and the ease of complacency.

A place called Gethsemane continues to serve as a powerful reminder that sincere prayer, unwavering submission to God, and triumph over human weakness are central to a life rooted in truth and devotion.

The Passover/Pesach is truly our moment to remember that we have passed over from death to life, and to never to take lightly, or for granted, the power of the cross and His sacrificial atoning death and resurrection.

Other posts on this, Pesach /Passover and week of Unleavened Bread can be found in the archives. Some links below for those new to the site.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/palm-sunday-nisan-the-appointed-time-of-the-lamb/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/not-passing-over-passover-week/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/unleavened-bread-matzot-week/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/first-fruits/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-lot-can-happen-in-a-week/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/even-more-can-happen-in-and-around-the-same-week/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/midweek-mannabite-secrets-of-the-seder-plate/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/unleavened-bread-matzot-week/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/more-than-one-palm/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sonset-sunrise-sunset-sonrise-apocalypse-of-the-tamid/ 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/13-for-supper-and-only-4-cups/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/pesach-emunah-for-his-am-segulah/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/pesach-emunah-for-his-am-segulah-part-2/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/afikomen-mysterious-and-hidden/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/where-was-keifa-the-week-of-chag-hamatzot/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/revealing-the-overcoming-resheet-of-bikkurim/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-greater-exodus/

Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

SONset – sunrise – sunset– SONrise – Apocalypse of the Tamid.

The Hebrew word for sunrise is זְרִיחָה, (zuree-chah), which comes from the simple verb לִזְרוֹחַ meaning:

to shine or to rise, when referring to the sun.

The Hebrew word for sunset is הַשְּׁקִיעָה – (shash-kee yah), literally, the setting.

Sunset is termed שְׁקִיעַת הַחַמַּה – the setting of the sun.

  שקיעה is the noun form of the verb לִשְׁקוֹעַ, meaning to sink, or to settle in a low place.

Strong’s Hebrew: 1121. בֵּן (ben) — son

Strong’s Hebrew: 1247. בַּר (bar) — son – 

Strong’s Hebrew: 8121. שָׁ֫מֶשׁ (shemesh) — sun

Strong’s Hebrew: 2224. זָרַח (zarach) — to rise, come forth

Strong’s Hebrew: 6942. קָדַשׁ (qadash) — to be set apart or consecrated

Nisan or Nissan, נִיסָן – ni’-san, (nican), in Hebrew has a meaning of renewal – a beginning. Today, new year begins in January but in the Bible, in Torah, it was not that way.

Nisan is the 7th month in the Hebrew Civil calendar and the 1st month in the Torah – spiritual Calendar.

The sign of Nissan is a Lamb.

Strong’s #07716 – Lamb – Seh –  שֶׂה – SHIN – HEY – BEHOLD GOD.

In the shamayim/heavens, the sign of the Lamb of God is the heavenly constellation of stars called Aries. Passover was the sign of the Lamb of God in Egypt.

The ram provided to Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah in Israel was the prophetic sign of God providing the future sacrifice for sin and for reconciliation of relationship through Jesus’s/Yeshua’s death on the cross as Redeemer.

Lambs graze in a flock, faithfully following the shepherd.

Being a follower is sometimes a mature choice, not a passive failure. The Israelites made the choice to follow God.

When God created the world, His plan was that we choose to know Him.

The month of Nisan is the 1st month of the spiritual year and in Hebrew, Spring called AVIV.

אביב AVIV, derived from the word abīb, actually translates as the season of SPRING. From the Hebrew word ābhībh literally, ear of grain also meaning an ear, or a time of year where grains come into ear, commonly known as Aviv, (or Nisan, the 1st month of the Hebrew calendar). (Notably seen in Place Names in Israel e.g. Tel Aviv).

After the Babylonian exile, the new name for Abib/Aviv, was Nisan/Nissan. Although this name is technically of Babylonian origin, the Aramaic word Nissan is related to the Hebrew word, nitzan, (נִצָּן) meaning bud. In Song of Songs, King Solomon’s epic poem in which he depicts the love that bonds us to God, redemption is symbolically referred to as “the time that the buds were seen in our land,” which means that the earth gave birth to a people who would soon blossom or flower.

Another derivation is from the word nissim (נִסִּים) meaning miracles, and by definition is the month of miracles. Both of these suggest freshness and renewal physical and spiritual resurrection in our lives.

In Aviv, אביב the first month is NISAN and the 1st Feast/Appointed Time of the Lord is…

Pesach – Passover – פֶּסַח – Pesah, Pesakh.

It is a paradox because although it’s the genesis of the year and the Appointed time of New Beginnings; it is also the time of the end of Messiah’s life, (earthly); and it is also the beginning – genesis – beresheet – בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית – of life (eternal).

The beginning – beresheet – genesis

of the end, ends with the beginning with no end.

It all began – genesis – beresheet – in a garden..גַּן, we know as Eden..עֵדֶן

גַּן עֵדֶן, Gan ʿEḏen 

 Here in Gan Eden, God formed ha’adam the first אדם adam.

The Hebrew word for earth is adama.

The Hebrew word for man derived from Hebrew אדם  adam meaning “to be red“, referring to the ruddy color of human skin, or from Akkadian adamu meaning “to make”

The Garden of Eden was the 1st of 3 specific and important Gardens, the beginning of the end was in a garden

..and the end of the beginning also began in a garden.

in the 3rd and last garden (tomb), was Messiah, the last adam. 

The first man, Adam, became a living person, and the last Adam (Christ in the flesh) became a spirit that gives life.1 Cor. 15:45

Our Father planted the very first garden. He is THE Gardener/Vinedresser/Husbandman. John 15:1; I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

Strong’s Hebrew. 3755. karam

עברית  vinedresser  וינדרסר

Vinedresser is just one way to translate the Greek word used by Jesus (Yeshua). It can also mean Gardener, Farmer, and Husbandman (KJV). It is a generic word for someone who tends plants.

Jer.33:15;  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Is 53:2; He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and He is called “the Branch of the Lord“. Is.11:1; Heb.12:24; Zech. 3:8, “I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH, and 6:12; Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH.
A Branch, or the Branches of a tree, are the glory of a tree. Messiah, the Son of man, being the real offspring and son of David according to the flesh, is the glory of all David’s race, and of the whole church of God in general. Matthew 22:45.

My Father is the Husbandman, not simply the ἀμπελουργός, or vinedresser, but also γεωργός, the owner of the land as well.

Jesus is the Word /Yeshua is Torah. He is the Tree of Life/Etz Chaim to all who take hold of Him and eat of Him. The tree of Life in gan Eden whose fruit would give eternal life.

but there is one Biblical place in particular which takes its name from another garden. that of GAT SHMANIM…

This was the garden of Gethsemane – Gatshmanim

Gethsemane, Greek: Γεθσημανή, Gethsemane; Hebrew: Gat Shmanim;

שמנים‎ גת

ים= IM = Yod and (final) Mem.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mysteries-of-im/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mysteries-of-im-part-2/ 

Strong’s Hebrew: 2132. זַ֫יִת (zayith) — olive tree, olive

Below looking up the Kidron Valley towards Gethsemane, Jerusalem is to the left.

Gethsemane is changed into English from two Hebrew words: GAT and SHMANIM. It means ‘the place where olive oil is pressed‘.

A further insight into the Hebrew words GAT and SHMANIM, reveals GAT, as a Hebrew word by itself (Hebrew: גת – gimel, tav), which means a winepress.

SHMANIM – שמנים‎ –  means oils, and is the plural IM – ים, of the singular Hebrew word שֶׁמֶן SHEMEN, for oil.

A literal translation of GAT SHMANIM would be winepress of oils.

 However, it refers to a pressing-method far more violent than the crushing of grapes underfoot.

This is one Biblical place in particular that takes its name from GAT SHMANIM…

olive – zayit – זית – zah’yeet

Also the symbol of peace, light and longevity together with the dove (יוֹנָה – yona) which brought Noah an olive leaf after the flood, (Genesis 8:11). 
Some olive trees have been known to live for more than 2,000 years, maybe even there when Jesus/ Yeshua walked among them.

Pictured below is a replica of a first-century olive press (בֵּית בַּד – beit bahd) in modern day Israel.

The stone weights suspended from the beam likely exert more than 1 ton (2,204 lbs/907 Kilos) of pressure on the olives.

Each one requires multiple people to move.

The shemen gat – meaning: the winepress (gat), of oil (shemen.)

Where His suffering began.

It is located on a slope of the Mount of Olives just across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem.

photo above 1890-1900

Here He surrendered His will. In the face of the approaching will of the Father.

Isaiah 53:10-12

The Lord was pleased to bruise him; he has put him to grief [or: caused his pain]; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the pleasure [picking up on the first line] of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

The Father was pleased to bruise the Son for our iniquities, and the Son was pleased to be bruised by the Father’s will. As we heard on Monday, Jesus had a choice. He chose to have the iniquity of us all laid on Him.

The arrest was the beginning –

the genesis – beresheet – בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית

– of the end…of the beginning.

Leviticus 8:10–12; Luke 22:39–44.

The garden was not a garden in our western understanding. It was an olive grove, a place where the olives from the trees that grew there, were made into oil.

Jews would extract this oil by placing sacks of freshly-picked olives underneath a massive, wooden beam which they would pull down using heavy stone weights to crush both olives and their pits with tremendous force.

It was the place of the oil press. The word for oil in Hebrew is Shemen.

The word for Press in Hebrew is GAT. Oil press is a gat shemen, or a gatshmanim.

The olives would be placed on top of the Big Stone and a large ‘wheel like’ stone would roll over them, crushing them.

The crushing of the olives would cause them to release their oil.

So the meaning of Gethsemane is the oil press.

There is a secret in the meaning connected to Yeshua, as the word Messiah is linked to oil, gat;

to Olive oil, to shemen, and it’s no coincidence it is the place where the suffering began – because it was the place of crushing. The olive press, is the place where His crushing began.

First the crushing of His will and then the crushing of His life.

Oil is also linked to healing and joy.

The SON of Righteousness

(and here is BEN the ‘other SUN’..)

1 Yeshua Ben Joseph and

2 Yeshua Ben David

Risen with healing in His wings.

Links below for more on wings.
https://www.minimannamoments.com/miracles-on-a-z-string/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/life-on-the-fringe/

And to anointing oil which is the most sacred holy (set apart) use. Oil was poured over those set apart ones who were to be prophets priests and kings. This oil in its highest form of symbolism signifies the Holy Spirit being poured out.

The hidden mystery of the gospel was and is now revealed, the crushing of Messiah in the oil press of Gethsemane would be and is linked to joy and healing in the anointing and outpouring of the Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh.

In His deathS (Maveth מָוֶת), is Life/liveS (CHAIM)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mystery-of-in-his-deaths/

It began with the oil of the olives crushed in the press, so every desire and ambition not of God, must be surrendered and crushed.

And in the crushing, the set apart, (Holy/ Kodesh), ones will be filled, anointed with oil and released by the Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh to fulfil His Will, Plans and Purposes.

Strong’s Hebrew: 6944. קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qodesh) — apartness, sacredness

Kodashim (Hebrew: קדשים ‎, “Holy Things)

As the disciples slept in the garden,

Jesus/Yeshua poured out His soul to His Father, in agony. Luke writes, 

Hematidrosis is the incredibly rare medical phenomenon, where extreme stress causes a person’s skin to release blood in sweat; few humans have ever experienced the levels of stress needed to cause it.

Yet as Jesus/Yeshua prayed,

“My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may Your will be done,” 

the unthinkable pressure of the weight of all our sins crushed Messiah,

pressing out His life and blood like olive oil flowing from a press.

GAT SHMANIM could not have been more aptly named!

As the heavy weights hung from the wooden beam of an ancient olive press crushed olives underneath,

the weight of our sins crushed Jesus/Yeshua as He hung upon the wooden beams of the cross.

Jesus/Yeshua’s Blood was poured out for us like olive oil, as

 He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. – Isaiah 53:5-6

Yet His blood is worth far more than oil; it is our Salvation,

our hope,

and our light!

Messiah,  מָשִׁיחַ = Christ = anointed one = Mashiach, Mah-she-AKH = anointed one.

So the Messiah = the anointed one, just as Christ does. Greek = christos.

Jesus comes from Yeshua. Jesus Christ is Yeshua ha Mashiach or Jesus the Messiah = Jesus the anointed. Anointed = oil. With olive oil.

The apocalypse (revealing) of the mystery of the TAMID – תָּמִיד – taw-meed’

Messiah is the lamb but not only that for He is also our TAMID.

The eastern side of the temple faced the Garden of Gethsemane

it was also the side closest to the location of the altar of sacrifice.

It is sobering to note that every time Yeshua/Jesus was upon the Mt. of Olives in the Garden at Gethsemane He was looking directly at the altar of sacrifice.

Ex. 29:38–39; Mark 15:25–37; Rev. 7:9–17;

the Torah called for two lambs…

Offer one in the morning and the other twilight.

This is called the law of the TAMID. 

The Tamid was the name for the morning and evening sacrifice,

the first (Alef) and last (Tav)

that began and ended a series of daily sacrifices for the various sins and offerings of the people.

The Chamber of Lambs Once it has been established that the proper time has come for offering the tamid daily sacrifice, and the gates of the Sanctuary are open, the overseer instructs the priests who will be attending to the service: “Bring a lamb from the Chamber of Lambs!”

The halves of the Tamid were two lambs.

The 1st was offered in the morning at the third hour of the day.

With its death, the temple trumpets would sound and the temple gates were opened.

This was at 9am (the exact time Yeshua/Jesus was crucified and the cross lifted up)

and the 2nd at 3pm (the time Yeshua/Jesus died).

The beginning and end of every day in the Israelite community was marked by the reference to the tamid offering. In other words, at the outset of both the day at sunrise and sunset at night, their thoughts were directed upon God, which in fact was focused on the coming Messiah.

The daytime was divided into 12 seasonal hours, but the day division of hours was focused on the schedule of the Tamid sacrifice.

In the first century AD the night was divided into 4 night watches of 3 hours each:

(1) from sundown to 9PM;

(2) from 9PM to 12 midnight;

(3) from 12 midnight to 3AM; and

(4) from 3AM to dawn.

Tamid תָּמִיד (taw-meed’) Strongs 8548 means: continuity, continual, daily, perpetual, always, all times, forever.

He is our answer every day and forever. Our covering always and for eternity.

Just as the unblemished Tamid lamb was the standing sacrifice presented continually on the altar of sacrifice in the Jerusalem Temple, Messiah Yeshua/Jesus is the unblemished Lamb standing before the throne of God in the Temple of the heavens/shamayim.

Just as a lamb’s blood flows at the base of the altar, so too did Messiahs blood flow to the base of the cross.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul (Leviticus 17:11).

Hebrews 10:4 teaches that the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.

The very fact that the Bible says the blood of bulls and goats cannot save is solid evidence that Messiah’s blood is 100% required, important and essential for our redemption.

His death alone is insufficient to save anyone. The blood had to be shed and applied to the mercy seat/ kapporet in the Heavens, just as it was required by the High Priest/Kohen HaGadol, in the Old Testament tabernacle/mishkan.

 After He died and a Roman soldier thrust a spear through Yeshua/Jesus’ side, piercing both the lungs and the heart, blood and water came from His side just as John recorded in his Gospel (John 19:34).

The spear that was thrust into His side, likely under His ribs,

could have ruptured the pericardial sack,

resulting in a flow of both blood and water.

This to fulfill scripture that of His identification with and healing for the brokenhearted. Also: Sin is passed on through the blood, that is why we say Adam passed the sin on to all.

1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot….

He reveals to Nicodemus about a spiritual birth and gives an explanation for being born of water, referring to his need for spiritual cleansing. From then on it is possible to be born again in order to enter the kingdom of God. (John 19)

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. v. 7-8 KJV

The TAMID Sacrifice

From the Genesis in Gan Eden, later confirmed with the covenant at Sinai; Elohim set apart (made holy), a people who would be a picture for the world, and He taught them that sin could only be redeemed with the shedding of innocent blood.

The WAY to cleanse the wrong choices of those created in His image and likeness yet, a little lower than the angels.
This began the (prophetic) ritual of the Tamid, a lamb for the first and last sacrifice of each day.

The Priests drew lots (PURIM), for various official duties, such as slaying the Tamid, sprinkling its blood, and cleansing the altar and the candlestick; the announcement of the time of slaying the morning sacrifice; the bringing of the sacrificial lamb,

(which was given to drink from a golden cup before it was killed;) and taking it to the place of sacrifice. 

This together with the statement, in conformity with

Ezek. 34:2, that no man ever passed through the postern on the southern side of the large door; how the opening of this great portal was heard as far as Jericho, as was the sound of the trumpets and other music of the Temple.

Then at the ninth hour, the evening sacrifice would be offered on the altar; at which time all the sacrifices would finish, the day complete.

At that point there were NO more sacrifices.

Morning lamb -9 AM, the third hour.

The same time Messiah was crucified.

So as the morning lamb was slain on the altar in the temple Messiah the lamb of God was lifted on the altar of the cross.

The trumpets sounded to announce the sacrifice and the temple gates were opened.

The evening lamb was killed at 9, our 3 PM, this is when He died.

His sacrifice began with the a.m. offering of the morning lamb. And ended with the p.m. offering of the evening lamb.

This was the point at which the WAY was RE-opened to God. And all took place during six hours of the temple sacrifices. RE-storation and RE-demption completed.

“But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.”  Hebrews 10:12

The Son of the Father, Creator of the morning sunrise and evening sunset
began a six-hour journey In between the two lambs, in between the 2 suns for the 2 Sons, from the first to the last; the lamb of God was the ultimate sacrifice. And because His sacrifice was perfect, it was all in all, every sin and every offering was covered by His Blood.

He’s the one who died for many – the sacrifice for all. Nothing more is needed.

He is the TAMID the Son/sun,(shemesh), of Righteousness that Malachi 4:2 prophesied of the coming Messiah. 

He is connected to the sunset and sunrise of that Passover day in the order of evening and morning, of sunset,

when He was to sheqi’ah, sink, or to settle in a low place (the grave).

Then to the sunrise, when on the first day of the week, that resurrection dawning of the Sun,

He rose from the dead and (zarach/ come forth), as the morning came and the sunrise (to shine or to rise). The Son of God arose and shone.

Even from before the genesis in gan eden, the Tamid had a name. He was there at creation, for nothing was made without Him and when the plan was set in motion, He knew what His part would be…. Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus the Messiah, the anointed one,

is our Tamid

Mount of Olives at sunset.

Mount of Olives at sunrise.

From the Genesis/beginning, He revealed/apocalypse, the end/Revelation. For He is the Alef and the Tav – From Gan Eden to Gatshmanim/Gethsemane and to His rising from the GARDEN tomb with the sunrise – זְרִיחָה to shine or to rise,

זָרַח (zarach) — to rise, come forth

From long ago He told us things that had not yet happened, saying in essence, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.” And history will come full circle at the end of time to reveal Him and His Glory in the universe.

He has released upon us the Ruach Ha Kodesh for setting us apart and anointing us with His oil of gladness.

for HE did provide a Lamb

Hebrew phrase is literally translated as:

“lamb of THE God”.

שה האלוהים

The message for us is this, the only WAY to get into the garden is by going to the garden tomb first. We cannot get to the tomb until you have first gone to the cross by Way of gethsemane’s garden where we willingly give up/surrender our life/chaim. By dying to the old life, and crucifying the flesh life, by losing it and counting our old life as dead and gone.

This is the WAY to the garden of God and all it’s blessings. It’s the WAY/derek of the cross and always leads to life. (Chaim – lives, plural). The paradox and contradiction that death leads to life/chaim is summed up once again, in the fact that life, death and then life, were in the gardens and all had special trees, the end is the beginning, the Genesis, the garden, gan Eden; And here the mystery of the 3 gardens is revealed in Yeshua our Tanim, for He is the WAY of the Lamb, the truth and the CHAIM/ lifes.

Now we have a deeper understanding, this year let’s remember our Tamid at the coming Pesach and allow the fullness of the Son/sunshine to dawn and shine His resurrection glory,

on us,

in us

and through us,

as we celebrate..

Messiah our Tamid is RISEN indeed.

Shalom shalom!

To all mmm Mishpachah – משפחה – Mish-pa-KHa – Family

Have a zisn (Zeesen) Pesach = (Have) a sweet Pesach

a koshern Pesach = (Have) a kosher Pesach

a freylakhn Pesach = (Have) a happy Pesach

To say Happy Passover in Hebrew you literally say holiday passover happy

chag pesach sameach    חג פסח שמח 

(pronounced) KHAG PAY-sock sah-MEY-akh

Chag = festival (holidays) and is pronounced KHAHG. It’s similar to the English word cog, with the same breathy, raspy sound described below as used for the ch.
Happy = sah-MEY-akh.” Use a hard “k” sound with a raspy quality from the back of the throat. Don’t use an English “ch” sound use raspy kh sound also for PAY-sock in Pesach/Passover.

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety in your heart that you have Messiah our Tamid in your life and heart as the days draw ever closer to the end of the age..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

Make sure Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

He longs to give you the Shalom He paid the ultimate price for..

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

A Lot Can Happen In A Week

  During the process of gathering and assembling all the pertinent information for the Spring feast posts; the reality of the facts and the multiple events surrounding our central focus became clearer than ever before. At best we are prone to forget, at worst we ignore all the activity and miracles taking place on and around the same time as we remembered the Passover.

Even though the week has physically passed, it is still highly relevant as the halfway point, (25th day) to Pentecost is called the 2nd Passover. A 2nd chance to prepare our hearts. For these are His Divine appointments. 

This particular year, everything changed. What had been in the planning and on hold stage, prophetically rehearsed for millennia, was now taking place and unfolding in real-time.

Although many of these events are recorded in all four Gospels, those here are primarily followed in Matthew  chapters 20-28 and John 12.

Prior to the start of passover week,

Jesus/Yeshua raises Lazarus from the dead no doubt one of the last events

that made the chief priests decide to do something about Him, but they did not want to do it right on the festival of Passover. 

In Luke 12:20–21 the Greeks asked Philip to take them to Jesus. In verse 24, He taught on the seed falling to the ground, prophetically declaring what was about to occur in His own life. 

John 12: 28 God’s voice came from heaven, “and I did glorify and I shall glorify again” the crowd heard thunder.

In verse 29, an angel spoke to Him and 

He begins by prophesying that He will be betrayed and the chief priests and scribes will condemn him to death.

 James and John were arguing who would sit on his right or left hand. 

Verse 30 Jesus heals two blind men. He touched their eyes and

immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Then He tells the disciples to go to Bethphage, near the Mount of Olives and to bring the donkeys colt, fulfilling Zechariah 9:9

Then the triumphal entry as recorded in

John 12:12, the next day he entered Jerusalem on the donkey.

Jesus weeps over Jerusalem because they miss their appointed time of visitation.

In John 16:23; His teaching to ask the Father in His Name.

John 17. The whole chapter Jesus prays for all believers.

 verse 12, Jesus went into the temple but before-hand, He purposefully and thoughtfully made a whip

and then turned over the tables in the temple courtyard where the merchants were trading animals and birds for the temple sacrifices and drove them out.

vs. 14 The blind and lame came to Him and He healed them.

This displeased the chief priests and scribes and was the final straw to them trying to get rid of Him.

 He went to Bethany and stayed there

John 12:16 also tells us that days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany.

John 12:19 was the withering of the fig tree,

then John records in 12:12-9, the crowd saw it and then the high priests wanted to kill Lazarus after Jesus raised him.

John 12:23 He was teaching daily in the temple and the chief priests and elders came and challenged Him.

Vrs 31- 41 He warned them and then verse 45-46 they realized was He meant.

Chapters 22 and 23 He continued teaching and called them hypocrites,

verse 24, He left the temple and went and sat on the Mount of olives,

here He tells them of the events that are going to take place in future.

chapter 25 teaches the parables of 5 wise

and 5 foolish virgins.

Also the

and the separating of the sheep and goat nations.

 Chp. 26:2 He tells the disciples that after two days is the feast of the Passover and the Son of Man will be betrayed to be crucified.

Chapter 26:3-5, the chief priests, scribes and elders talked to Caiaphas and consulted how they might take Jesus and kill him.

Matthew 26:6 Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.

Matthew 7-13, 19 is the record of the woman who washed His feet with her tears and emptied her alabaster box of precious ointment over Him which Jesus stated prophetically, was in preparation for His death.

Jesus tells Simon He knows what he is thinking and declares that the one who is forgiven much, loves much.

14-16 Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and they gave him 30 pieces of silver.

17- Jesus tells His disciples to go and make ready for the seder meal and the Passover

23 24 Jesus tells that one of them there will betray Him

26 He takes the bread and the cup and institutes communion as we know it.

John chapter 13:4-7 if after supper He took a towel poured water into a basin and washed the disciples feet.

John 36: Jesus prays in Gethsemane – Gat Sh’monim, which means olive press. This was an enclosed grove with its oil press.

And olive grove was not a garden, we know it better as Gethsemane.

Vs.40 Peter, James and John could not stay awake one hour, three times He goes to the disciples and they were sleeping each time.

Jesus sweats blood with the stress of the burden of the world’s sin that he is taking upon Himself. Luke 22:44 and Mark 14:33, 34 tells us that He almost died at this point.

There is some scientific data confirming that under extreme stress, blood will be forced through capillaries to the skin surface, appearing as if blood is being sweated.

Verse 43 He saw an angel. 

47-49 Judas arrives with the chief priests and elders of the people and betrays Jesus with a kiss.

John chapter 18:5–7 Jesus spoke ‘I am that I am’, ‘Anochi’, with such a powerful authority and anointing they all fell backward to the ground.

and the rest to follow…….