What is your choice?

Kneeling in the garden, Jesus could already hear the shouts of his accusers; the mocking voices, the derision. He could feel the blows sting across his face, the cutting cords of the whips, the piercing of the nails. He saw the betrayal and abandonment of his closest friends at his darkest hour.

For, He, the Christ, had the ability to look down the corridors of time to see what lie ahead of Him – should He choose it.  And, therein lay the greatest agony: the choice between good and evil, between life and death, between self-will and God’s will.

At this hour eternity hung in the balance as all of heaven held its breath. The angels watched, and they waited.