The Hour

“Father, the hour is come.” – John 17:1 What a terrible hour that was – the hour of suffering and death, of Gethsemane and Golgotha! Jesus and His disciples are on their way to Gethsemane.  The last Passover had been celebrated – and the first Lord’s Supper, too.  The last discourse of Jesus to His disciples, a message of comfort and exhortation and promise, had been uttered – John 14 – while they were still in the upper room – John 15 and 16 – while on the way to the garden of sorrows.  Now...