Grief suddenly surging upon His frame, “We should depart.”
A place to pray.
“Watch and wait.”
He steps away.
To the place where men are broken and men are made. The Crucible. Gethsemane.
Heart beating. Faster breathing. Panic seizing. Falling, weeping. Sweating, heaving. Terror, bleeding. Desperate, screeching. Begging, pleading.
“My Father!”
Behold.
What are we seeing?!?
A God weeping?
A King pleading?
Listen.
A Lamb is bleating.
Love exceeding.
We beheld His glory before, but now what is this glory we are seeing? This brightness shining? Can what is pure be refined? He was glorious before, but now what is this sight?
The veil pulled back.
Unapproachable light.
See Him.
The One who uttered the world now speechless. The One who showed all His wonders in Egypt, who conquered their armies now curled up like a fetus.
See Him.
The One who slept through a storm now sleepless.
The One who walked in the garden of Eden now crippled and broken in sorrow and weakness.
See Him.
The One who was there in the furnace of fire, who came down on Carmel, shut the mouths of lions now whimpering, crying.
The One who burned in the bush with such glory.
The One who parted the waters now drowning.
The Trinity’s second member, abandoned.
For you.
See His glory shining.
Now rising.
The torches approaching. The torture ensuing.
A poison kiss.
Face of flint.

Papa, Matt (2014-10-28). "Look and Live: Behold the Soul-Thrilling, Sin-Destroying Glory of Christ" (p. 100-101). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.