Gesthemene

The human condition is that of the human will against the Father’s will. Our human nature, even perfect human nature, due to its limited perspective of survival and satisfaction will strike against the necessity of surrender and sacrifice. Jesus struggled this very struggle. The one whom we acknowledge as divine, at one point questioned the divine will. He acknowledged the fact that he was of two wills—the Father’s and his own. And then he bowed his head and accepted the Will that was not his own. This is what is means to be perfectly human— perfectly submitted to a perfect Will.