{"id":8997,"date":"2025-04-18T16:03:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T21:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T21:04:21","slug":"and-now-the-hour-has-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/and-now-the-hour-has-come\/","title":{"rendered":"And Now the Hour Has Come"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We couldn\u2019t understand why the Master prayed,<\/h6>\n
So fervently, in the garden there he stayed, well into the night.<\/h6>\n
And so, we all fell asleep~<\/h6>\n
Awakened, three times and then, soldiers came~<\/h6>\n
In shock and unbelief, we watched Judas, as he kissed, the Messiah, he\u2019s betrayed us all~<\/h6>\n
Satan hissed; and laughed; to see this, his hand had been well played.<\/h6>\n
They took the Lord, and before we could comprehend, his words rang in our ears~<\/h6>\n
We drew back in torment and fear.<\/h6>\n
Fear, they\u2019d arrest us too!<\/h6>\n
Oh, what fools~ but it was too late.<\/h6>\n
Days later our hearts broke as we fully understood~ Judas had been the bait.<\/h6>\n
Our Messiah had been beaten, disgraced and nailed to a pole.<\/h6>\n
All the people looked on and said,<\/h6>\n
\u201cSee, he is not the Christ as you supposed~<\/h6>\n
Your king is dead!\u201d<\/h6>\n
Worried, afraid, confused, it was done~<\/h6>\n
They had killed God\u2019s only begotten son.<\/h6>\n
The door flew open, and Mary rushed in~<\/h6>\n
Great Joy, was in her words<\/h6>\n
\u201cPeter, James, John, he\u2019s not in the tomb!\u201d<\/h6>\n
Gasps all around, we went to see, it was true, this man from Galilee~<\/h6>\n
Had kept his word and rose again~<\/h6>\n
He Lives!<\/h6>\n
The grave is empty!!!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill April 18, 2025<\/h6>\n
John 16:4 – 21st Century King James Version<\/em><\/strong> – 4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. \u201cAnd these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Matthew 26: 36-40 KJV<\/em><\/strong> – Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.<\/em><\/h6>\n
37\u00a0<\/sup>And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.<\/em><\/h6>\n
38\u00a0<\/sup>Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.<\/em><\/h6>\n
39\u00a0<\/sup>And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.<\/em><\/h6>\n
40\u00a0<\/sup>And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Luke 24: 36 KJV<\/em><\/strong> – And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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We couldn\u2019t understand why the Master prayed, So fervently, in the garden there he stayed, well into the night. And so, we all fell asleep~ Awakened, three times and then, soldiers came~ In shock and unbelief, we watched Judas, as he kissed, the Messiah, he\u2019s betrayed us all~ Satan hissed; and laughed; to see this,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-2l7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9000,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions\/9000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}