Gethsemane
This song really confused me and majority of it got me upset. I felt it to be a contradiction to what I’ve been taught about Jesus for the past fifteen years. The lyrics presented Jesus as though he didn’t want to die for us and that he just wanted to back out of God’s plan. It also specifically states in the verse, “Why then am I scared to finish what I started, What you started—I didn’t start it” that he had nothing to do with it and is scared to go on. It made me feel that he didn’t want to give up his life for us and doubted that we were even worth it. I’ve been taught that Jesus gave up his life willingly for us and accepted the fate God had planned for him. The lyricist portrayed Jesus’ humanness by showing his doubt and fear of what was to come. That Jesus at one point was in such a state of distress, that he would to turn his back on his fate and on God. To me he is shown as being selfish and even showed disbelief in what God, his father, had set out for him to do. Jesus turns to his father in his time of despair and asks for him to take the pain away as seen in the verse, “If there is a way, take this cup away from me for I don’t want to taste it’s poison.” Here Jesus ex
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Christ Superstar, God Jesus, ive taught, god shown, own life, taught jesus, god planned, fate god, ive taught jesus,
Approximate Word count = 861
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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