that Y‘shua was human and about to face the greatest enemy of humans – death. Y‘shua was not going to
die peacefully; he would have his spiritual character put to the test through humiliating torture. Undoubtedly,
he thought about why He had come to earth, the great importance of his mission, the tremendous risk that
He was taking being human, and the reality of what would happen if He failed this last test.
There is a condition called haematidrosis that can afflict a person when mental agony becomes so great that
it overwhelms the body's nervous system. This condition causes the subcutaneous capillaries that lie just
under the skin to dilate and rupture into the sweat glands which causes blood to be expelled with sweat.
It is impossible for any human to comprehend the tremendous mental pressure, agony, and anguish that
Y‘shua experienced as he spoke with his Father; because no human has ever been an immortal being and
faced with the decisions that Y‘shua was faced with.
If Y‘shua failed to maintain his righteousness before YHWH in this final test of faith, he would have ceased to
exist forever. Moreover, humanity would have ceased to exist, because there would be no sacrifice for the
forgiveness of sin; therefore, each human would have to die forever for violating the law of YHWH. Imagine
how awful that would be for all of us!
The commitment that Y‘shua made when he gave up his immortality and became a human placed him in the
same condition as all of humanity; he had to keep and practice his Father's law perfectly in order to gain
salvation, which he did throughout his life.
Up to this point in his life, Y‘shua was worthy to be given eternal and immortal life; and because he had
obtained salvation, he did not have to die for humanity; however, if he did not give his sinless life as the
perfect sacrifice for humanity, humanity would have no hope of salvation.
These among other things, were on the mind of Y‘shua as he spoke to his Father in prayer.
The Lord's PrayerJohn, who was one of those whom Y‘shua took with him to watch as he prayed, was inspired to record the
part of Y‘shua‘s prayer in which he asked the Father to show favour for two specific groups of people: the
eleven disciples who had remained faithful to him up to that point in time, and those who would become his
followers after his death and resurrection.
John 17:1- 26―These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your
Son, that your Son also may glorify you" (verse 1).
Y‘shua was now ready to finish his mission and sacrifice his life for the sins of humanity.
―As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given
him. And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have
sent" (verses 2-3).
At this point in time, there were very few people whom the Father had chosen to believe his message
concerning who He was, who his Son was, and how to enter the Family and Kingdom of YHWH.
―I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. And now, O Father,
glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was" (verses 4-5).
Here, Y‘shua asks Avinu the Father to return him to his former state of existence as the immortal Creator
Elohim in the Kingdom of YHWH.
"I have manifested your name to the men which you gave to me out of the world: yours they were, and you
gave them to me; and they have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever you have
given me are of you. For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them,
and have known surely that I came out from you, and they have believed that you did send me" (verses 6-8).
Y‘shua had fulfilled his mission to prepare the eleven men whom the Father had called to be leaders in his
plan of salvation and he had taught them the truth concerning the Elohim family and their plan for humanity.