“Ultimately, the fullness of the story of Christmas
culminates with the last three days of the Savior’s life. In that pivotal
period, the Savior passed from the Garden of Gethsemane to the cross of Calvary
to the Garden Tomb. As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught, the impact and efficacy
of that moment would reach back to the beginning of time, and forward
throughout all eternity. With the fate of every human soul hanging in the
balance, Jesus entered the Garden of Gethsemane virtually alone. There followed
interrogation, scourging, and finally an excruciating death on the cross. With
the same humility and submissiveness in which He declared from the beginning, ‘Here
am I, send me,’ he now said, ‘Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.’” - Elder
Craig C. Christensen
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