Arise!

Jesus wasn’t the first one to cross the Brook Kidron and climb up the Mount of Olives.

As the disciples followed Him there to the Garden of Gethsemane, I’m sure their minds were full of the story of King David, ascending the Mount of Olives to escape Jerusalem when his son, Absalom, tried to wrestle the kingdom from him.

The historian writes those tragic words: “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”

David told his followers, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there wi...