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“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread” (Genesis 3:19).
Here is another part of the punishment that God pronounced on Adam, and on the human race. From that time on, man would have to sweat when he worked, in order to eat. Prior to that time, in the Garden of Eden, he had something to do—to dress and keep the garden, but he did not have to work hard enough to sweat. Now his work would be harder, and he would sweat.
Once again, our blessed Savior took part in the suffering that resulted from this punishment. In the Garden of Gethsemane, it is recorded that “His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:44). His sweat was greater than that of any other man, for He felt very much what lay before Him. Not only was there the physical suffering of the cross, but also His being made sin for us. This prospect was so awful that His sweat became as great drops of blood. In contemplating the cross, the Lord Jesus entered into the suffering that God had pronounced upon man in the Garden of Eden.
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