Read John 18:1
We are going to go on even though we only touched the tip of knowledge in John 17. Jesus leaves after praying this tremendous prayer and crosses the Kidron brook into a garden. In 2 Sam. 15:23 David passed over the brook Kidron weeping and mourning for Absalom had usurped his kingdom and he was fleeing Jerusalem. David was a type of Jesus whose kingdom had been usurped in the garden but Jesus was fixing to get it back in the garden. The word Kidron means "cause to mourn; dusky". It was the place that they threw all their uncleanness. When they wanted to take the idolatrous instruments out of the temple they burned them and threw their ashes into the Kidron. When King Solomon wanted to punish Shimei for cursing David his curse was: "On the day that you leave Jerusalem, and pass over the brook Kidron, you shall know for certain that you shall surely die; and your blood shall be upon your own head." So it was a sort of baptism from sin; a cleansing process like the one in the law where the lady accused of adultery had to drink the bitter water and see if it condemned her or proved her innocence. When you walked through the Kidron Brook and if you were guilty - you faced death; if you were innocent it vindicated you. David and Jesus were vindicated for they were found faultless. Shimei was condemned for he was found guilty. Jesus actually died too because he chose to let our sin be upon his head and be condemned with the guilty.
We will all walk through that brook to enter heaven. It will either condemn us or set us free. Lord, may we enter heaven guiltless.
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