John’s Gospel (his ’second Genesis’) chapter 18 and the Great High Priest (John 17) enters the garden-sanctuary with his disciples (v1). Like the first Adam, the enemy approaches, seeking to bring captivity and death (v3). Unlike the first Adam, this Son of God protects his bride (vv8-9). The first Adam hid from the judgment of God, this Adam voluntarily steps out of the garden into exile (v4). He will drink the cup the Father has given him.

He’ll be found in another garden come the other side of all this, at the start of the new (creation) week (John 20).