The Bitter Cup
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. Psalms 75:8
This cup of red wine is God's wrath poured out on the wicked. In Gethsemane Jesus drank that bitter cup Himself so the repentant would not have to.
A readingEchoAn echo of Him
- alluded to by Matthew 26:39 — O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.
- alluded to by D&C 19:18 — Christ would that he might not drink the bitter cup.
- alluded to by 3 Nephi 11:11 — I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me.