Night, with Ebon Pinion # 452
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INTRODUCTION:
INTRODUCTION:
15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
1. "Night, with Ebon Pinion" is a very deep, beautiful, and meaningful song.
1. "Night, with Ebon Pinion" is a very deep, beautiful, and meaningful song.
A. But if we don't have the understanding, especially in the first stanza, some of that meaning is lost.
A. But if we don't have the understanding, especially in the first stanza, some of that meaning is lost.
1. What does "night with ebon pinion" mean?
1. What does "night with ebon pinion" mean?
2. What does "brooded o'er the vale" mean?
2. What does "brooded o'er the vale" mean?
2. What is the setting of this song?
2. What is the setting of this song?
A. The garden of Gethsemane
A. The garden of Gethsemane
B. The setting of this song is when Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.
B. The setting of this song is when Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.
1. The twelve apostles were with Him.
1. The twelve apostles were with Him.
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.”
2. Mark tells us that Jesus took Peter, James and John a little further.
2. Mark tells us that Jesus took Peter, James and John a little further.
33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed.
3. Luke tells us that He went about a stone's throw from them and prayed.
3. Luke tells us that He went about a stone's throw from them and prayed.
41 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed,
42 saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”
4. Matthew tells us that He would go, pray, and come back to them three times and all three times, He would find them sleeping.
4. Matthew tells us that He would go, pray, and come back to them three times and all three times, He would find them sleeping.
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”
43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
A. Jesus asked Peter, James, and John to pray with Him but each time He would come back, He would find them sleeping.
A. Jesus asked Peter, James, and John to pray with Him but each time He would come back, He would find them sleeping.
C. Remember the setting of this song as we look at its meaning today.
C. Remember the setting of this song as we look at its meaning today.
BODY:
BODY:
1. WHAT DOES NIGHT WITH EBON PINION MEAN?
1. WHAT DOES NIGHT WITH EBON PINION MEAN?
A. Ebon is short for ebony which means dark or black.
A. Ebon is short for ebony which means dark or black.
B. Pinion means the underside of a bird's wing.
B. Pinion means the underside of a bird's wing.
C. Night with Ebon Pinion means the night was as dark as the underside of a black bird's wing.
C. Night with Ebon Pinion means the night was as dark as the underside of a black bird's wing.
2. WHAT DOES BROODED O'ER THE VALE MEAN?
2. WHAT DOES BROODED O'ER THE VALE MEAN?
A. Brooded means a bird sitting on her eggs to hatch them.
A. Brooded means a bird sitting on her eggs to hatch them.
B. Vale is a poetic word meaning valley.
B. Vale is a poetic word meaning valley.
C. The idea is that the valley is being covered like a bird covers her eggs.
C. The idea is that the valley is being covered like a bird covers her eggs.
3. WHAT DO THE TWO PHRASES MEAN TOGETHER?
3. WHAT DO THE TWO PHRASES MEAN TOGETHER?
A. The night was as dark as the underside of a black bird's wing which shrouded the valley.
A. The night was as dark as the underside of a black bird's wing which shrouded the valley.
B. This was not talking about the blackness of the night but of the blackness of the morality.
B. This was not talking about the blackness of the night but of the blackness of the morality.
1. This black morality covered the scene.
1. This black morality covered the scene.
A. The morality of Jesus' own people, who would call for His death.
A. The morality of Jesus' own people, who would call for His death.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
B. The morality was so black that they would crucify a sinless man.
B. The morality was so black that they would crucify a sinless man.
22 “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
C. The morality was so black that they did not care if he was innocent or not.
C. The morality was so black that they did not care if he was innocent or not.
24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.”
25 And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”
4. ALL AROUND WAS SILENT, SAVE THE NIGHT-WIND'S WAIL.
4. ALL AROUND WAS SILENT, SAVE THE NIGHT-WIND'S WAIL.
A. This speaks about the silence of the disciples as Christ suffered through His distress in the garden.
A. This speaks about the silence of the disciples as Christ suffered through His distress in the garden.
1. They were asked to watch and pray, but they were asleep and the only noise was that of the wind.
1. They were asked to watch and pray, but they were asleep and the only noise was that of the wind.
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
2. Verse two continues this thought.
2. Verse two continues this thought.
5. WHEN CHRIST THE MAN OF SORROWS, IN TEARS AND SWEAT AND BLOOD.
5. WHEN CHRIST THE MAN OF SORROWS, IN TEARS AND SWEAT AND BLOOD.
44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
6. PROSTRATE IN THE GARDEN, RAISED HIS VOICE TO GOD.
6. PROSTRATE IN THE GARDEN, RAISED HIS VOICE TO GOD.
A. In great distress and agony, He prayed for three hours, though no one would pray with Him, not even His closest friends.
A. In great distress and agony, He prayed for three hours, though no one would pray with Him, not even His closest friends.
CONCLUSION:
CONCLUSION:
1. Again, I want to encourage you to continue to look at this song.
1. Again, I want to encourage you to continue to look at this song.
A. Meditate on its meaning compared to Scripture and let the words...
A. Meditate on its meaning compared to Scripture and let the words...
1. Move your soul.
1. Move your soul.
2. Motivate you.
2. Motivate you.
3. Bring tears to your eyes.
3. Bring tears to your eyes.
2. If you will do this, the songs of worship will become meaningful and uplifting.
2. If you will do this, the songs of worship will become meaningful and uplifting.
3. If you will do this, God will be pleased with His worship.
3. If you will do this, God will be pleased with His worship.
4. If you will do this, you will leave worship uplifted and excited, ready to live life alive in Christ.
4. If you will do this, you will leave worship uplifted and excited, ready to live life alive in Christ.
15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
