Jesus Wept over Jerusalem

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Jesus Wept over Jerusalem

Date: Sep. 29, 2023

Passage

Luke 19:41-48 (ESV)

41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

45 And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 19:41

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

Jesus wept over Jerusalem as he made his entry into it. He came to bring peace to his people, but his people did not recognize the long-awaited Messiah and rejected him when he came to his own, and thus missed their opportunity for peace (Jn 1:11). If they had welcomed him, the king of peace, Jesus would have given them real peace. Jesus’ heart was broken, and he wept for them, for he foresaw the impending judgment of God falling on them in the near future because they would reject God’s love to the end (43-44).

When Jesus entered the temple courts, he saw the money changers and those selling animals. Out of spiritual anger, he drove them out and rebuked the religious leaders who did not pray, but used the temple as a marketplace, “My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.” Then he taught the word of God every day at the temple to restore the temple as a place of true worship, place of prayer for all nations, and Bible teaching. The religious leaders did not repent, but tried to kill him, thinking that Jesus was a threat to their authority.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, make my heart a place where you are always welcome. Give me a repentant heart and eyes to recognize you when you come to me.

One Word: One Word: Jesus weeps over the lost

Ezekiel Eats a Scroll

Ezekiel 2:1-3:3

Key Verse: 2:2:8

And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

Today's Question

Is there more than one God?

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