He brought troops to surround the city, and the troops waited til the Jews were famished from starvation. In the next generation, Roman General Titus would come, and he constructed barricades and ramps in order to take the city. Jesus said, "Now the peace is hidden from your eyes (Luke 19:42)."Ģ. Instead, they simply viewed Him as a human king who would lead them into victory. ![]() They did not acknowledge Jesus as the King of all Kings, the God of all gods. The Prince of Peace was standing right in front of them, and they missed it. Everything that is broken in our lives and in our world will be put back together and made whole again only in Jesus. In a world of earthquakes, coronaviruses, cancer, and war, God's peace through Jesus Christ is the one place necessary for all these broken parts to ever be restored. Shalom is the expression of God setting everything right. The People Missed the Peace that Was Right in Front of Them.Īlthough the people thought Jesus was bringing peace through war, they didn't understand why He came to them. The text gives us two reasons why Jesus cried over the city.ġ. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation." 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 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. "And when He drew near and saw the city, He wept over it, 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. Luke 19:37 tells us many people were there to see Him cry, and I'm sure they they were confused that in the midst of all the cheers would come tears from the King Himself. It is the kind of weeping which suddenly seizes you that you lose control and cry out loud. The Greek word for weeping is klaio which means intense sobbing. This cry wasn't a normal cry that we think about. As He looked down on the city, He burst into tears. of Olives, He then began to descend into the Valley of Kidron where He had a panoramic view of the entire city. ![]() The last time He entered Jerusalem, Jesus would not come in as a visitor but as a King to many.Īs the people shouted out "Hosanna!" and waved their palm branches in the air, they were anticipating Jesus to be their military King who would lead them into war against the Roman government who was oppressing them, persecuting them, and imposing a heavy taxation on them.Īfter Jesus goes down the road of the Mt. Jesus loved the city of Jerusalem, and every year He would go into the city as a visitor, participating in the annual Passover. ‘Jesus Wept’ is the shortest, sharpest, and most moving sentence in Scripture.As we enter the week of Easter, we begin with the triumphal entry of Jesus. Tears can be the turning point, the springs of renewal and to know you have been wept for is to know that you are loved. It’s hard to see through tears, but sometimes its the only way to see. as always you can hear the poem by clicking on the title or on the ‘play’ button if it appears. Clicking on this banner will take you to a page where you can do so, if you wish. If you would like to encourage and support this blog, you might like, on occasion, (not every time of course!) to pop in and buy me a cup of coffee. If we could see ourselves through Jesus’ tears. Whilst her worst nightmares stalk the light of day.īut we might waken yet, and face those fears, ![]() Wept for a world that, weary with its weeping,īenumbed and stumbling, turns the other way, How often has he called, a careful mother, He loved us into life and longs to gather Īnd wells of mercy, streams of love and pityįlow from the fountain whence all things arise. If you can mention the book from which they are taken that would be great. Please feel free to make use of these sonnets in church services and to copy and share them. The book is now back in stock on both Amazon UK and USA The book is now also out on Kindle. This sonnet, and the others I will be posting for Holy Week are all drawn from my collection Sounding the Seasons, published by Canterbury Press here in England. I have a God who weeps for me, weeps with me, understands to the depths and from the inside the rerum lachrymae, the tears of things. ‘Jesus Wept’ is the shortest, sharpest, and most moving sentence in Scripture. Tears may be the turning point, the springs of renewal, and to know you have been wept for is to know that you are loved. This strange Holy Week has begun in tears: tears of frustration, tears of lament, and for so many who have been cruelly bereaves, tears of grief.
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