Luke 19:41-42 (NASBStr)
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
Today I am in New Jersey and can see the skyline of New York. Obviously, it is missing the two towers violently taken out by evil men by airplanes. Yesterday I visited the memorial of those who perished that day. There was no laughing. There was no rejoicing. There was only silent talking and reflecting. There was a BIG sign that asked you to be silent and reflect, as well. Three blocks outside the area, however, people were laughing and joking oblivious to both the sign and the memory. In the above story we see Jesus riding on a donkey and being hailed as king. People are said to be "rejoicing" over "their king." This was a happy moment. It would be imagined that even the disciples were caught up in the laughter and excitement. Yet, in the midst of the praise and celebration we read the second occasion Jesus is said to weep on this earth. He sees Jerusalem as a place that has rejected her King multiple times. He states, "If you had known ...". They had many opportunities to know. It is doubtful than many of those I saw yesterday at the 911 Memorial Reflecting Pools were mourning the city towers for their spiritual loss suffered that day. How many went to be their Lord that Day? How many of God's Children did evil remove from the earth that day. Did the city of New York know the spiritual loss that 9/11/11 day? Did anyone there mourn the loss of those who perished without Christ? Those who went to their death failing to respond to countless times others told them about the King of Kings. Jesus mourned because this city had persecuted prophet and king who stood for God. Jesus wept. Again. This time for the fact that an entire city had rejected for centuries The Lord of Lords ... and would again despite the rejoicing in the streets.
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