O JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM
Keywords 23:37
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and
stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children
together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not
willing.”
1. Sin corrupts all men. Sin had corrupted the inner
man—the heart—of the religious
leaders. Though they appeared righteous outwardly, their hearts were not clean
before God. Those who rejected Jesus stood in a long tradition of men who
persecuted and killed God's servants. All people who don't repent are a part of
this tradition. The prophets, who called people to repentance, were always
targets of persecution, from Abel, the righteous man whom Cain slew, to the
prophet Zechariah. But God judges sin completely. He would judge this
generation by his justice.
2. Jesus came as God’s own. He longed to gather the people of Israel and
Jerusalem—God’s chosen people—to himself. But the people were unwilling. Just as
they persecuted the prophets, these teachers of the law and Pharisees would
crucify Jesus. Jesus, the long-suffering Messiah, would bear all the rejection
on himself. In this way he would become the forgiveness and salvation for all
who repent and proclaim, “Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.”
Prayer Lord, heal
my inner person through the gospel. Make me a living proclamation of the
blessing of Jesus to all people.
One Word Come to
Jesus and be blessed
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