He Wept

 N.T. #630 "He Wept"

Sept. 9, 2025 

Luke 19-Part 6

And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it.  (verse 41) 

LET IT GLOW

Wasn't all well when Jesus had His triumphal entry into His beloved city of Jerusalem. It would appear so. Yet, not all things are as they appear, my philosophy. Jesus wept over Jerusalem. It was not because He would be rejected, condemned, and crucified. The Gospel was preached there and salvation was offered there. It was due to the future which Jesus knew would happen that He wept.

Why did Jesus weep over Jerusalem? 

• His people, the Jews, would soon reject Him as The Messiah. 
• They could have known peace. (verse 42)
• God was going to hand the city over to judgment.
• Jerusalem's enemies would surround her. (verse 430
• The Romans would decimate her in AD 70. 
• The Temple became a place of business (unhealth animals for profit as sacrifices).
• Selling of merchandise was present
• Prayers and worship of God was hindered by the den of thieves. 

Less than 40 years later those things would take place in that sacred place, destruction and a flattened city. And it is still a mess spiritually. Islamics built their temple of false religion over the site of Jehovah's Temple.  Only a partial wall of the Temple remains, which is call The Wailing Wall. Jews place prayers in the crevices of the wall. They spend time praying in the area. It is a sad sight to behold.

[Resource: The Tony Evans Bible Commentary]

LET IT GROW

Through out the ages, prophets begged the rulers of Jerusalem to trust in the Lord for the city's protection rather than in treaties, alliances, compromises, or submission to pagan rulers. (Deut. 23:6; Isaiah 30:1-3; Jeremiah 43:5-7; Amos 5:4-8)

The religious leaders would not desert their dreams of political power and acknowledge Jesus Christ as their long-awaited Messiah. Instead of that, they did not want this man reigning over them. (Luke 19:14)

One day Jesus will rule as King over Jerusalem and the world. (Rev. 21) Joh saw the New Jerusalem. 

Do we weep over the spiritual condition of the people in our city, our state, our nation? Jesus did and so should we. 

LET IT GO

King Jesus, reign over our hearts, lives, cities, nation, and churches.

We pray for Your mercy and repentance of the unbelievers.

Please protect Your Beloved City and our nation.