Luke 19:28-48 What Jesus Saw

Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem, being hailed as the King, which forced the religious leaders to act, my commentary said.  They didn’t want to crucify Him on Passover, “but God had ordained that His Son be slain on Passover as the ‘Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world,’” my commentary added.

“While the crowd was rejoicing, Jesus was weeping … Jesus looked at Jerusalem and wept because it had destroyed itself.  No matter where Jesus looked, He found cause for weeping.  If He looked back, He saw how the nation had wasted its opportunities and been ignorant of their time of visitation.  If He looked within, He saw spiritual ignorance and blindness in the hearts of the people.  They should have known who He was, for God had given them His Word and sent His messengers to prepare the way.  As He looked around, Jesus saw religious activity that accomplished very little.  The temple had become a den of thieves, and the religious leaders were out to kill Him … As Jesus looked ahead, He wept as He saw the terrible judgment that was coming to the nation, the city, and the Temple … Why did all of this happen?  Because the people did not know that God had visited them!”

Father, knowing all of this in advance as He sat with You in heaven, I’m still amazed at the love Jesus showed, along with the obedience that led Him away from His heavenly throne to be squeezed into the body of a human infant, to witness the extent of sin’s infection in everyone He would meet, and to see how leaders had corrupted the Temple, knowing that these same leaders would have Him nailed to the cross, where He would take upon Himself the sin of all humans and then die to remove it if they believed in His sacrifice!  Such love!  Thank You for drawing me to Yourself so that I could hay hold of His sacrifice and gain citizenship in Heaven!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford