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Today's text from the ESV Study Bible: Luke 18:15-19:48
I was thinking as I read this morning's narrative, for well over 200 days we have read of the history of God's dealings with a fallen world, and here we are, God is again dwelling with his people.
Yet, the chosen ones don't recognize him. And, in fact, in but a few days in our narrative, will crucify him.
As the God-man looks over Jerusalem, and considers this fact, he weeps:
"And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 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. 43 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 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” (Luke 19:41-44)
I am currently sitting on a mountain in a posh Paradise Valley, Arizona resort as I read this.
Here's my view:
As I meagerly attempt to understand all that must have been swimming through the mind of Christ, fully God and fully man, I too find myself grieved.
The most important thing to happen in the history of mankind, and a great many simply ignore, reject, or are completely blind.
Spend a few minutes and try to put yourself in Christ's shoes in this scene.
