Luke
19:41-44 Will you weep?
Lk 19:41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
Lk 19:42 and said, “If
you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it
is hidden from your eyes.
Lk 19:43 The days
will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and
encircle you and hem you in on every side.
Lk 19:44 They will
dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not
leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s
coming to you.”
Jn 11:32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and
saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother
would not have died.”
Jn 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who
had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and
troubled.
Jn 11:34 “Where have
you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
Jn 11:35 Jesus wept.
The Bible
records for us two times that Jesus weeps, once at the tomb of Lazarus and in our
passage, as He looks at Jerusalem. In the midst of triumphal entry this somber
moment is glossed over or lost to us. Yet this is a very important passage. We
know that Luke writes these words in 60 or 61 AD. Ten years later Jesus’ words
are fulfilled to the very last word. When your Bible says something, you can
count on it being true.
1. The
siege of Jerusalem
a.
Roman siege is carried out by Titus (not the
Titus of the Bible)
b.
Starts a few days before Passover in late February
of 70 AD
c.
Thousands of visitors are trapped in the city
d.
A wall is built around the city
e.
Nothing goes into the city until it’s fall on
August 3rd
f.
The Temple is burned and dismantled stone by
stone as well as the city wall
g.
The people were butchered, men, women and children.
h.
Any left alive were taken back to Rome for the “Games”
i.
Is it any wonder that Jesus wept?
2. Would
Jesus weep looking at our world today?
a.
Israel is surrounded by nations whose only
common goal is death to all Jews
b.
Radical Islam has one goal the destruction of
all Jews and Christians
c.
Opioid addiction is a pandemic in our country
d.
Our cities are filled with murders of every kind
e.
Jesus looks at our world and Jesus weeps
3. Jesus
did not weep because to the carnage that would happen
a.
Jesus wept because they would die for eternity
b.
He wept because the people could not see beyond
the death of Lazarus
c.
He wept because the city of God and the people
of God would not know peace with God
d.
Jesus wept
4. Will
We Weep
a.
When you see people broken by their addictions
b.
When you see them homeless and on our streets
c.
When you read the obits in the paper
d.
When you think of friends who do not know Jesus
e.
When you think of family who do not know Jesus
f.
As your neighbors wave as you go to and from
church
g.
2 Peter 3:7-9
Do I weep as Jesus wept? Do you weep as Jesus wept? And if
we weep, will we dare to lay down our life as Jesus did? Jesus gave His life
that the lost and dying world could have life. Will I, Will you give our lives
so the lost and dying world will find life in Jesus name?
In the next two weeks as we celebrate Easter and the new
life we have in Christ let us not weep for Jesus or wallow in the guilt of our
sins. Let us weep for that which Jesus wept, those in the world who die without
Him.
And Jesus Wept!
2Pe 3:7 By the same word the present heavens and earth
are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of
ungodly men.
2Pe 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a
day.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as
some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance.
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