And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 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. 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 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 ESV)
Some may have expected Jesus to enter into Jerusalem and take it by storm, calling on the forces of nature to be His troops and using His elusive powers to take the throne. But this is the compassionate Christ who calls out to our hearts, offering real peace to our souls. Many respond to that wanting to fight, to resist His peaceful reign, and remain in darkness and sin. They do not want to know God. Such a decision, such a course, ends in Judgment and death. This breaks His heart, as He is not willing that any should perish.
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