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God’s visitation – first and second

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On February 15, 2011

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God visited man in the person of Jesus Christ (first coming) and the people did not recognize Him; some people rejoiced proclaiming “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord (John 12:13) ” while others rejected Him saying “We have no King, but Caesar (John 19:15) ,” and God wept (Luke 19:44).

God will visit man again in the glorified person of Jesus Christ (second coming) and this time the people will recognize Him and some will rejoice entering into the Joy of the Lord (Matthew 25:23) while others who have now rejected Him will weep; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 24:51).

In the first coming, God wept.
In the second coming, man will weep.

Choose ye this day, if you want to rejoice or weep, when Christ Jesus returns.

Luke 19: 41 -44 (KJV)
41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.|
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Jesus “REALLY” wept

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On February 2, 2010

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When we hear the word, Jesus wept, we usually think about it,  in the context of Him, expressing a human emotion at the death of his friend, Lazarus (as recorded in John 11:35). Additionally, this verse’s claim to fame is that it is the shortest verse in the King James Version of the English Bible.

But there was another time that Jesus wept, which is recorded in the Bible. This is recorded in Luke 19:41-44. In this instance, Jesus wept over the city (Jerusalem) as He triumphantly entered it.  Why? Because the people of the city did not know of the time of God’s visitation. God had visited them through the voice of the prophets, and now was visiting them in the person of His beloved Son, Jesus Christ and yet the people did not want to accept Him as God and King (Luke 19:14,38).

Jesus wept for his friend Lazarus who was only in a state of ephemeral physical death. But I believe, Jesus “really” wept over the people of the city, who were in a state of eternal spiritual death. There were some in the city, whom Jesus anguished over as they were caught up in their own self-righteousness, as if they needed no repentance (Luke 3:8), rejecting him as the King over them (Luke 19:38).

Point(s) to ponder:

  1. Are we weeping for and over those in our city, who are in a state of Spiritual death? If not, we should be and should start taking action by telling them about God visiting them through Jesus, His only begotten and beloved Son. To be in a state of physical death is better than to be in a state of Spiritual death in God’s kingdom.
  2. Are people coming to know the time of God’s visitation through our voices and lives?

Luke 19:41-44 (KJV)

41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Jesus in the OT :: Jeremiah

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On December 17, 2009

In Christian, Jesus in the O.T.

The book of Jeremiah gives us a glimpse of who Jesus is in the Old Testament (O.T).

The book of Jeremiah is an Autobiography and as the heartbroken prophet writes his life story, a heartbreaking message of doom to its readers, he bathes it with tears of compassion, so much so that he comes to be known as the Weeping prophet.

And as Jeremiah laments and weeps over an unpenitent people, fast forward many years and you see Jesus entering into Jerusalem and he stops and looks at the City (Jerusalem) and weeps over it (Luke 19:41). Why? Because they did not know of the time of God’s visitation or they would not accept the one who came in the name of the Lord as their King (Luke 19:14)

Jesus looked at their past and saw that the city had not seen God visit them through the voice of His prophets.
Jesus looked at the present and saw how some in the city did not recognize God having visited them in the flesh, in His own person.
Jesus looked at the future and wept that the self-righteous impenitent had really only to hope for dread in the days to come, when all they trusted on will crumble as did the city and that they would not possibly still recognize His upcoming visitation when He returns the second time as King of Kings.

In Jeremiah, Jesus is a Weeping GOD hoping that all who hear His voice, will see Him and How God visits man through Him.

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