Deuteronomy 30: 11-20, Deuteronomy 31: 1-29, Luke 19: 11-44, Psalm 66: 7-14
Luke 19: 41-44 (ESV)
“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.”
Verses 41 through 44 from Luke 19 tells us that Jesus wept
for Jerusalem after he entered the city on Palm Sunday. Jesus was prophesying about
what would eventually happen to Jerusalem 30 years later in 70 AD. I saw The
Chosen Series 5 Episode 1 in the theatre and they did a great job of showing
Jesus reciting this prophecy and scenes from the destruction of Jerusalem.
In 70 AD, Titus the Roman General attacked Jerusalem. The
Roman-Jewish historian named Flavius Josephus wrote that Titus built a wall
around the city as described in the prophecy by Jesus. Titus destroyed the city.
The Temple was destroyed in a fire and over a million people in Jerusalem died.
The Temple to this day has not been rebuilt so the prophecy of Jesus was
fulfilled and still remains fulfilled. Many Biblical scholars predict that the Temple
of Jerusalem will not be rebuilt until we are in the end times as seen in the Book
of Revelation, and many consider the rebuilding as a sign of the end times.
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