Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of Luke)
我夜间的歌曲《路加福音》
Text: Luke 13: 34-35
LAMENTATION OVER JERUSALEM
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’”
Luke 13:34-35
1. The beginning of Jerusalem
a. Hebron was the original capital of David’s kingdom (2 Samuel 2).
b. Jerusalem became the new capital of Israel (2 Samuel 5).
2. The Temple dedicated at Jerusalem
a. Solomon was the king who oversaw the building of the temple (2 Chronicles 2-5).
b. He went on to dedicate the Temple (2 Chronicles 6-7).
c. The LORD accepted the Temple in Jerusalem and He promised to bless the Temple and the city (2 Chronicles 7:12-18).
d. However, He warned that He would destroy the Temple and the city should the people forsake Him (2 Chronicles 7:19-22).
3. Words of Warning
a. Many prophets were sent to warn the kings of Israel.
b. But their words were not heeded fully.
c. Then came the solemn proclamation that the Temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed (Jeremiah 18-19).
d. Nobody heeded and Judah went into exile for 70 years (Jeremiah 25).
4. Jerusalem in the days of the Lord Jesus
a. The Lord knew the wretched and wicked history of Jerusalem that it had killed many prophets (Luke 13:34a).
b. He would have gathered the people to Himself graciously but they had rejected Him (Luke 13:34b).
5. What would happen to Jerusalem?
a. Jerusalem would be overrun by Rome.
b. Israel would be left desolate.
c. This occurred in AD 70 when Rome decided to destroy the Temple and all who had gathered in Jerusalem to defy Rome’s Legions.
6. The Future of Jerusalem
a. Their future depends on the Return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
b. “You shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’” Luke 13:35
经文：路加福音 13：34-35
叹息耶路撒冷
“耶路撒冷啊，耶路撒冷啊！你常杀害先知，又用石头打死那奉差遣到你这里来的人。我多次愿意聚集你的儿女，好像母鸡把小鸡聚集在翅膀底下，只是你们不愿意。看哪，你们的家成为荒场留给你们！我告诉你们：从今以后你们不得再见我，直等到你们说：‘奉主名来的是应当称颂的！’”
《路加福音 13：34-35》