A Wicked City (The city who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her)Luke 13:34
Misuse of the Temple (House of prayer for all nations)
Dishonest Stewards (Priest and Leaders wanted the honor LK 20:46)(Wanted to rule Israel for themselves LK 20:9-18)
The weeping
The tears of Jesus (John 11:35 & Luke 19:41) (Jer. 6:26. 8:18-9:13) Mourning Lament
Rejection (1 ½ yrs earlier Matt. 12:22-45) (John 12:19)
Peace wouldn’t be found (Judgement would come)
The tears of the women (23:27-28)
Transition: What more could be done? The leaders did not want Jesus as King, the people didn’t want the type of King Jesus was coming to be. What was left? Discipline/Judgment
Jesus pronounces judgment over Jerusalem
Jesus the Son of God. God’s Messiah had come, the Leaders and the people of Jerusalem would not see Him as Messiah therefore now they could not see He was the Messiah bringing peace.
The Enemy
66-70 AD Titus (He would not accept a wreath of victory stating “ I was merely an instrument of divine wrath”
