Our Church A Mother
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“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
See, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”
Our holy and beautiful house,
where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
“I have forsaken my house;
I have abandoned my heritage;
I have given the beloved of my soul
into the hands of her enemies.
But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The image of the mother bird gathering and covering her brood is a familiar one. Moses used it in his farewell sermon (). It is a picture of love, tender care, and a willingness to die to protect others. Jesus did die for the sins of the world, including the nation of Israel: but “His own received Him not” ().
The Bible Knowledge Commentary 23:37–39 (Luke 13:34–35)
He longed to gather the nation together much as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. The nation, unlike chicks that naturally run to their mother hen in times of danger, willfully refused (you were not willing) to turn to the Lord.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary 23:37–39 (Luke 13:34–35)
But Jesus is not through with the nation and the city of Jerusalem. Though He would soon depart (John 13:33), at a future time He will be seen again (Zech. 12:10) and will be accepted, not rejected. In that day the nation will say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, a quotation of Psalm 118:26. Jesus was speaking of His return to the earth to establish His millennial kingdom.