Unrequited Love & Divine Heartbreak — September 30 [Description]Overview (Matthew 23:37-39, Luke 13:34-35):Jesus stands on the verge of Jerusalem and weeps—not just over a city, but over a people who have consistently rejected God’s messengers and are now rejecting God Himself in the person of Christ. Using the tender image of a mother hen yearning to shelter her chicks, He expresses unrequited love and divine heartbreak: “but you were not willing.”Jesus then pronounces judgment, saying that Jerusalem’s “house” will be left desolate—a foreshadowing of the temple’s destruction in 70 AD, and ultimately, their spiritual ruin in the final judgment. His statement—“You will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’”—is not a hopeful promise of second chances, but a solemn allusion to Isaiah 45:23, where every knee will bow and every tongue will swear allegiance to the Lord.This prophecy, originally spoken by Yahweh, is here applied by Jesus to Himself, identifying Him as the divine Judge. Later, Philippians 2:10-11 reaffirms this truth, showing that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—and every tongue confess Him as Lord. For those who rejected Him, that acknowledgment will come not in salvation, but in final judgment.

Unrequited Love & Divine Heartbreak — September 30 [Description]Overview (Matthew 23:37-39, Luke 13:34-35):Jesus stands on the verge of Jerusalem and weeps—not just over a city, but over a people who have consistently rejected God’s messengers and are now rejecting God Himself in the person of Christ. Using the tender image of a mother hen yearning to shelter her chicks, He expresses unrequited love and divine heartbreak: “but you were not willing.”Jesus then pronounces judgment, saying that Jerusalem’s “house” will be left desolate—a foreshadowing of the temple’s destruction in 70 AD, and ultimately, their spiritual ruin in the final judgment. His statement—“You will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’”—is not a hopeful promise of second chances, but a solemn allusion to Isaiah 45:23, where every knee will bow and every tongue will swear allegiance to the Lord.This prophecy, originally spoken by Yahweh, is here applied by Jesus to Himself, identifying Him as the divine Judge. Later, Philippians 2:10-11 reaffirms this truth, showing that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—and every tongue confess Him as Lord. For those who rejected Him, that acknowledgment will come not in salvation, but in final judgment. 365D 273

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Matthew 23:37-39 365D 273.1

37 “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 chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 365D 273.2

38 See! Your house is left to you desolate; 365D 273.3

39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord !’ ” 365D 273.4

Luke 13:34-35 365D 273.5

34 “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! 365D 273.6

35 See! Your house is left to you desolate; and ^{[k]NU, M omit assuredly} 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 !’ ” 365D 273.7