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Marked Devotional 33

by David Joynt on April 07, 2022


LUKE 19:43-44a | 43 Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44a They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another...

A third reason Jesus wept, revealing God’s compassion, was the consequences that Israel would face from rejecting Him as Messiah. By saying no to a Messiah of peace and reconciliation and enemy love, Jewish leaders strengthened the zealot option. They refused to extend their understanding of their mission and God’s work beyond their own borders. This refusal left a more violent nationalism as the other possibility. Jesus knew this would bring down upon Israel a devastating response. He describes in a brief way, the destruction of Jerusalem in these verses. In 70AD, this devastation did indeed occur.

Have you ever seen revolutionary zeal lead to devastating consequences?

Take a look at Mark 13:1-2, and 14-23 for a fuller description of the havoc He saw coming.

Tags: mark, consequences, zeal

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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