Matthew 23:38-39) Israel was withstanding the Lord Jesus. The elders were rejecting Him as the Christ, but the Anointing upon Jesus with all those miracles, and healing's and deliverance's, plus his raising the dead back to life, all these signs and wonders together themselves preached Jesus was the Christ, meaning the one the Spirit of the Lord is upon as it was written in the book of Isaiah the prophet of the Christ.
But though they saw and heard the Divine witness with and upon Jesus they refused to accept Him as both Lord and Christ. This rejection cost them nearly just as much as Adam and Eve's eating of the forbidden fruit cost them. As Adam and Eve's rejection of Gods warning, left them and their offspring alone and desolate and headed for all kinds of troubles being emptied of the blessing of the Lord, even so deceived and blind Israel cast out the Hope Of Israel, Jesus the sent Christ.
Jesus under the shock and awe of their rejection of him sits on a hill looking over Jerusalem and he deeply thinks of their history and what could have been SO GOOD AND GREAT for them had they loved and obeyed God, but they chose the curses over the blessing by their constant disobedience's and their turning away from God and His prophets to heed false tongues, and false prophets, even bowing their hope to idols.
So Jesus in this historical contemplation of HIS PEOPLE, sighs and says I have given you these three years GREAT LIGHT and yet you still refuse Me and to hearken unto my voice and my message and my warnings. So Matthew 23:37-39, He speaks....."O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you (the chosen of God), you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you, how often I would have gathered your children together under My Wings, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, BUT YOU ALLOWED ME NOT. 38) Behold, (this is there judgement for their rejection of Gods Son. They are now going to reap with God what they sowed. He is going to treat them just the way they treated Jesus) He says, Behold your house is left you desolate (Emptied of God and His Presence. He has rejected them. He has spewed them out of His mouth just as they are about to spew Jesus out of their lives by unbelief expressed thru a Cross.) Behold, he says, Your religion now is just religion. It is empty of God. vs 39) For I say unto you, You shall not see Me hereafter, not until you learn to say, Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord.
Church, do you feel like your assembly is dry and empty? Do we want to SEE MORE OF JESUS? Do you want your heart and house full of God's Presence, Spirit, and Blessings? Then like Israel we must more abundantly in faith invoke the Name of the Lord in all we say, preach, teach, and do. He shows up so to speak, Jesus manifest Himself when His people welcome His Spirit and Believe on His Name calling upon the Name of the Lord in great hope and in faiths anticipation.
Let us often then call upon the Name of our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Let us often say blessed is Jesus who comes in the Name of the Lord. For Jesus is the Lord from Heaven. For if not doing and saying this empties a house of Gods Spirit, Presence, and Blessings because of unbelief as Jesus said in Matthew 23:39, then invoking His Name in our lives and in our gatherings in faith will fill back up the cups, the desolate hearts, and houses with His Presence, Spirit, and Blessings.
Jesus in vs 39 says, You want to see Me, you desire Me to show back up in your heart, house, and life O Israel? Then in faith believe and call upon MY NAME and you will see Me. I will manifest MYSELF to you. But if you don't, I will not.......deno......please share freely.
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