Day 43 – The Temple: Not One Stone will Be Left

“They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you”
(Luke 19:44).

For at least the second time, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem.

Because of His great love for her.

However, the congregation didn’t take the warning seriously. When He said that the great temple in Jerusalem, Herod’s Temple, would someday crumble and fall, nothing was further from their minds. That was impossible.

Who would dare to do such a thing.

The Lord answered that question in 70 A.D., when the Roman Army besieged Jerusalem and tore down the temple, brick by brick. It looked like the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Israel (the church) refused to recognize the time of the Lord’s coming to them (us). Scripture calls it the “Day of Visitation,” a moment when God comes in blessing and power. When Jesus came, God was “visiting” His people, showing Himself in the mighty works of His Son. The Messiah whom they had long been waiting for. But His own people would not hear Him.

They could have known. They should have known.

Here is the message for us. Will we listen? He that has an ear, let him hear:

Rest assured, if we do not respond to the call of God while it is yet day, the time will come when we receive judgment, not deliverance.

If we keep pushing aside His blessings, we will have to give an account for them eventually.

There is a rude awakening for those who believe they have time to wait and put off the call of Christ. Vernard Johnson penned these words: “Don’t Wait Too Late.” Truly, one day you will be too late.

That jumbled pile of rocks sends a message to those who read these words.

Don’t allow this to be you.

Let us be warned, O, Lord, so we will not miss the day of God’s coming to us. Give us eager hearts to respond when You call. Amen.