S – For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side ⁴⁴ and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” 

Luke 19:43–44 ESV

O – Commentary:

Jesus showed compassion on Jerusalem but He also foretold that days would come when it would lie in ruins. Jesus rejected Jerusalem because Jerusalem rejected Him. He wept over the city because its people did not understand the significance of what was going on that day—that national acceptance of Him on that day would bring them peace. Because the people did not recognize the time of God’s coming to them (v. 44), the city would be totally destroyed. Roman soldiers did this starting in a.d. 70.

 John A. Martin, “Luke,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 253–254.

A – Jesus wept because the Jewish nation did not accept Him as the Messiah.  Imagine God’s heart the world when they do not accept Him as God.  Those who do recognize him as the one, true God will be rewarded and those who do not will be punished.  Jesus clearly demonstrates the heart of God desires for relationship and acceptance.

R – Heavenly Father, you are the one, true God.  We accept you as the God of all.  We recognize your rightful place and want to be in a relationship with you.  Empower us by your Holy Spirit to help others see and accept you.