Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. - John 14: 6 (NKJV)
I understand the world views this as exclusionary but we do not get to question God. Jesus weeps here because He knows He is the only way and the very people shouting His name have rejected a relationship with Him as Lord and Savior. He came as their Messiah yet they accepted Him only as a Prophet; or not at all. The same is true today where people will rationalize or intellectualize who Jesus is and recreate God in their own image. A God who demands nothing from them. A God who wants to shower blessings down regardless of how we act or behave. A God who offers everything and requires nothing.
He weeps because true peace is hidden from the eyes of those who refuse to see. Those who have decided in their own minds and hearts what peace looks like. To them, peace would be their deliverance from Roman oppression while Satan continues to bind them all to sin. It is the same peace the world sells us today that keeps us from Christ. Peace to many today is a god of their own choosing who is heavy on provision and light on sin. But these are ways to false peace. There is only one way to true peace with the Father and that is through Jesus Christ, who stands before us all today, weeping.
The key verses provide us with a prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem that awaits them just mere decades later. Because they did not accept their opportunity for salvation. Beloved our lives are headed for destruction as well if we refuse to accept our opportunity for salvation. This earth is temporary and passing away. This life we have been fooled into believing is long is but a whisper.
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. - James 4: 13-14 (NKJV)
Jesus looks over the world today and He weeps. He does not need to hear the shouts of hosanna. He just want us to see that He is the only way to peace with God. He wants us to see that we are headed for sure and imminent destruction without Him. An eternity separated from God. Do not believe the sugar coated pablum that is being sold to you. There is a heaven and there is a hell. There are consequences for our choices. Behold He stands at the door of your heart and is knocking. Your opportunity for your salvation is at hand. Palm Sunday. One week before Calvary. One week before the crown of thorns. One week before the cross. One week before He willingly lays down His life for you. It has always been about you. God does not want anyone - including you - to perish. So yes, Jesus is weeping this Palm Sunday. He is weeping over you.
Rev. Anthony.
