"For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Matthew 23:38
After all the litany of woes and proclamations of hypocrisy and blindness, Jesus declares this. Apparently, when the religious elite of Israel recognize the one who comes in the name of the Lord will be akin to the sounding of the last trumpet call. What an amazing day that will be, when religious ones turn to acknowledge Jesus as Lord over all!
Wait, what? I thought the religious elite were too far gone to be able to come back. After all, those declarations of woes seemed downright condemning, right? No, for he declared that even they can return to the true ways of Yahweh.
But Jesus knew what was about to happen. And why. And he knew the rest of the story beyond that. He knows that His sacrifice would be the work that would paint the threshold of the hearts of all that would acknowledge Him as Lord and Savior. Even blind hypocrites who humble themselves and open their eyes to behold Him. (See Genesis 12:1-29)
Think twice; there is hope even at the edge of a cliff.
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