Enoch <e546439@rppkn.com> wrote in
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> "From the crest of Olivet, Jesus looked upon Jerusalem. Fair and
> peaceful was the scene spread out before Him. It was the season of the
> Passover, and from all lands the children of Jacob had gathered there
> to celebrate the great national festival. In the midst of gardens and
> capital. The daughter of Zion seemed in her pride to say, "I sit a
> queen, and shall see no sorrow;" as lovely then, and deeming herself
> sang, "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount
> Zion," "the city of the great King." Psalm 48:2. In full view were the
> magnificent buildings of the temple. The rays of the setting sun
> lighted up the snowy whiteness of its marble walls, and gleamed from
> golden gate and tower and pinnacle. "The perfection of beauty" it
> stood, the pride of the Jewish nation. What child of Israel could gaze
> upon the scene without a thrill of joy and admiration! But far other
> thoughts occupied the mind of Jesus. "When He was come near, He beheld
> the city, and wept over it." Luke 19:41. Amid the universal rejoicing
> of the triumphal entry, while palm branches waved, while glad hosannas
> awoke the echoes of the hills, and thousands of voices declared Him
> mysterious sorrow. He, the Son of God, the Promised One of Israel,
> whose power had conquered death, and called its captives from the
> grave, was in tears, not of ordinary grief, but of intense,
> irrepressible agony."
>
> ...The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
>
Say what?Boy did you get on the wrong bus!
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