“Blessed Is He Who Comes

In The Name Of The Lord”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. 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 23:37-39

Few things are as heartbreaking as a barrier to love, Christ, the long-awaited Messiah of Israel, experienced a barrier to His love when His chosen people rejected Him.

Our Sin is a barrier that separates us from God. But “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Jesus took care of the barrier to God’s love by His sacrificial death on the cross and His resurrection. Now, He longs for us to experience His love and accept this gift.

Through His cross, Jesus rescues and redeems.

Our Daily Bread – October 17, 2013