O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
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… day for surely no prophet can die outside of Jerusalem. 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. I tell you, you will not see me again until you shout, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Write down point number two today. You can resist or you can repent. He cries out two times, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Notice the contrast of Jerusalem versus Bethany. We started this year off, Zoe, in 2026, we started the year off saying, let's make Zoe a Bethany. A Bethany place, a city called Bethany. Bethany is where he loved to go. Bethany is where he was honored. Bethany was where he was celebrated. Bethany is where he did his best stuff. He is contrasting Bethany to Jerusalem. Jerusalem that kills the prophets. Jerusalem that is unwilling. …
… you who kill the prophets and stone those who 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. Jerusalem rejected him. All kinds of cities rejected him. The crowds turned away from him. Put on the screen, Nazareth heard him and then drove him out. The Gerasenes saw freedom and then asked him to leave. Jerusalem welcomed him and then handed him over. See, the Bible is proof that you can be around miracles and not want to follow the miracle worker. See, we live in a generation that's like, man, we need more miracles. We need more signs. We need more wonders. Which, by the way, I'm believing for miracles during 21 days of prayer and fasting. Anybody else? Come on, clap if you're believing for a miracle. Let me see your hand if you've ever seen a miracle, witnessed a miracle. Let me see your hand. I'm just telling you, the same God that's in the Bible is the same God here in L.A. …
… And you come to verse 34, and you hear this, Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it. They rejected Him. In fact, as I said earlier, they killed him. No wonder their house is left desolate. That was their response to the urgency of the message that day. Repentance is hard. Faith in Christ is costly, but it's the only hope. Apart from that, you will be left with the same desolation that Israel has experienced, and all who reject Christ will experience forever. There's grace in the final parable, isn't there? You have some time. You have opportunity. Repent while you can. That's the message. The message of grace, and the Lord so sad that they did not repent. He could hardly bear it. And in the 19th chapter of Luke, He looked at the city, and it says, He wept. …