[[Joh 11:35]] KJV Jesus wept.
[[Luk 19:41]] KJV And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
There are two records of Jesus weeping in the Bible. Once is for the city of Jerusalem and thereby the nation of Israel; knowing that they will reject the life he has offered and put him to death. The other is when Lazarus has died; as he sees a weeping of those around him.
There are two things we should consider about these events. The first question is the why he wept.
Those who where present assumed it was because he loved Lazarus (which he did) and now Lazarus is dead.
We know from what Jesus has told his disciples about waking Lazarus and that he was glad that his disciples would see that the life in him was far more than healing the sick but to raising the dead. So what made him weep?
The veil of uncircumcised eyes or ears or lips or heart or mind is a covering of flesh...this is the flesh which Adam has passed to us.
Death is a separation. So when Adams life became self generated he lost the oneness of Gods life generated in him and threw himself into a darkness.
It is this inability to see the things pertaining to God (who is life) that is a walking death found in every man ever born from mans seed.
It is this walking death that blinded the faithful apostles from understanding the things they saw and heard as Jesus walked among them.
it was this death of the flesh that caused a loving disciple like Martha to see a future promise in written word that had no effect on her present. She not to see the living promise that stood before her.
This same darkness of death made the blessed Jews see only good man who cared deeply for his friend instead of their Messiah; anointed of YHWH to change everything from death to life.
Not many days later Jesus would destroy that death for those who trust in him.
The flesh generated life of his followers would be laid across his shoulders and he would carry it to a hill outside of Jerusalem. There he who knew no sin would pay the wages of sin...where he who is our life would take on himself our death.
In chapter 11 of John verse nine and ten Jesus said
[[Joh 11:9-10/KJV]]
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
He is the light of the world and while He was here his disciples could preach the gospel, heal the sick, and cast out devils...but he was going to the Father.
In verse ten Jesus says if a man walks in the night he stumbles because he has no light IN him.
Yet our master not only carried my flesh of self to his cros;s He provided that the same life and light of God that abides in him was given to me...the Holy breath of life...The Spirit.
What does Jesus see when he looks at us...
the confusion of his self oriented young apostles or the boldness of the apostles who expected God to work through them..
.a disciple who longs for the self benefit of what he has read or a disciple who is experiencing the living word bringing light and love and life to all around them.
A people who look for a future promise or that embrace the fulfilled promise in them.
When Jesus looks at us does he weep?
