And so it begins ...
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the peoples all around,
and it shall also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples.
All who lift it shall be slashed, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.
Zechariah 12:
God, Jesus, still needs to deal with a recalcitrant and unbelieving Jewish population
that continue to deny him as their Messiah.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent
unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathers
her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say,
Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 23: