Missing The Messiah

I saw a show the other day where a famous musician put on a costume and showed up at a karaoke bar. This person who normally sells out arenas was on stage in front of thirty people. She started singing one of her songs and the people loved it, except they didn't know it was her. They missed it - until the end of the show and the big reveal. Then it all made sense.

On this episode of the Jewish Road Podcast, we'll be talking about how the Jews of Jesus' day missed the Messiah and how we can avoid missing Him when He comes again. Toward the end of His time on earth, Jesus wept over Jerusalem, knowing her destruction was imminent. Why?

He said, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

The Jews of Jesus' day missed their Messiah. They missed His birth, His life, and His death.

And they had everything they needed to expect His coming. And so do we.

We have all of the prophecies pointing to His first coming fulfilled in Him. And we have all of the prophecies pointing to His second coming on the cusp of being fulfilled right now as we speak.

From the opening words of the book of Genesis to the closing of the Old Testament, all signs pointed to Jesus, the Messiah. This episode is a reminder for us, especially in this season, to be watchful and prepared so that when He comes again, we will not miss Him but will be ready to welcome Him with open arms.