Title: Jesus' Compassion and Wrath
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1. We were like a dream when the LORD sent back the captivity of Zion.
2. At that time our mouths were full of laughter, and our tongues were full of praise, then among the nations it was said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.
3. We are glad that the LORD has done great things for us.
4. Send back our captivity, O LORD, like the brooks of the south.
5. Those who sow with tears will reap with joy.
6. He who goes out weeping to sow seed will surely return with joy, carrying her sheaves.
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41. When he came near, he saw the city and wept,
42. He said to them, It would have been good if you also had known about the peace today, but now it is hidden from your eyes.
43. The days will come when your enemies will build up a mound and enclose you around you.
44. And I will throw you and your children in them to the ground, and I will not leave a stone upon a stone, because you do not know the day of your care.
45. He went into the temple and drove out the merchants.
46. And he said to them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made a den of robbers.
47. As Jesus was teaching daily in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the leaders of the people tried to kill him.
48. All the people turned their ears to him, and they could not find a way to do it.
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Subject: Jesus' Compassion and Anger
Text: Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 19:41-48
Today is a Sunday to think about the love of the country (100th anniversary of Gyeongsul Guk rule) This is because it is the commemorative Sunday of Samil Jeol (the 91st anniversary of the Samil Movement). It was the most miserable history of all the trials our people had to go through. It was a dark period in which national sovereignty was taken away, history and our language were taken away, and the spirit of the nation and some sort of slaughter were required. The result of the owner's failure was truly disastrous. The atrocities they had to go through while being swayed by power struggles between great powers were difficult to describe. Just when World War I ended and the Peace Conference to reorganize the world order was held in Paris, France, the spirit of the nation, which was holding its breath under coercion, began to writhe. This is the birthplace of the ‘Samil Independence Movement’. It is the same principle that the earth, which seemed to have died in the harsh winter of winter, reveals its vitality in the energy of spring.
The atrocities of Japanese imperialism, which began under the name of the annexation of Korea and Japan, were the culmination of harshness and barbarism unparalleled in the world. The entire Korean peninsula was a prison and barracks. At the same time, near the end of World War I (1918), the “great principle of national self-determination” proposed by US President Wilson as the principle of a new world order was presented. The national spirit, which had been holding its breath, began to move at home and abroad. It was the Japanese imperial sabotage. 1) This is the justification for the annexation of Korea and Japan and the signature movement of praise and mobilization of the nationalist and pro-Japanese people at home and abroad. 2) After the policy marriage between the former imperial crown prince Yeongchin, who was held hostage, and Lee Bonbangja (Nashimo Toyoshiko), the Japanese imperial family, they went to Paris on the pretext of their honeymoon, and plans to make an exhibition of the fairy tale of Sunil, etc. You will come up with all sorts of tricks. It was in this ordeal that the soul of the nation was wriggling.
To carry out these two sabotage operations, the approval of Emperor Gojong was required. However, when King Gojong finally refused to succumb to threats, he poisoned Emperor Gojong on January 22, 1919. It is the result of igniting the wrath of the national soul. The start of the Samil Independence Movement was in the middle of Tokyo, the capital of Japan. 11 representatives of international students from Japan, including Choi Pal-yong, issued a declaration of independence and resolution under the name of ‘Chosun Youth Independence Corps’ The contents were translated into various languages and delivered to the Japanese government, parliament, and foreign envoys in Tokyo. Hundreds of people are imprisoned for the protests that have started at the same time. This news is spread across the country. As the 3rd of March, King Gojong's national day, drew near, crowds were starting to gather from all over the country. This is the situation in which the independence movement prepared in secret under the brutal national eradication policy took place.
How was Jesus' love for his country? Just as our ancestors expressed their love for their country through prayers offered with tears (Psalm 126:1-6), so did Jesus. This is the Lord's answer to the Pharisees' request to rebuke the crowd for making a fuss when entering Jerusalem before the sufferings of the cross. “If these men remain silent, the stones will cry out” (Luke 19:40). And the next action you took is today's New Testament text (Luke 19:41-48). It is a response that can be called “Jesus’ compassion and anger.” 1) When he saw the city, he wept and spoke of the tragedy to be experienced (Luke 19:41-44) 2) He cleansed the temple (45-46). 3) Even though he knew that the prize money was hung around his neck, he taught me every day (47-48). It is because you have the hope of ‘when the time is right’. This is the state of love that the Lord has practiced.