{"product_id":"messiah-wept-john-reddy-9798997501327","title":"Messiah Wept: Jerusalem Did Not Know the Time. Will the Church?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJesus the Messiah wept twice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce before the tomb of a friend. Once over a city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding above Jerusalem, days from the cross, the Messiah wept over a people who lacked nothing. They had the Law and the Prophets. They had a timetable given to Daniel that pointed to that very generation. They studied the text daily and guarded it with their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd still they did not know the time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the indictment, and it is narrower and more searching than we expect. Not unbelief. Not neglect of Scripture. They held the Scriptures in their hands and missed what the Scriptures had plainly foretold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich leaves the Church in a far more serious position than Jerusalem ever stood in. We hold everything they held, and more: the Gospels, the letters of the apostles, and a final book that carries the story to its end. If men who possessed less were held accountable for failing to discern the time, what shall be said of a people who possess more and have stopped watching?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMessiah Wept was written to answer that question, and it answers it in an unexpected way. This is not a catalogue of predictions. It is a book about how to read. Its central concern is method: \u003cstrong\u003eletting Scripture interpret Scripture\u003c\/strong\u003e, testing every claim against the text that produced it, and refusing to spiritualize a promise merely because its plain sense proves inconvenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn to read this way, and the questions that have long divided readers begin to answer themselves: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you know when a number in prophecy is literal and when it is a symbol?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy did Jesus stop reading Isaiah mid-sentence in Nazareth, and what fell into the gap?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy does the Church, addressed by name in the opening of Revelation, vanish from the earth for the chapters that follow?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat did God swear to Abraham that He has never once taken back?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe position is stated plainly: literal interpretation, a pretribulational rapture, a premillennial kingdom. Every claim is argued from the text alone. No speculation. No date-setting. No headlines mistaken for fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd nothing is assumed of the reader.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every technical term is explained where it first appears. Every Greek and Hebrew word is defined. Scripture is quoted in full from the New King James Version, so no one is left guessing at a verse they half-remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices provide a prophetic timeline, a glossary of key Hebrew and Greek terms, the foundational passages every believer should know, answers to the most common objections, and a pastor's guide to teaching prophecy without fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Messiah wept once over a people who did not know the time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe is coming again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Reddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798997501327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e My Daily Devotion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"John Reddy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49174545072383,"sku":"9798997501327","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02712cb0-8502-4acf-9b4d-a39b45423957.jpg?v=1788960211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/messiah-wept-john-reddy-9798997501327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}