<p>23:39&nbsp;<em>For I say to you, you shall not see me from this time forward, until</em>- The same words are used in 13:14, &quot;You shall not perceive / see&quot; Christ. Previously, they had 'seen' Christ as Messiah, realizing that this was the heir, and desiring therefore to kill Him. But now the Lord was giving them over to the blindness of their hatred. They would not knowingly crucify God's Son. But He was saying that He now was going to stop them 'seeing' / perceiving Him for who He was, so that they would crucify Him. And they would only again perceive Him as God's Son all too late, when at the day of judgment they uttered the words of Messianic welcome &quot;Blessed is He that comes...&quot;. And yet even in this terrible judgment there was interwoven a possibility of hope. They would only perceive Him again as God's Son&nbsp;<em>when</em>, or,&nbsp;<em>until the time that</em>, they recognized Him as Messiah in the Messianic words &quot;Blessed is He that comes...&quot;. Once they made that repentance, they would again perceive / see Him. However, it could be argued that that is axiomatic. The thrust of the Lord's words is surely that in the day of judgment, all too late, they would perceive Him again as He is in truth. But all too late.</p><p><em>You shall say-&nbsp;</em>When they are appointed their portion with the hypocrites and there is wailing and gnashing of teeth,&nbsp;<em>then&nbsp;</em>shall the Kingdom be likened unto the five wise and five foolish virgins.&nbsp;<em>Then</em>&nbsp;the rejected will understand the principles of that parable, crystal clearly. Members of the ecclesia of Israel will say &quot;Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord&quot;- but be rejected. Likewise the Egyptians, fleeing in the mud from Yahweh as they vainly hoped against hope that the returning waters wouldn't somehow reach them... they came to know Yahweh (Ex. 14:18). It could well be that this knowing of Yahweh involves a desperate recounting of their sins, seeing that one of the purposes of condemnation is to make men aware of their sinfulness and the depth of God's grace.</p><p><em>Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord-&nbsp;</em>When Jerusalem sees Jesus again, they will be saying: &ldquo;Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord&rdquo;. This would suggest they are waiting for Him. And these words being taken from the Passover hallel, it could be that the Lord returns to them at Passover time, when they traditionally expect Him. Indeed, Jerusalem will not see the Lord&nbsp;<em>until</em>&nbsp;they say &ldquo;Blessed is he&hellip;&rdquo;- as if the time of His return depends upon their &lsquo;seeing&rsquo; / perceiving Him beforehand.</p>