The following Scripture contains a very serious indictment that the people of Israel placed upon themselves.
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
(Matthew 27:24-25)
With that answer, the religious hierarchy of Israel walked away from its place of being the generation that would present the Kingdom of God, to man. They had no excuse for this failure; for, they were aware of the prophecy that indicated that Israel had been chosen for a ministry to the world.
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