How the Mighty Have Fallen

Series Title: LamentationsSeries Summary: This Lent, we will journey together through the book of Lamentations, learning how Scripture gives voice to grief, suffering, and faithful protest before God. Beginning with the devastation of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23-25), we will explore how God’s people wrestle with shame, loss, divine sovereignty, worship, humility, and the call to corporate lament in the face of deep pain. Along the way, we will be invited to examine how our responses to suffering—both our own and that of others—reveal what we believe about God and ourselves. This series will encourage us to resist quick answers and instead learn how to sit honestly before God with our sorrow and questions.On Palm Sunday, we will see how praise and lament collide as Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, revealing himself as the prophet who not only laments but acts to bring redemption. Finally, on Easter Sunday, we will celebrate how the risen Christ meets us in our sorrow and promises a future where lament is healed, and God wipes away every tear.LAMENT GUIDEResourcesHere are some resources you can use to help you study Lamentations on your ownBible Project video and guide on LamentationsA Bible study on LamentationsDark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop - a book that studies the theme of lament in Scripture, it focuses on both the psalms of lament as well as lamentations.Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah - this book is an extended meditation on Lamentations, drawing applications to the church in the United States. This book pushes the reader in ways that are uncomfortable. You may not agree with him on everything, but you will be challenged to think about Lamentations, and it’s meaning for us today.Passages: 2 Kings 24:18 - 25:12Speaker: Omar OrtizBefore we can truly lament, we must first grasp the weight of what we are lamenting. As a prelude to our series in Lamentations, we will spend one week examining the siege and fall of Jerusalem. The stark and graphic account in 2 Kings reveals just how devastating these events were, preparing our hearts to lament rightly. In our own day, we likewise need eyes to see evil and injustice clearly, so that we are ready to lament faithfully.