Jerusalem, Jerusalem; Jesus wept over the city
of Jerusalem because it would not recognize its
day of visitation from the Lord. Luke chapter 19
and verses 41-44 indicate that the citizenry of the
city would reject their promised King. But aside
from this immediate rejection, Jesus looked down
the corridor of time and envisioned the day when
Jerusalem would indeed accept the King of Kings.
Jerusalem, the city of God, the city of Peace
has seen more violence and desolation than any
other locality on the face of the earth; yet it is,
as it has always been, the apple of God's eye. It
is to Jerusalem that the King of King's and Lord
of Lord's will return to establish his anticipated
earthly Kingdom that was promised to Abraham
and King David. Zechariah chapter 14 verse 4
indicates that the touchdown destination of our
Lord will be the very same location of his ascent,
the Mount of Olives, to the east of the Temple
Mount area of Jerusalem. Upon his arrival he will
then descend down the mountain, walking across
the Kidron Valley through the old Garden of
Gethsemane and up to the Golden Gate and then
straightforward onto Mount Moriah and establish
his Earthly throne. His royal reign will continue
for one thousand years and will culminate with
his delivering his kingdom unto his Father as the
"New Jerusalem" becomes the Heavenly capitol
of a kingdom which shall never end.(I Cor 15:24)
Jesus wept over Jerusalem because he knew the
long struggle the city would endure before it ever
would come to acknowledge that he was indeed
the Messiah. He knew that Jerusalem would play
a whorish game with an impersonator claiming
that he was the long awaited Prince. Also he saw
the desolation of the city and its domination by
the nations and powers of the world. The powers
of this world have as their ruler, the powerful
Prince of this present world ( Satan ). The evil
prince of this present age also has plans for the
city of Jerusalem. He will one day enter into a
Covenant with Israel establishing his world capitol
in the Holy City. Jesus predicted that a prince
would come unto Israel ( see John 5:43 ) in his
own name and that Israel would accept him as its
Messiah.
Seven hundred years earlier, Zechariah in
chapter 14 verses 1-3 prophesied that in the last
days when Israel has returned to its ancestral
homeland ( a second time : Isaiah 11:10 ) that
the city of Jerusalem would become a burden -
stone to the nations of the world. Because of
the Supernatural conflict concerning rulership in
the city of Jerusalem, the nations will find it
an urgent matter to resolve the ages old fight
and controversy about who the city belongs to
and who is its rightful ruler. The Resolutions of
the Nations will culminate in Jerusalem being in
the position of having entered into a Covenant
agreement with the Anti-Christ; the Prince of
the recently emerged new world Superpower.(aka
European Union )
There should be a word of caution injected
here for the citizens of the United States. Our
nation presently stands in direct violation of the
prophet Zechariah's prediction that all nations
that coerce Israel into compromising the status
of Jerusalem shall be cut in pieces. (Zech. 12:3)
Therefore, every American Christian should be
praying for Jerusalem and working to encourage
our government to pay heed to the warnings
of the Bible, when it is subjecting Israel to land
for peace initiatives demanded by the United
Nations General Assembly Resolutions.
However the initiation of planned construction
of residential settlements by Israel around the
outskirts of Jerusalem, and the proclamation of
PA chairman Yasser Arafat that Jerusalem will be
the capitol of the projected new state of Palestine
by 2000, has resulted in making "Jerusalem" the
"Burdensome Stone", worldwide as Zechariah
predicted 2,700 years ago. Eventually, all nations
will involve themselves in the great controversy
concerning the heir of sovereignty for Jerusalem.
|