I put it this way Jesus was a Jerusalem boy he loved Jerusalem he first visited the city when he was an infant when he was dedicated to the Lord in the temple remember Anna and Simeon prophesied about him then when he was 12 years old Jesus went to Jerusalem again during the Passover and he didn’t want to come home so he stayed 3 days longer and his parents left and didn’t know that he wasn’t with them they got almost all the way back home and one of them said where’s Jesus and they found out that they had

left him and he was sitting among the aristocracy in the intelligencia answering all of their Bible questions and their Christian questions like he was an adult because he was really a brilliant child when he was baptized he was taken to Jerusalem he and others around him spent many days in Jerusalem as you read in the gospels but listen to this he was arrested in Jerusalem he was tried in Jerusalem he was crucified in Jerusalem he was buried in Jerusalem he was resurrected in Jerusalem he ascended from Jerusalem and one day he’s coming

back to Jerusalem and he’s going to put his feet on the same place from which he ascended the Mount of Olives Eleazar Ben Yehuda and his new wife Deborah sailed wide-eyed into the port of japa which is in Israel they had dreamed forever that they would be able one day to step into the holy land and now their dream had come true they arranged to get from japa to Jerusalem by an overnight horse cart and they approached the city of Jerusalem just as the sun was coming up they noticed that the gate had been closed to the city but

just as they got there it started to open it seemed almost miraculous to them but when they entered into the city they were very confused they thought where are the Jerusalem people where is the spirit of Holiness we expected was this the city which had so many centuries of conflict and plunder and Massacre and misery was this the city from which men from all over the world had fought was this the city which the prophets had preached which had been destroyed and reconstructed 18 times the city didn’t seem right you see the year

was 1881 and Eleazar and Deborah were among the first Zionist Jews returning to the land that would later once again be called Israel in the years to come Ben Yehuda would almost single-handedly do the impossible he resurrected the Hebrew language from Antiquity and made it the language of the Jews once again in fact Ben and Deborah had a son and they told Ben that he would never hear another language in their house but Hebrew and Ben Zion was raised hearing and speaking only Hebrew he didn’t play with other children he

became the first native speaker of Hebrew and Modern Times And elazer and his wife believed if their own son could learn the language the whole nation can learn the language unfortunately Ben Yehuda didn’t live long enough to see the state of Israel become official but Yehuda and his wife were very loved people because of the gift they had given to the nation when he died 30,000 people came to his funeral so what drew the zionists back to Jerusalem why is Israel today such a magnetic place it’s a very conflicted City for

3,000 years it’s been at the Forefront of geopolitical struggles even today it’s the centerpiece of the world’s three major religions it’s ground zero for international political maneuvering for Generations Jerusalem has been a place of pilgrimage and pillaging miracles in Mayhem they’re being shot at from the north and shot at from the south and Rockets coming in from everywhere hated by many of their neighbors but loved and respected by many of us the longtime mayor of Jerusalem a guy named Teddy KCK said

the center of the city and periodically when I go out of that hotel to walk around in the city I feel like I’m in some sort of a spell or something it’s like an aura that’s around you I never have understood that until I begin to really read what the scripture says about Jerusalem the Bible tells us that Jerusalem has a big badge on it that says God’s City listen to 2 Chronicles 6 here’s God speaking since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt I have chosen no City from any

tribe of Israel in which to build a house that my name might be there nor did I choose any man to be a ruler Over My People Israel yet I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there the reason Jerusalem is special to me is because it’s God’s chosen city of all the cities of the world and you know how many there are God chose Jerusalem as his City and because it is God who established the city Psalm 873 says oh city of God what glorious things are said of you you may not realize how prominent this city is even in the Bible

it’s mentioned in the Old and New Testament 811 times the next closest city is like in the 200 800 times Jerusalem is mentioned and the Bible Intimates that if you are born in Israel if you are born in Jerusalem there’s a special blessing attached to you here is Psalm 87 from the living Bible but someday the highest honor will be to be a native of Jerusalem for the god of Heaven Above All Gods will personally bless this city when he registers her citizens he will place a check mark beside the names of those who

were born there so you get born in Jerusalem God puts a check mark next to your name I don’t understand all that but I believe it and I know it’s just another reminder to us of the importance of Jerusalem and a reminder to us that we should learn everything we can about this city as we head toward the future of course Jerusalem is an Old Testament prophesied City but it is also a new testament City and it’s it’s a city that was loved by Christ I put it this way Jesus was a Jerusalem boy he loved

Jerusalem he first visited the city when he was an infant when he was dedicated to the Lord in the temple remember Anna and Simeon prophesied about him then when he was 12 years old Jesus went to Jerusalem again during the Passover and he didn’t want to come home so he stayed 3 days longer and his parents left and didn’t know he wasn’t with them they got almost all the way back home and one of them said where’s Jesus and they found out that they had left him and he was sitting among the aristocracy in the intelligencia

answering all of their Bible questions and their Christian questions like he was an adult because he was really a brilliant child when he was baptized he was taken to Jerusalem he and others around him spent many days in Jerusalem as you read in the gospels but listen to this he was arrested in Jerusalem he was tried in Jerusalem he was crucified in Jerusalem he was buried in Jerusalem he was resurrected in Jerusalem he ascended from Jerusalem and one day he’s coming back to Jerusalem and he’s going to put

his feet on the same place from which he ascended the Mount of Olives Jesus loved Jerusalem there’s no question about it when Jerusalem was in hard places we read of Jesus lament over them he said oh Jerusalem Jerusalem the one who kills the prophets and Stones those who are sent to her how often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings but she were not willing though Jesus died in Jerusalem don’t forget that he was resurrected there and one day he will come back the

first place to feel the souls of his feet will be olette on the Eastern side of the Golden City Jerusalem is a conflicted City a chosen City a Christ loved City but it’s also a city that’s going to be changed that brings us to the Golden Age the Millennium that we’re studying in these days I want to tell you about three things that are going to happen in Jerusalem when Jesus feet touch mount olette first when he comes back and his feet touch the ground he will trigger an amazing earthquake Zachariah 144 says on that

day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives will be split in two that’s not all that’s going to happen there’s going to be an earthquake and aquafers from underground will erupt and form a river so get this picture now Jesus comes back his feet touch on the Mount of ol that the the mountain is Split in Two and in the Ravine that is split water starts to come up and develops huge sources of H2O Zachariah tells us about that he says on that day living water will flow

out from Jerusalem half of it East to the Dead Sea and half of it West to the Mediterranean Sea in summer and in winter in other words the river will divide at some point south of Jerusalem and half of it will go to the Mediterranean Sea and the other half will go to the Dead Sea and it will transform the Dead Sea from a dead sea to a living sea if you’ve ever been to Israel and to the Dead Sea you know it’s the lowest point on the earth and the Dead Sea is called the Dead Sea because it’s dead there are a few microscopic uh

insects that live in the sea but that’s it the prophet Ezekiel devotes an entire chapter to describe this and he said I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the East and then according to Ezekiel this River will grow stronger and wider and this is what it says this water flows toward the Eastern region and goes down to the desert where it enters the Dead Sea when it empties into the sea the salty water there becomes fresh fresh swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows there will be

large numbers of fish because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh did you know that that’s what’s going to happen but there’s more the power of Christ’s return will trigger an earthquake it will unleash a river but it will also Elevate the city of Jerusalem like it was on an elevator the the entire city will be lifted up and to this city everyone will look it is an amazing story Isaiah hinted at this when he said now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the

Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and All Nations shall flow into it Zechariah 14 says the whole land from giba will become like the arabah but you Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin gate to the site of the first gate from the corner gate and from the tower and will remain in its place it will be inhabited never again will it be destroyed Jerusalem will be secure these verses tell us that the Lord will bring to Jerusalem and her

surrounding regions on that day an elevation of the city of Jerusalem that will make it the highest city in the world the area on top of Jerusalem that day will be 10 miles and ezekiel’s Temple will be created on that on the top of that mountain and if you want to read about ezekiel’s Temple it’s in Ezekiel 40-46 six chapters tell you about what’s going to happen some surprising things out of the midst of this desert will rise up this incredible Mountain upon which will be the city of Jerusalem and

the Temple of Ezekiel what an amazing thing is going to happen when Jesus comes back in other words the very geography of the promised land is going to be altered at the second coming of Christ the Mount of Olives will be fractured opening a wide and accessible Lane for the residents to flee the city for safer places and the foundation of the city will shift to such a degree that rivers of healing water will flow throughout the city and the elevation of the city will rise as the surrounding Countryside levels

out so on that day almighty God is going to shake up Israel on the day you were saved he shook up you and you should allow what he’s doing in your life to have its perfect way so that wherever you go you take with you the influence of the Lord Jesus Christ one day this Israel will become the capital of the whole world Jerusalem is the capital of Israel now and we moved our Embassy there as you know back in 2017 but the Prophet Jeremiah said that when Jesus comes back and he sets up his kingdom at that time they will call

Jerusalem the Throne of the Lord and all the nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord and Zachariah says many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day and they shall become my people and I will dwell in your midst then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you and the Lord will take possession of Judah as his inheritance in the land and will again choose Jerusalem ladies and Gentlemen even though it doesn’t seem so Jerusalem is at the center of our world without Jerusalem none of the things the Bible

says are going to happen will happen it is a changed City it is a capital city it’s a continuing City almost all the Christ centered events in the future will take place in Jerusalem without Jerusalem these events would be impossible I remember when 1948 happened and the Jewish people returned to their land it was like somebody turned a key in the prophetic clock and opened the door to a lot more things than what we had known of before the city of Jerusalem has a great future one Day Jesus will be seated on the throne

the whole world will be under his subjection and the City of Jerusalem will be the capital of the whole world that’s what the Bible teaches you know I don’t want to leave without telling you some things that kind of touched my heart as I was studying all of this to present it to you I want to end this message by showing you how Jerusalem challenged me right now over the last few years and especially these last few months I’ve considered this and I want to conclude this message with two challenges for all of us first of all in

our own Hearts no matter who we are what our background is if we’re Christians we need to determine to love Israel we should determine to love Israel and its capital city here’s what the psalmist said pray for the Peace of Jerusalem May they Prosper who love you Jerusalem peace be within your walls Prosperity within your palaces for the sake of my brethren and companions I will now say peace be within you Jerusalem because of the house of the Lord Our God I will seek your good there’s some instruction for us what her

attitude should be about Jerusalem what her attitude should be about the Jewish people God prospers those who love Jerusalem let’s pray for the international safety of Israel When you pray in your prayer time make sure Israel’s on your prayer list modern Israel’s been forced to maintain a continual state of warfare throughout its years someone has said Israel is like living in a very nice house in a very bad neighborhood and that’s where they are and they need our prayers secondly I don’t know if you have ever thought

about this but there’s a lot we can learn from Jerusalem and from Israel I never have understood why they are so hated it has to be the fact that they’re the nation that brought Jesus into the world Joe liberman who was a Democratic senator he ran for vice president in 2000 and he became the first Jewish candidate to ever be on a presidential ticket Joseph lman wrote a book called The Gift of rest rediscovering the beauty of the Sabbath and he he said I love the Sabbath and I believe it’s a gift from

God that I want to share with everyone he said that although the Jews keep the Sabbath the real truth is the Sabbath has kept the Jews when people ask me Joseph how can you stop all your work as a senator and observe the Sabbath every week and I answer how could I do all my work as a senator if I didn’t stop and observe the Sabbath every week every Friday if detained at the Capitol Building Joseph liberman walked the four miles home accompanied by a us policeman and another police car alongside for extra security he said one day Jews like me

don’t ride in cars on the Sabbath we walk many of the officers who accompanied him on his journey home were Evangelical Christians many of them have talked about their discussions with this great man they relished his conversations along the way Joseph liberman always stopped at the Safeway in Georgetown to buy flowers for his wife hadessa and treats for the family once he got home the family gathered lit the Sabbath candle read the scripture enjoyed supper attended worship at the nearby synagogue liberman wrote the truth is

that we and the world we’ll survive just fine if we stop working or shopping stay home with our families on a day each week Our Lives will continue our careers will go forward our families will flourish we live in a culture of hard work where people are desperately in need of rest not just rest to recharge our batteries so we can work harder but to recharge our souls so we can live better sounds like something a Christian would write for me he he said the answer to that need has been the Sabbath it has anchored my life revived my body

restored my soul and I know it can do the same for you now we as Christians don’t observe the sabbath we observe the Lord’s day but many of the things that he said about the Sabbath could surely be said about this day first of all I congratulate all of you you’re in the synagogue on Sunday you’re in the church on Sunday you know one of the sad things that’s happening during your lifetime in mind is that church attendance is going down all over our nation in the major denominations in the independent

churches even now in many of the large Evangelical churches we do not realize men and women how important it is that this day is set aside and what do we call it it’s the Lord’s day it’s not our day it’s the Lord’s Day and when we set aside this time to come and honor the Lord we not only honor the Lord but the Lord honors us you want God to bless you in your life be a man or a woman of the church the Bible tells us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together and especially as we see the day of the Lord

Drawing Near just as the Sabbath was so crucial to Joseph liberman so should the church be to us who are God’s people and even more so because we live on the other side of the Cross we know the Messiah has come and as we have been learning he’s coming again when he comes again he will set all things right what was taken out of us in the curse will be reversed I want to ask you a question today if you’re excited about King Jesus reigning someday on the earth is he reigning in your heart there’s a little phrase that I ran

across in studying it goes like this already but not yet what does that mean he’s already here but not yet he’s coming here I know most of you believe the yet part of it but is he already here is he the king of your life you say how do I know that well is he sitting on the throne is he calling the shots or are you the one doing all of that when you become a Christian you accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior he wants to be not just a resident in your life he wants to be the president of your life and he will become that if you

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