Maybe he has a vivid imagination, maybe not, but you sidestepped his Scriptures.
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Is there a city existing today called Jerusalem: according to God and his word?
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Scripture please.
Meanwhile . . .
Jeremiah 31:31-40 KJV
31) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32) Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33) But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34) And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35) Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36) If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37) Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39) And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40) And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
I'm curious, what city do you think He's speaking of here?
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And can you tell me precisely what this scripture means marks and especially what was in store for literal Jerusalem and its inhabitants and the New Covenant? I would be not be so smug if I were you. Throwing in a grenade of scripture that is intended to blow in my face won't work. It's a dud. I will comment on your answer as you might expect.
Have you not read a word I've said already, laced in scripture and even secular history, and now you say scripture please. Please, not the childish act.
Again marks, tell me specifically what this scripture means regarding the NEW Covenant and the fate of the literal city of Jerusalem and its many Ant-Christian lawless inhabitants. That was a hint concerning your scripture.
So you think that when Jesus spoke of the destruction of the city of Jerusalem it had no significance to all nations including the then national tribes of Israel? Jerusalem was destroyed for a real purpose marks, more that you evidently know and based on scripture. It was the end of an age. Do you know what I am saying here?
When the MSM push the 6 million Jews subject as a Holocaust ? I do not take kindly to such being called such a definition, because a Holocaust means that it was a burnt offering ?
Now ok it was a Holocaust, a burnt offering ?
But when they say Holocaust ? that is a direct offence to God !
Why, well what they are saying is, that they are boasting that it was Gods will ?
But no it was the will of Satanist that was truly at hand in all this and nothing at all to do with God at all !
Them 6 million Jews were set up ! and offered up to the gods of the Anti-Christ !
The objection to the use of the word Holocaust to me is due to the blindness of understanding of the word and that the Anti-Christ is laughing at the public for being in tune with the Anti-Christ, So they are feeding ! The beast ? but they know not what they do ? so it's all smoke and mirrors ?
So one who goes along with such, is in fact promoting it ! That's why I am pissed off with such.
So when the majority of dupes say Holocaust ? they do not have an idea of what they are talking about truly at all, the word just comes out of the mouth like vomit to me ?
They do not understand that they are feeding there gods and accusing God of such ? well down the tract the trap will be set ? it has been set to go into action down the path ? When the majority are more depraved and they will say, Yes ! God was responsible ? No ! it was their god's that were responsible in fact, it was who they were and are following in fact ! and the Nazis were all dupes, that were easy lead astray by the workings of such devils. The Nazis were so easy lead, they swallowed the Zionist game plan of lies and bag of tricks totally.
The Nazis were lead astray by the cunning workings of the Anti-Christ so called Zionist who were all backed by Rothschild and Co. without the backing of such money and all, Hitler could never of did anything right from the start in fact.
The so called Zionist are Masters of spin and delusions, they are the Talmud Whore and everything that Jesus warned about them, they crept in ! they are not Gods people ! they bastardised the true Jews leading them astray ! It's the same ones all through history ! They tried to kill all of Gods prophets ! Moses, Jesus ! and it's all in the Bible for one to see clearly in fact. but this curse is a cancer in Christianity working just as it did in the OT, from the top down in leading the people astray. That's is why the people have strayed form the churches in droves from the 70's, for if they preached Christ Jesus truly, no one would of walked away in fact.
There Plan is going just as was Planed years in advance.
Now one would say that such as the 6 million was Genocide ? but no they are boasting to all saying that it was there own hand ! Their burnt offering ? but most can not see the forest, for the trees ? because it's right in front of ones face.
If the Nazis were the credited creation for the 6 million it would be called a Genocide ?
If it was the Anti-Christ credited creation it would be a burnt offering to there gods ? a Holocaust !
So why would a Christian call such a Holocaust ? as that means such was a burnt offering to your God ? See how they get you fooled. as you are saying yes it was us ? and our God ? But I know that it was not in fact our God but there gods.
No, God did not rid Himself of Jerusalem for good. Just as Jerusalem was rebuilt after the Babylonian captivity, Jerusalem has been rebuilt (after the Romans destroyed it) since Israel became a nation-state. The Crusaders tried to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims but failed. Eventually Palestine went under Ottoman rule, and then became a British Protectorate until 1948. But that is not the end of the story. Modern Israel (by and large) consists of unbelieving Jews and Arabs. That will not remain forever. After (a) "the time of Jacob's trouble" and (b) the Second Coming of Christ Jerusalem on earth will be redeemed and restored.
Why don't you do a search for "Jerusalem" and "Zion" (Sion) through a Strong's Concordance and see the future fate of Jerusalem under Christ? Jerusalem will be the leading city of the world in the future -- cleansed from all her filth and unbelief and no more seen by God as "Sodom and Egypt".
Robert Gwin
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The parallel prophecy is clearer APAK, it points out that the kings of the earth are still ruling and peoples are serving their false gods: (Micah 4:5) . . .For all the peoples will walk, each in the name of its god, But we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God forever and ever.
If that don't convince you, that is all I can do sir, time will reveal the truth of the matter.
It speaks for itself. If you don't accept what it says that's up to you.
6) I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7) And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
There are so many like this, I've posted others. As long as the sun and the moon and the stars, all that. Blowing up duds, whatever, these are just quotes from the Bible, and either you accept them or you don't.
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The Bible is explicit that God will preserve Israel, and fulfill His promises and covenant with Israel, and including Jerusalem. I've posted several passages that say exactly that, explicitly.
I'm asking for a Scripture that will tell me God's intent to rid Himself of Jerusalem for good. Were there to be such a passage, that would become very problematic as there are all of these that say otherwise.
Rather than supply that for me, you call me childish for asking. That speaks!
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Yes, I think I do know what you are saying here, thank you for asking! But it's always a good think to make sure!
You are saying that because Israel didn't believe, and instead acted wickedly that God ended all purpose concerning the Nation of Israel, and the City of Jerusalem. You are saying that Israel remains as it always has been, the faithful believing people of God, of whom these Christ-haters and imposters, a synagogue of a Satan, are not, and are part of the secret working of iniquity that will overwhelm this world in tribulation.
You are saying that Jerusalem is a fraud, a corrupt city, and God's only concern is the heavenly Jerusalem, that City of which all the real Israel are citizens. You are saying that to support the modern nation of Israel, the modern city of Jerusalem, is a great deception, leading us to join with that synagogue of Satan.
You are saying that when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem, it was good riddance to bad rubbish, nevermore to return.
Am I understanding you correctly?
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What you wrote is a distraction and has nothing to do with with your previous post and my response to it. You are quite confusing. Please stay on topic and reread what I responded to before. It had one purpose and has nothing to do with following their own gods...where did this subject just suddenly pop up! Like I said confusing. Your are trying to rationalize your meaning of your previous post that I responded to...
So what are you trying to convince me of, that I said these things you spoke of are not for the 'last days' as you define them? They are for when the new heavens and earth are present. What has that response of mine got to do with following false gods.....you have not completed your thoughts on this topic evidently and that is why I say..ugh.
Now Israel is another kettle of fish. And your definition of Israel today is most probably quite different than mine. Hint, the national tribes of Israel were not actually Israel of spirit and in the body of Christ, and they were never really purposed to carry this title - in Christ who is the head and leader of Israel.
We are speaking here of the city and the wicked people in it. It had to be destroyed and its form of Pharisaicism/Judaism for good.
There is no scripture and God's desire supporting the continuation of Pharisaicism/Judaism today and in the same damned ground that this fake Jerusalem now sit upon.
I reckon you have never taken the destruction of Jerusalem as a key to the future of the Church and the fulfilment of many prophecies of the OT?
Show me at least one implicit scripture on this subject marks that says God sanctions the continuation of Pharisaicism/Judaism today and the city of Jerusalem. You are making it all up. What do you think God is going to do with this damned city he destroyed. Bring back the Law and the sacrifice of animals? Separate it as another special path to salvation for people he divorced and condemned as a nation for good? Show me scripture that he changed his mind for these so-called 'latter/last days' that you also have completely wrong in definition.
The Bible does not say anything about God supporting the continuation of Judaism (since it is a rejection of Christ). But don't confuse Judaism with a believing remnant of Israel. And how can Jerusalem be "fake" when that city has been in existence for over 4,000 years?
Melchizedek met Abraham and blessed him. He was King of "Salem" (or King of Jerusalem) back in about 2,000 BC. The very same Jerusalem -- the city on a hill - is presently occupied by mainly unbelieving Jews and Arabs. But that will all change AFTER the Second Coming of Christ. So you are the one who does not believe the Bible.
One of the problems with your reasoning is that you 'see' scripture say the believing remnant of Israel being propelled into the future, beyond the 1st century for your futurist theory of prophecy. That is a big assumption indeed. Scripture never implies this at all. And because it would frankly make no sense logically and not in a scriptural sense if you follow the path and plan of God into the future.
The remnant of national Israel as Paul and others were of, was the last, up to their generation. No more believing remnant today or tomorrow. We are in the age of grace for salvation for all peoples in the world. Your thoughts cannot be in context with scripture and what Paul was speaking about when he spoke of he being part of that last remnant, the last given for the OT. They all eventually assimilated into the nations in the 1st century. End of subject - gone end of story as was literal Jerusalem. There is no believing remnant of national Israel today under either the OT for sure, and under the age of grace of today. We are ALL in a new age since Christ ascended to heaven and the destruction of Jerusalem. And now we await the next and final age that will come upon us.
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Robert Gwin
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By your second paragraph you clearly see the relevance of my post sir. It is the same prophecy penned by a different penman, but as in many other cases in the Bible comparing different accounts of the same topic yields a better understanding. You say it is not this time period, I say it is and Micah confirms that the governments will still be here and people will be worshipping many different gods. That will not be happening when the Kingdom comes APAK
@APAK,
I've posted Scripture that says God will never cast out the seed of Israel for anything they have done. Why would God cast them out?
You've claimed He will, that His intent was to destroy Jerusalem permanently. But no Scripture to say that.
So there is our impasse.
My passage, one of them, Jeremiah 31 as posted above.
Yours?
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I've posted Scripture that says God will never cast out the seed of Israel for anything they have done. Why would God cast them out?
You've claimed He will, that His intent was to destroy Jerusalem permanently. But no Scripture to say that.
So there is our impasse.
My passage, one of them, Jeremiah 31 as posted above.
Yours?
Much love!
Let's clear up Isaiah 2:2-4 and Micah 4:1-5 and 6-8 shall we one last time, for good, that says there still is no justification for a physical city of Jerusalem post 70 AD. It is gone for good. That purpose and function was completed!
So why still force, try to persuade, strain and squeeze in your own interpretations of some OT scripture to fit your own theories of the future, with the physical and not the spiritual nature of the Kingdom and the future. We have to be very careful when understanding symbolism in scripture. It is not that straight forward as you make it to be.
In Isaiah 2:2–4 the prophet spoke of the time when Messiah would come and establish His mountain (Mount Zion), house, and city among Jews and all other nations. As the New Testament reveals, this prophecy speaks of the spiritual peace that comes through the gospel, wherein national Israelite tribes and other/all nations are united in Christ into one spiritual nation and kingdom. It does not refer the a physical land of Israel or a physical city of Jerusalem in the writers future (of Isaiah and Micah).
Jesus said that His kingdom was “not of this world,” and the New Testament writers confirmed His teaching, telling believers that the kingdom they were receiving was not physical-literal, but spiritual (2 Cor. 6:16; Gal. 4; Heb. 9:24–27; 12:18ff.; 1 Peter 1:4–13).
Writers in the OT especially used much symbology for prophetic messages that was common to their audience for them to understand it. Telling them that Zion or Jerusalem for example are spiritual in nature would have many people shaking their heads. Their message would have landed upon deaf ears.
And the point you made as in Micah 4:5 refers again to those that will come to Christ and not follow other gods as others who will continue to follow idols. And this has occurred since the time of Christ and even today, into the Kingdom today, and fully when the new heavens and earth are present. This message in Isaiah and Micah is not for the national tribes of Israel then and today, because for starters Christ would not arrive in their time, and today, there is none living or recognized as such people in God's eyes.
You are understanding OT prophecy in literal terms and as literal language. And that will get you into trouble every time, as you have done here. You have confused a simple message about the future Christ, his Kingdom (Mt Zion and Jerusalem) for these OT people and all since Christ and in Christ into the new heavens and earth.
The Lord's Temple dwells in all believers from all nations and we follow the Law of Christ in our hearts not a physical Law in a physical mountain of a physical city (today or in the future) (Isaiah 2:2-5 and Micah 4:1-8).
I hope you now get my view on the subject and this scripture you have inserted, to try and convince that there is a valid scriptural reason for a physical city called Jerusalem today.
Again there is no case for a post 70 AD city of Jerusalem in God's eyes and purpose. It is all done in Christ and his Kingdom, then and today.
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You are in err again marks. I never once said God would cast out his spiritual seed of Israel promised to Abraham. His physical seed yes, of course. And there is scripture of course you can find to know this as fact. You must know this already I take it.
No. there is no scripture saying your words....'he intends to destroy Jerusalem 'permanently.' Scripture, especially in the OT is not written for a modern reader as you are using/superimposing here for your defense. That is very unreasonable and really unfair. And you must already know this as fact.
When you do sufficient Bible study on the topic and purpose of the Kingdom of God, Mt Zion and the New Jerusalem, scripture taken from the the OT and NT pointed to specific facts. One of which says God is now done with the physical city of Jerusalem. It is the collective thorough analysis, deductions formed , and logic of all these pertinent scripture areas that reveal truths as the Spirit guides me that form my conclusion on this very critical topic.
One must read all this scripture through the mouth and thoughts of the writer and his/her audience. Can you do that without leaping forward and adding in theoretical modern arguments that are virtually impossible to defend?
Jeremiah 31:27-40 KJV
27) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
28) And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
29) In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
30) But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32) Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33) But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34) And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35) Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36) If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37) Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39) And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40) And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Isaiah 59:20-21 KJV
20) And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
21) As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Ezekiel 39:23-29 KJV
23) And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24) According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26) After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27) When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28) Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29) Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 36:21-28 KJV
21) But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22) Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
23) And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24) For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25) Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28) And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Joel 3:1-2 KJV
1) For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2) I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Daniel 12:13 KJV
13) But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Zechariah 12:2-10 KJV
2) Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3) And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4) In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5) And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
6) In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
7) The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
8) In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
9) And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10) And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
It seems to me as I read these passages God is not finished with either Jerusalem or Israel.
I need not add commentary, only to say, I believe these passages are accurate, and God's Word is true.
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27) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
28) And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
29) In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
30) But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32) Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33) But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34) And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35) Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36) If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37) Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39) And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40) And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Isaiah 59:20-21 KJV
20) And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
21) As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Ezekiel 39:23-29 KJV
23) And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24) According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26) After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27) When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28) Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29) Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 36:21-28 KJV
21) But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22) Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
23) And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24) For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25) Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28) And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Joel 3:1-2 KJV
1) For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2) I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Daniel 12:13 KJV
13) But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Zechariah 12:2-10 KJV
2) Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3) And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4) In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5) And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
6) In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
7) The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
8) In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
9) And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10) And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
It seems to me as I read these passages God is not finished with either Jerusalem or Israel.
I need not add commentary, only to say, I believe these passages are accurate, and God's Word is true.
Much love!
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