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14th Apr. 2019 Sungai Ara Gospel Hall

Series: JERUSALEM, Pt. 2

Text: The LORD loveth the Gates of Zion (Jerusalem)

more than all the dwellings of Jacob

Glorious things are spoken of thee,

O city of God. Selah. Psa. 87:2, 3

Recapitulation:

I. Past History of Jerusalem.

A. The City.

B. The Connotation:

1. Its Origin 2. Its Occurrences

3. Its Other names – Zion, City of David, City of God

C. God’s Choice of the Jews & Jerusalem. Dt. 7:7-9

D. God’s Chastisement of and Curses on Jerusalem. 28:15-48ff

II. PRESENT CONTROVERSY CONCERNING…

A. Prophecy of Jerusalem’s Past History Fulfilled.

1. Jeremiah’s Prophecy concerning Jerusalem Being Burnt Down

and Inhabitants Deported to Babylon. Jer. 25:11, 12

2. Jerusalem Land to be Liberated after Seventy years. II Chr. 36:20-21

3. The Prediction in Daniel’s Vision of Seventy weeks. Dan. 9:25f

4. Jesus’ Three-fold Prophecy and its Fulfilment. Mt. 24:3

B. Prophecy of Jerusalem’s Present History Being Fulfilled.

1. The Resurgence of the Israel or the Resurrection of Dry Bones. Eze. 37

a. The Demise of all Ancient civilisations.

b. The “Durability” of the Jews since Abraham. (Psa. 89:28-37)

According to Masoretic text of the Bible, Abraham was born about 2056 BCE and lived for 175 years, so dying about 1881 BCE, which is about 3900 years ago

The Balfour Declaration, (November 2, 1917), stated the British support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” 

Declaration of Independence, State of Israel 14 May 1948

2. The Recovery of the Remnant: Isa. 11:11

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, which shall be left, from Assyria (E), and from Egypt (S), and from Pathros (S), and from Cush (S), and from Elam (E), and from Shinar (E), and from Hamath (N), and from the islands of the sea (W).

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Cf. Isa. 43:5-7

3. The Rose Rising and Blossoming. Isa. 11:10-12

a. The Root of Jesse springing up into a Rose.

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. Isa. 35:1

b. The Rising of the Root: The Miracle of Israel –

List of Israeli inventions and discoveries (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia)

Drip irrigation at an Israeli nursery

Rooftop solar hot-water system

A laser projection keyboard used with a tablet.

Iron Dome rocket interception system

This is a list of inventions and discoveries by Israeli scientists and researchers, working locally or overseas.

According to Joel Landau, there are over 6000 startups currently in Israel.



❖ President Netanyahu’s Pre-election Speech! See Appendix

c. The Retaliation against Jerusalem: Zech. 12:3

i. Jerusalem a Cup of Trembling. Zech. 12:2

ii. Jerusalem a Stumbling Block and a Burdensome Stone to the Nations. Zech. 12:3

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.

The UNESCO Resolution against Jerusalem.

The Summative Battle against Jerusalem. See #III below.

III. The Prospective Eschatology of Jerusalem. Lk. 21:25-33

A. Its Eschatology.

1. Jerusalem in the Great Tribulation – As Predicted by…

a. Jesus – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Mt. 24:15-21-28

b. Jeremiah – Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. Jer. 30:7

c. Zechariah – all nations against Jerusalem to battle. 14:1, 2-7

d. Daniel – a time of trouble, such as never was… Dan. 12:1

e. John – seal, trumpet, bowl judgments. Rev. chs. 6-19

2. Jerusalem when Christ comes.

a. As Predicted by Zechariah. Zech. 12:9-14; 14:1-7

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem…and they shall look on Me Whom they have pieced. Zech. 12:9, 10

b. As Predicted by John. Rev. 19:11-16

3. Jerusalem in the Millennium.

a. As Predicted by Zechariah. Zech. 14:8, 9-21

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and His name one.

b. As Predicted by Zechariah. Zech. 14:8, 9-21

c. As Predicted by Isaiah. Isa. Chs. 11, 60; 65:17-26

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people…There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old;

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Isa. 11:6

d. As Predicted by Ezekiel –

Afterward he brought me to the temple (41:1) Eze. Chs. 40-48

A Third Temple will be established in Jerusalem, capital of the Messianic Kingdom.

e. As Predicted by John – Rev. chs. 20(:4), 21 they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

4. Jerusalem at the Conclusion of the Millennium. Rev. 20:7-10

a. Satan Discharged (loosed) from Prison after one thousand years. 20:7

b. Satan out to Deceive the People (nations): 20:8

…out to deceive the nations…in the four quarters of the earth

…to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

c. The Siege and Deliverance of Jerusalem – its Preservation: 20:9

i. They…compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city

ii. ….fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

d. Satan Doomed and Punished Eternally in the Lake of Fire. 20:10 cf. 19:20

Summary – JESUS AND JERUSALEM

➢ Jesus was Prophesied to be Born in Bethlehem. Mic. 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among… Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel…

➢ Wise men from the east searched for the Child in Jerusalem. Mt. 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea …behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem…

➢ Jesus was to be Crucified and to die in Jerusalem. Mk. 10:33

Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests…and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles…

➢ Jesus would return to earth via Jerusalem. Zech. 14:4, NKJV

And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east...

➢ Conclusion:

We are marching to mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. Heb. 12:22f

5. Jerusalem in Heaven. Rev. 21:2

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

The New Jerusalem is called "the Holy City," and described as "the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from My God." Rev. 3:12

|[pic]Appendix: Pre-election Speech on 13 April, 2019 | |

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Read this speech from the prime minister of Israel..... Benjamin Netanyahu, with all Glory to God.

Mr. Nethanyahu said:

Only 70 years ago! The Jews were taken to the slaughter like sheep. 

60 years ago! We had no country. No Army.

Seven Arab countries declared war on our small Jewish state, just a few hours after its creation!

We were only 650 Jews, against the rest of the Arab world! NO IDF (Israel Defense Army).

No powerful Air Force, only brave people with nowhere to go.

Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia all attacked us at the same time.

The country that the United Nations gave us was 65 % desert. The country was out of nowhere!

35 years ago! We fought the three most powerful armies in the middle east, and we swept them... yes... in six days.

We fought against various coalitions of Arab countries, which had the modern armies and many Soviet weapons, and we had always beaten them!

Today we have:

*A country*

*An army*

*A powerful air force*

*A State-of-the-Art economy which exports millions of dollars*

*Intel - Microsoft - IBM develops products at home*

*Our doctors receive awards for medical research*

We make the desert bloom, and sell oranges, flowers and vegetables all over the world.

Israel has sent its own satellites into space!

Three satellites at the same time!

We are proud to be at the same rank as: The United States, which has 250 million inhabitants,

Russia, which has 200 million inhabitants

China, which has 1.3 billion inhabitants

Europe - France, Great Britain, Germany - with 350 million inhabitants..

The only countries in the world to send objects into space! Israel is now part of the family of the nuclear powers, with the United States, Russia, China, India, France, and Great Britain.

We have never officially admitted it, (but everyone knows it) and say that only 60 years ago, we were led, ashamed and hopeless, to slaughter!

We have extirpés the smoking ruins of Europe, we have won our wars here with less than nothing. We built our little "Empire" from nothing.

Who's Hamas to scare me? To terrify me? You make me laugh! 

Passover was celebrated; Let's not forget what this is about.

>We survived Pharaoh.

>We survived the Greeks.

>We survived the Romans.

>We survived the inquisition in Spain.

>We have the pogroms in Russia.

>We survived Hitler.

>We survived the Germans.

>We survived the Holocaust.

>We survived the armies of seven Arab countries.

>We survived Saddam.

>We will continue to survive the enemies present today too.

Think of any time in human history! Think about it, for us, the Jewish people, the situation has never been better! Then let's face the world.

Let us remember: All nations or cultures who once tried to destroy us, no longer exist today - while we still live!

Egypt?

The Greeks?

Alexander of Macedonia?

The Romans? (does anyone still speak Latin these days? )

The Third Reich?

And look at us,

>The Bible Nation.

>The slaves of Egypt.

>We are still here.

And we speak the same language! then, and now! Arabs don't know yet, but they will learn that there is a God ....as long as we keep our identity, we are forever.

So forgive us for not worrying.

>Not to cry.

>Not to be afraid.

>Things are fine here.

>They could certainly get better.

However: Don't believe the media, they don't tell you  that parties continue to take place, people continue to live, people keep coming out, people continue to see friends.

Yes, our morale is low. So what? Only because we mourn our deaths, while others rejoice in the blood shed. That is why we will win, in the end.

He never sleeps or will ever sleep.... the guardian of Israel.... Yahweh God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Forward this speech to the whole community, and to people around the world. They are part of our strength.

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