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Subject: Chapter 10: Jerusalem: The city of the Great King (Part
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CHAPTER 10
JERUSALEM: THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING
from the book by Eddie Chumney
"RESTORING THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL"
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CHAPTER 10
JERUSALEM: THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING
(Part 2 of 3)
LUCIFER DESIRES G-D'S THRONE
The origin of this battle over Jerusalem
took place before the
creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) when HaSatan
tried
to overthrow the throne of the G-d of Israel in the heavenly
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). In Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 14:12-14 it is
written:
"How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the
nations! For thou hast said in
thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God: I will
sit also upon the mount of the
congregation in the sides of the
north: I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be
like the most High."
The throne of the G-d of Israel is in
the heavenly Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) (Hebrews 12:22) in mount Zion, on the sides of the
north, which is the city of the great King. In Psalm (Tehillim)
48:1-2 it is written:
"Great is the Lord, and
greatly to be praised in the city of our
God, in the mountain of his
holiness. Beautiful for situation
the joy of the whole earth, is
mount Zion, on the sides of the
north, the city of the great
King."
Therefore, HaSatan stirred a rebellion
against the G-d of Israel
in the heavenlies with the desire and purpose to exalt his throne
above the G-d of Israel and to sit upon the throne of the G-d of
Israel in the heavenly Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). In doing so,
HaSatan
wanted to establish a government in the heavenlies without the
G-d of
Israel.
SATAN IS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN
When HaSatan rebelled against the
G-d of Israel, he was cast
down. The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus witnessed this
event. In Luke 10:18 it is written:
"And he said unto them, I
beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven."
When HaSatan was cast out of heaven,
one-third of the angelic
hosts rebelled with HaSatan against the G-d of Israel and were
cast
out of heaven also. In Revelation 12:3-4 it is written:
"And there appeared another
wonder in heaven; and behold a great
red dragon, having seven heads and
ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads. And his tail drew
the third part of the stars of
heaven, and did cast them to the
earth."
THE TOWER OF BABEL:
WORLD GOVERNMENT ON THE EARTH
When the G-d of Israel created Adam in
the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden), this ancient battle between the G-d of Israel and HaSatan
began to be played out on the earth through mankind. When HaSatan
tempted Eve, he told her the ancient lie that he believed when he
tried to overthrow the throne of the G-d of Israel in the
heavenly
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) by telling her that she could be like
gods.
In Genesis (Bereishit) 3:4-5 it is written:
"And the serpent said unto
the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be
as gods, knowing good and
evil."
In the process of time, HaSatan inspired
the people on the earth
to try to establish the first world government without the G-d of
Israel and exalt themselves and their name above the G-d of
Israel
and reject Him as being King over all the earth. In Genesis
(Bereishit) 11:1, 4 it is written:
"And the whole earth was of
one language, and of one speech .
And they said, Go to, let us build
us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let
us make us a name, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of
the whole earth."
When the people of the earth through the
inspiration of the
kingdom of darkness (HaSatan) rebelled against the G-d of Israel
and
tried to build a city and a tower that would reach unto heaven
and
exalt their name above the G-d of Israel, the G-d of Israel
judged
their evil plan and it was called the tower of Babel. In Genesis
(Bereishit) 11:8-9 it is written:
"So the Lord scattered them
abroad from thence upon the face of
all the earth: and they left off
to build the city. Therefore is
the name of it called Babel;
because the Lord did there confound
the language of all the earth: and
from thence did the Lord
scatter them abroad upon the face
of all the earth."
THE
RESURRECTION OF THE TOWER OF BABEL
The tower of Babel became a blueprint of
HaSatan's rebellion
against the G-d of Israel through the people living on the earth.
This has continued throughout the ages and will be brought to its
final conclusion in the ends of days when the nations of the
world
try to resurrect the tower of Babel and establish a world
government
without the G-d of Israel. The goal of the framers of world
government is to make the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) the
capital of this godless "New World Order."
This end-time plan of the nations to
resurrect the tower of Babel
and to create a world government without the rule of the G-d of
Israel was given for us to understand as a type and shadow by the
G-d
of Israel through the world empires of Egypt (Mitzrayim),
Babylon,
Greece and Rome. The preview of these world kingdoms as a type
and
shadow of world government at the end of the age (Olam Hazeh) was
given to Daniel the prophet. With the conclusion of the last
world
kingdom seen by Daniel the prophet (which is world government or
the
"New World Order" and a resurrection of the tower of
Babel of old),
the G-d of Israel will crush this end-time world government at
the
same time when they try to make Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) an
international city. After this, the G-d of Israel through the
Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will set up His world government
which will be a Torah based government during the Messiah age
(Athid
Lavo). In Daniel 7:1-3, 7, 9-10, 13-14 it is written:
"In the first year of
Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon
his bed: then he wrote the
dream, and told the sum of the
matters. Daniel spake and said, I
saw in my vision by night, and,
behold, the four winds of the
heaven strove upon the great sea.
And four great beasts [future
world kingdoms] came up from the
sea, diverse one from another .
After this I saw in the night
visions, and behold a fourth beast
[the last world kingdom which is
world government or the "New
World Order"] dreadful and
terrible, and strong exceedingly .
and it had ten horns . I beheld
till the thrones were cast down,
and the Ancient of days did sit,
whose garment was white as
snow, and the hair of his head
like the pure wool: his throne
was like the fiery flame, and his
wheels as burning fire. A
fiery stream issued and came forth
from before him: thousand
thousands ministered unto him, and
ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before him: the
judgment was set, and the books
were opened . I saw in the night
visions, and, behold, one like
the Son of man came with the
clouds of heaven, and came to the
Ancient of days, and they brought
him near before him. And there
was given him dominion, and glory,
and a kingdom, that all
people, nations, and languages,
should serve him: his dominion
is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pass away, and his
kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed."
Daniel's vision will be fulfilled
in the end of days when the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will return to the earth
as
the Kingly Messiah known as Messiah ben David, defend Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) and crush the resurrected tower of Babel known as
world government or the "New World Order." This will
happen during
the days when the nations of the world seek to divide the land of
Israel and make Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) an international city
and
the capital of their world government.
The ancient battle between the kingdom
of darkness (HaSatan) and
the kingdom of light (the kingdom of the G-d of Israel) which
originated before the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden) when HaSatan tried to overtake the throne of the G-d of
Israel
in the heavenly Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) will be played out on
the
earth in the end of days over the land that the G-d of Israel
promised Abraham (Avraham) and His descendents forever through
Isaac
(Yitzchak) and Jacob (Ya'acov) and over the sovereignty of the
city
of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). The G-d of Israel described this
battle
through the prophet Isaiah (Yeshayahu) as the "controversy
of Zion."
The "controversy of Zion"
(Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 34:8) will conclude
with the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus fighting
against the
nations (Zechariah [Zecharyah] 14:2-3), defending the city of
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), delivering/saving the nation of Israel
from
her enemies, ending the exile and bringing about the
reunification of
the two houses of Israel (Ezekiel [Yechezekel] 37:15-28) and
establishing the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).
THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION
In the end of days, the city of
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) will
become a stumbling block and a cup of trembling for all the
nations
who will be gathered against her because of the controversy of
Zion.
In Zechariah (Zecharyah) 12:1-3 it is written:
"The burden of the word of
the Lord for Israel saith the Lord,
which stretcheth forth the
heavens, and layeth the foundation of
the earth, and formeth the spirit
of man within him. 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. 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."
In Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 34:1-3, 8 it
is written:
"Come near, ye nations, to
hear; and hearken, ye people: let the
earth hear, and all that is
therein; the world, and all things
that come forth of it. For the
indignation of the Lord is upon
all nations, and his fury upon all
their armies: he hath utterly
destroyed them, he hath delivered
them to the slaughter. Their
slain also shall be cast out, and
their stink shall come up out
of their carcasses, and the
mountains shall be melted with their
blood . for it is the day of the
Lord's vengeance, and the year
of recompences for the controversy
of Zion."
WHAT IS THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION?
How will the nations be gathered against
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
and what is the controversy of Zion? The controversy of Zion is
over
two primary issues. The first is the controversy of the covenant
that
the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham) and His descendents
forever when He promised them a land. The descendents of Abraham
(Avraham) became the house of Jacob. The house of Jacob consists
of
the house of Judah (Southern Kingdom) and the house of Israel
(Northern Kingdom). Secondly, the controversy of Zion is over the
future, destiny and sovereignty of the city of Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim).
G-D WILL JUDGE THE NATIONS
FOR DIVIDING HIS LAND
The G-d of Israel promised that He will
judge all the nations for
dividing His land. In Joel (Yoel) 3:1-2 it is written:
"For, behold, in those days,
and in that time, when I shall
bring again the captivity of Judah
and Jerusalem, 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."
UN RESOLUTIONS: LAND FOR PEACE
The plan of the nations of the world to
divide the land that the
G-d of Israel promised to Abraham (Avraham) and His
descendents
forever through Isaac (Yitzchak) and Jacob (Ya'acov) is being
expressed by the nations of the world through the United Nations
based upon UN Resolutions 181, 242 and 338. UN Resolution 181 was
passed by the United Nations in 1947. The idea of this plan was
to
establish a Jewish state, a Palestinian state and make Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) an international city. This plan by the nations is
the
foundation for the controversy of Zion. This plan does not
recognize
the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham)
and
does not recognize the sovereignty of the G-d of Israel over the
city
of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).
UN Resolution 242 was passed following
Israel's 1967 war with her
Arab neighbors when the entire city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
came
into the hands of the Jewish people (house of Judah). UN
Resolution
338 was passed following Israel's 1973 Yom Kippur war with her
Arab
neighbors. UN Resolutions 242 and 338 is based upon the principle
of
Israel trading "land for peace."
In trading "land for peace",
the nations of the world are
rejecting the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) and His descendents forever through Isaac (Yitzchak)
and
Jacob (Ya'acov). In Leviticus (Vayikra) 25:23 it is written:
"The land shall not be sold
forever: for the land is mine; for
ye are strangers and sojourners
with me."
THE PLO AND THE ARAB NATIONS SEEK
TO DESTROY THE NATION OF ISRAEL
Furthermore, the nations of the
world are putting their trust in
having a "just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the
Middle East"
into the hands of Yasser Arafat and the PLO. Yasser Arafat is a
murderer and a terrorist and the PLO was founded to destroy the
nation of Israel and drive them into the sea. It is completely
illogical for the nations of the world to believe that there can
be a
"just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle
East" by putting
their trust for peace into the hands of a murderer and a
terrorist
(Yasser Arafat) and an organization (PLO) which was founded with
the
initial goal of destroying the nation of Israel and driving them
into
the sea. The plans of the PLO in confederacy with her Arab
nations to
destroy the nation of Israel and drive them into the sea is
prophesied in Psalm (Tehillim) 83:1-8 as it is written:
"Keep not thou silence, O
God: hold not thy peace, and be not
still, O God. For, lo, thine
enemies make a tumult: and they
that hate thee have lifted up the
head. They have taken crafty
counsel against thy people, and
consulted against thy hidden
ones. They have said, Come, and
let us cut them off from being a
nation; that the name of Israel
may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together
with one consent: they are
confederate against thee: The
tabernacles of Edom, and the
Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the
Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and
Amalek; the Philistines with the
inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also
is joined with them: they have
helped the children of Lot.
Selah."
G-D WILL JUDGE THE NATIONS
This injustice by the nations of the
world against the Jewish
people and the nation of Israel by rejecting the covenant that
the
G-d of Israel made with Abraham and His descendents forever and
by
rejecting the sovereignty of the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
will bring the wrath of the G-d of Israel upon the nations of the
world. The wrath of the G-d of Israel will be fully expressed
during
the period of time known as the tribulation or Jacob's
(Ya'acov's)
trouble to the house of Israel (Christianity) and as the Chevlai
shel
Mashiach or the birth pangs of the Messiah to the house of Judah
(Judaism). The wicked plan of the nations and the judgment of the
G-d
of Israel against the nations because of the controversy of Zion
is
spoken about in Psalm (Tehillim) 2:1-4 as it is written:
"Why do the heathen rage, and
the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set
themselves and the rulers take
counsel together, against the
Lord, and against his anointed,
saying, Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their
cords from us. He that sitteth in
the heavens shall laugh: the
Lord shall have them in
derision."
Because of the wicked plans of the kings
of the earth against the
L-rd, against His land, against His people and against His holy
city
of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), the nations of the world will drink
the
cup of the wrath of the G-d of Israel. In Jeremiah (Yermiyahu)
25:15-17, 27-28 it is written:
"For thus saith the Lord God
of Israel unto me; Take the wine
cup of this fury at my hand, and
cause all the nations, to whom
I send thee, to drink it. And they
shall drink, and be moved,
and be mad, because of the sword
that I will send among them.
Then took I the cup at the Lord's
hand, and made all the nations
to drink, unto whom the Lord had
sent me .Therefore thou shalt
say unto them, thus saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel;
Drink ye, and be drunken, and
spew, and fall, and rise no more,
because of the sword which I will
send among you. And it shall
be, if they refuse to take the cup
at thine hand to drink, then
shalt thou say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall
certainly drink."
The G-d of Israel will judge the nations
who come against the
city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) with the plague of nuclear
warfare.
In Zechariah (Zecharyah) 14:12 it is written:
"And this shall be the plague
wherewith the Lord will smite all
the people that have fought
against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall
consume away while they stand upon
their feet, and their eyes
shall consume away in their holes,
and their tongue shall
consume away in their mouth."
THE
SCORNFUL MEN WHO RULE JERUSALEM
Not only will the nations of the world
be severely chastised
because of the controversy of Zion but the nation of Israel will
also
be severely chastised by the G-d of Israel for agreeing to the
plan
of the nations of the world to divide the land of Israel and make
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) an international city. By agreeing to
these
plans, the nation of Israel will experience the most difficult
time
in her existence as a nation. This period of time is known by the
house of Israel (Christianity) as the tribulation or Jacob's
(Ya'acov's) trouble and to the house of Judah (Judaism) as the
Chevlai shel Mashiach or the birth pangs of the Messiah.
The G-d of Israel through the prophet
Isaiah (Yeshayahu) warns of
the scornful attitude of the modern day leaders of the nation of
Israel who have no regard for the land that the G-d of Israel
promised to Abraham (Avraham) and his descendents forever through
Isaac (Yitzchak) and Jacob (Ya'acov) and the judgment which will
come
upon them and the nation of Israel as a result of their scornful
attitude. In Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 28:14-18 it is written:
"Wherefore hear the word of
the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule
this people which is in Jerusalem.
Because ye have said, We have
made a covenant with death, and
with hell are we at agreement;
when the overflowing scourge shall
pass through, it shall not
come unto us: for we have made
lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Therefore, thus saith the Lord
God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried
stone, a precious corner stone, a
sure foundation; he that
believeth shall not make haste.
Judgment also will I lay to the
line, and righteousness to the
plummet: and the hail shall sweep
away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow the
hiding place. And your covenant
with death shall be disannulled,
and your agreement with hell shall
not stand; when the
overflowing scourge shall pass
through, then ye shall be trodden
down by it."
THE NATION OF ISRAEL WILL SUFFER
GREAT TRIBULATION
Because of the rejection of the covenant
that the G-d of Israel
made with Abraham (Avraham) and the embracing of the
"covenant with
death" as advocated by the nations of the world, the
scornful leaders
and the entire nation of Israel will experience their most
difficult
time that they have ever experienced as a nation. However, the
wise
will understand these things and give instruction and counsel to
many. In Daniel 12:1-3 it is written:
"And at that time shall
Michael stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children of thy
people: and there shall be a
time of trouble such as never was
since there was a nation even
to that same time: and at that
time thy people shall be
delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book.
And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and
everlasting contempt. And they
that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and
they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars forever
and ever."
THE
G-D OF ISRAEL WILL PURIFY HIS PEOPLE
During this time, the G-d of Israel will
bring His people through
the fire and refine them as silver is refined and try them as
gold is
tried. They will call upon the name of the L-rd and the L-rd will
deliver His people through the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus. In Zechariah (Zecharyah) 13:9 it is written:
"And I will bring the third
part through the fire, and will
refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is
tried: they shall call on my name,
and I will hear them: I will
say, It is my people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God."
THE JEWISH MESSIAH WILL SAVE
THE NATION OF ISRAEL
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus will arise as a mighty
warrior and save the nation of Israel and deliver them from their
enemies when they call upon His name. In Luke 13:35 it is
written:
".verily I say unto you, Ye
shall not see me, until the time
come when ye shall say, Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of
the Lord."
In that day when the nations of the
world seek to destroy the
city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), the G-d of Israel will pour out
the
spirit of grace and supplication upon the house of David and the
city
of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). When the nation of Israel calls upon
the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus, He will save them and
deliver
them from their enemies. In Zechariah (Zecharyah) 12:8-10 it is
written:
"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. And it shall come to
pass in that day, that I will
seek to destroy all the nations
that come against Jerusalem. And
I will pour upon the house of
David, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and
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."
THE JEWISH MESSIAH WILL FIGHT FOR
JERUSALEM
When the nations of the world seek to
destroy Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) and when the nation of Israel calls upon the
Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus for their deliverance, the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will fight against those nations
and
defend the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) and His descendents forever, the land, the people and
the
city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). Then, He will set His feet down
upon the mount of Olives and be King over all the earth. In
Zechariah
(Zecharyah) 14:2-4, 9 it is written:
"For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to
battle . then
shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations,
as when he
fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in
that day
upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the
east . And
the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day
shall there be
one Lord, and his name one."
THE G-D OF ISRAEL IS KING OF THE UNIVERSE AND
HIS
THRONE IS IN JERUSALEM
The G-d of Israel is King over all the
earth and the city of
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) is the place of His throne. Psalm
47 is a
coronation psalm proclaiming that the G-d of Israel is King over
all
the earth. In Psalm (Tehillim) 47:1-9, it is written:
"O clap your hands, all ye
people; shout unto God with the voice
of triumph. For the Lord most high
is terrible; he is a great
King over all the earth. He shall
subdue the people under us,
and the nations under our feet. He
shall choose our inheritance
for us, the excellency of Jacob
[both the house of Israel
(Christianity) and the house of
Judah (Judaism)] whom he loved.
Selah. God is gone up with a
shout, the Lord with the sound of a
trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing
praises: sing praises unto
our King, sing praises. For God is
the King of all the earth:
sing ye praises with
understanding. God reigneth over the
heathen: God sitteth upon the
throne of his holiness. The
princes of the people are gathered
together, even the people of
the God of Abraham: for the
shields of the earth belong unto
God: he is greatly exalted."
The G-d of Israel is our King of
glory. In Psalm (Tehillim)
24:1, 8, 10 it is written:
"The earth is the Lord's and
the fulness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein . Who is
this King of glory? The Lord
strong and mighty, the Lord mighty
in battle . Who is this King
of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is
the King of glory. Selah."
In Psalm (Tehillim) 48:2, it is written:
"Beautiful for situation, the
joy of the whole earth, is mount
Zion, on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King."
The throne of the G-d of Israel is in
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).
In Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) 3:17 it is
written:
"At that time they shall call
Jerusalem the throne of the Lord."
THE G-D OF
ISRAEL WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) is always in
the remembrance of the G-d
of Israel. In Psalm (Tehillim) 137:5-6 it is written:
"If I forget thee, O
Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning. If I do not remember
thee, let my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth; if I prefer not
Jerusalem above my chief joy."
(End Part 2 of 3)
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