THE KING OF KINGS AND HIS PALACE IN JERUSALEM

“JERUSALEM IS THE CENTER OF OUR COSMOS!” It is the city that was chosen by the Lord to be central for all His Revelations. It is either coveted or hated by every religious expression. No one can ignore Jerusalem. Zechariah, speaking for the Lord Himself, said, “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” (Zechariah 12:2-3) It is the eternal city. The Psalmist David sums up his revelation of future Jerusalem. By divine wisdom, he sees a place where the King and the Golden City seem to become indistinguishable. They reflect a Heavenly glory that increases as the Millennium progresses and, finally, as eternity begins. “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. God is known in her palaces for a refuge” (Psalms 48:1-3). What a King and what a palace! The Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. That day or period starts with the Rapture of the firstfruits, and continues with seven years of judgment and then the great Millennium Kingdom. All elements of passing insignificance will be burned up by divine cleansing and a new heaven and a new earth will emerge. “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2 Peter 3:10-13). My words to all my friends is simple. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAINS, GO TELL IT EVERYWHERE, THE KING HAS COME AND HE IS COMING AGAIN.

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Ed Wood

December 18, 2011 at 9:35 am

In a strange irony, Jerusalem, the “City of Peace,” is perhaps the most fought over and turbulent places on Earth.
In vast swings of its inhabitants to both embrace God, his prophets, and in the course of time even his Son, it has also been the site of the most violent rejection of them all as well.

Within its borders lies Mount Moriah, where Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his own son if need be. It became David’s city after he had driven out the pagan Jebusites, and yet plunged into the depths of paganism itself ruled by all too many unworthy kings.

Eventually being destroyed by the Babylonians because of its populace turning from away God, some seventy years later it and the temple were rebuilt by the returning exiles under the leadership of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah in the Fifth Century B.C.

Ruled in the middle of the Second Century B.C. by Antiochus IV, a descendant of one of Alexander the Great’s four succeeding generals, who arrogantly defiled the temple, in a dazzling victory the Macabbees drove him out and for a short time gave what was left of Israel a period of autonomy.

By the First Century B.C. Israel was once more a vassal state under Roman rule. Into this era of occupation would be born Jesus of Nazareth who was greeted with palm branches and accolades as the Son of David and yet within a week would be rejected by the crowds calling for his crucifixion in what our modern calendar defines as the third decade of the First Century A.D.

Less than forty years after this appalling injustice the city and temple would burn again exactly as Jesus revealed in his Olivet Discourse under the forces of the Roman general Titus.

Nineteen centuries later, Israel would be reborn as a sovereign nation. Once more Jerusalem would become a matter of contention between the Jews and their Arab adversaries, a situation which is intensifying today and I personally believe will shortly become the flash point for the unravelling of the events of the Last Days.

When we consider Paul’s words which tell us that we do not war against flesh and blood only but in fact against but the powers of darkness (Ephesians 11-18), the turmoil which has always been part of Jerusalem’s history takes on a grim logic as we realize it has been the battleground between God and Satan for thousands of years, and will be until Jesus himself comes back to take his rightful place as the King of kings, reclaiming his city from its last usurper, the Antichrist.

When this happens it will usher in 1000 years of his righteous government in a near-Eden world, all of which precedes the coming of a new creation, new Earth, and New Jerusalem where the taint of sin will at last be gone forever.

And all of those who have believed across the ages will be there, home at last!

5 thoughts on “THE KING OF KINGS AND HIS PALACE IN JERUSALEM”

william worley
December 18, 2011 at 12:44 am

kia ora joseph
yes please send me the 2 booklets
to 3/1037 colombo st, st albans christchurch 8014 new zealand
many thanks
bill
Ed Wood
December 18, 2011 at 9:35 am

In a strange irony, Jerusalem, the “City of Peace,” is perhaps the most fought over and turbulent places on Earth.
In vast swings of its inhabitants to both embrace God, his prophets, and in the course of time even his Son, it has also been the site of the most violent rejection of them all as well.

Within its borders lies Mount Moriah, where Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his own son if need be. It became David’s city after he had driven out the pagan Jebusites, and yet plunged into the depths of paganism itself ruled by all too many unworthy kings.

Eventually being destroyed by the Babylonians because of its populace turning from away God, some seventy years later it and the temple were rebuilt by the returning exiles under the leadership of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah in the Fifth Century B.C.

Ruled in the middle of the Second Century B.C. by Antiochus IV, a descendant of one of Alexander the Great’s four succeeding generals, who arrogantly defiled the temple, in a dazzling victory the Macabbees drove him out and for a short time gave what was left of Israel a period of autonomy.

By the First Century B.C. Israel was once more a vassal state under Roman rule. Into this era of occupation would be born Jesus of Nazareth who was greeted with palm branches and accolades as the Son of David and yet within a week would be rejected by the crowds calling for his crucifixion in what our modern calendar defines as the third decade of the First Century A.D.

Less than forty years after this appalling injustice the city and temple would burn again exactly as Jesus revealed in his Olivet Discourse under the forces of the Roman general Titus.

Nineteen centuries later, Israel would be reborn as a sovereign nation. Once more Jerusalem would become a matter of contention between the Jews and their Arab adversaries, a situation which is intensifying today and I personally believe will shortly become the flash point for the unravelling of the events of the Last Days.

When we consider Paul’s words which tell us that we do not war against flesh and blood only but in fact against but the powers of darkness (Ephesians 11-18), the turmoil which has always been part of Jerusalem’s history takes on a grim logic as we realize it has been the battleground between God and Satan for thousands of years, and will be until Jesus himself comes back to take his rightful place as the King of kings, reclaiming his city from its last usurper, the Antichrist.

When this happens it will usher in 1000 years of his righteous government in a near-Eden world, all of which precedes the coming of a new creation, new Earth, and New Jerusalem where the taint of sin will at last be gone forever.

And all of those who have believed across the ages will be there, home at last!
jaimie
December 18, 2011 at 11:31 am

Dear Pastor

Yes i pray for Peace in Jerusalem, for the redemption of Jerusalem and for prosperity in her Palaces as well as Blessings upon Israel, everyday.

Praise the Lord Jesus

God Bless
jaimie
Mark Steiner
December 18, 2011 at 11:11 pm

The Shekinah glory left Jerusalem in Ezekiel 11. I hasn’t been back since. I manifested itself as the Star the led the wise men from the East to Bethlehem. Its presence was reported by the wise men to Herod and caused an uproar in Jerusalem from Herod on down. No one else apparently saw the Shekiah but the wise men. The scribes understood what it meant but they never saw it. Neither did Herod. However it will return just before Jesus does: Matthew 24:30 and soon afterward, Jews will repeat “Barush haba vaShem Yahweh” and they will recognize their Messiah: Zechiariah 12:10, 14:1-4. Better days are in store for Jerusalem.
Sugel
December 20, 2011 at 8:07 pm

{10} But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great {d} noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.