From Triumphant Entry through Time to Gloom a Generation Later!
June 6, 2006
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Matthew 21:8-11 – And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. [9] And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
[10] And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? [11] And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
A generation (40 years) passed after Jesus made his triumphant entry as Messiah into the old city of Jerusalem before it fell to the Roman Titus.
The Temple Mound Platform was leveled and Jerusalem’s occupants were carried into captivity to fulfill the first half of Luke 21:24.
Luke 21:24 – And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
The last half of the Luke 21:24 Prophecy for Jerusalem was fulfilled in June of 1967. The Song of Jerusalem in captiv ity was sung from 70 AD to 1967 AD as
it was captured in Psalm 137 in 1000 BC.
Psalm 137:4-6 – How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land
? [5] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. [6] 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.
A generation (40 years) will have passed in Jerusalem in 2007 since Israel took it back from the Gentiles in 1967.
I suspect it will be taken from them again at some point in time between 2008 and 2012 and held by the forces of Islam for some three and one-half years, after which it will be retaken by the Israelis and their Messiah will conduct his reign in it to fulfill Zechariah 14:9.
Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name
one.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post Article
Gloom in Jerusalem
By Israel Harel
May 25, 2006
The liberation of Jerusalem in 1967 symbolized the realization of the nation’ s dream
s in those days. The State of Israel had never before known a more joyous moment than when then military commander Motta Gur’s voice crackled over the airwaves: “The Temple Mount is in our hands.”
Some 39 years have gone by, and a pall of gloom now hangs over Jerusalem, and on over parts
of the country too.
The elation is gone.
Not only is the Temple Mount not in our hands, but other parts of the city too are only formally under Israeli control, and, in fact, are no longer “in our hands.” Israel’s capital is divided not only between Jews and Arabs, but between Jews and Jews. The sense that Jewish and Israeli identity would be weakened if Israel fails to retain a grip on its historic parts is diminishing, and the smaller the national and emotional solidarity with the capital the smaller the desire to fight for its unity.
In the first years after the liberation, Jerusalem Day was marked as a national holiday.
Over the years, with the decline of the day’s national and emotional status, it became the holiday of the religious communities. In the annual flag procession, like the one to be held today, youth movement mem
bers are hardly seen anymore. The number of school trips to the city has been dramatically reduced, not only for security reasons.
The heart is growing distant and detached from that which Jerusalem symbolizes.
The heart’s inclination is followed by (non) action.
If the nation is ready to break the oath, “If I forget thee oh Jerusalem, let my right hand wither,” there is all the more reason to break it when it comes to other parts of the country. Nor did the nation’s tongue stick to its palate when the Temple Mount was offered at Camp David to the Arabs by a Jewish prime minister (the proposal was drafted by Jews in an institute called, how symbolic, the Jerusalem Institute). If the nation no longer considers the City of David the most important thing, why should Hebron, Elon Moreh, Beit Horon and Beit El be?
End Excerpt from Jerusalem Post Article
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