Please turn with me to the second to last Old Testament book, Zechariah. There, God gives us the key to understanding His plan for the last days of Earth. Everything in God’s mind centers upon one place, one city, one word, and that is JERUSALEM.
When Jesus told His disciples and us about the future he built every word of it around one spot on earth. All that He says about His second coming is tied to Jerusalem. Jesus said keep your eye on Jerusalem. I am ascending from the Mount of Olives (the center of Jerusalem then and now) and I am returning to the Mount of Olives. According to the Lord, the end of the world centers around Jerusalem.
The most mentioned place in the Bible is a city called Jerusalem.
The center of the world and the prophetic universe is the same city.
Jerusalem should be your favorite city. After all, it’s the city that God has chosen for Himself in 1 Kings 11:13 “However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
Ancient maps put Jerusalem in the world’s center, and I think they were right.
Jerusalem is also God’s timepiece. The final events of world history will culminate there with Jesus Christ’s glorious return to the Mount of Olives.
As mentioned over 800 times in God’s Word, Jerusalem is essential. In Jerusalem, God promised Christ’s coming as the Lamb of God to Abraham. Here, David was promised a future son who would have an endless kingdom. It was here God has worked. In:
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