HEART OF THE WORLD
Psalm 122:6
“Pray for peace for Jerusalem: ‘May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.’”
Do you believe that whatever happens in Israel will determine the fate of the whole world? Why is a land mass smaller than the size of New Jersey, with 0.2% of the world’s population claim worldwide headlines daily? Israel is the center between good and evil; between peace and terror. Jerusalem means peace.
Shalom. (Check out the lesson linked below).
Israel should have disappeared long ago. About 1/800th the size of her Arab neighbors bent on her destruction, Israel exists AND is recognized as an independent state! No other nation had her population exiled—TWICE—and survived to return to the land. 538 B.C.E. (Before Common Era, or Before Christ), and 1948, more than 2,000 years later, Israel remains a miracle today.
What is the secret to Israel’s immortality?
God says in Jeremiah 30:11, “‘I am with you and will save you,’ declares the LORD. ‘Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you.’” Why was God so angry with Israel? “I will discipline you but only with justice; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.” Jeremiah 30:15b explains, “Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.”
King David wrote about Israel’s secret weapon in Psalm 124. When the Hebrews walked uphill to Israel on their pilgrimages, they sang, “…if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive.” Read the rest of Psalm 124 for the praises Israel sang so gratefully during these happy occasions.
Take Home Nugget
Perhaps there is no more important prayer than peace for Jerusalem. In Genesis 28:17, Jacob says, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
O Father, if Jerusalem is the heart of the world, the body is only as healthy as its heart. Peace to Jerusalem! Amen.
Adapted from “The Most Important Prayer” and “Israel’s Not So Secret Weapon” by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. www.HolyLandMoments.com. June 4, 2017 and June 18, 2017.
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