Psalm 87:1-3:
1 ON THE holy hills stands the city [of Jerusalem and the temple] God founded. 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion [through which the crowds of pilgrims enter from all nations] more than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel). 3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]!
Here are some pictures of this area. Some are paintings or renderings of what we think they may have looked like:
The Zion Gate into the Old City of Jerusalem.
A painting of what it may have looked like as the pilgrims were coming into Jerusalem and the Temple!
A higher view of the Zion Gate looking over the wall.
A map of the city showing the gates. Soon and very soon Messiah will be placing His feet on these mountains and then that atrocity in the middle of the Temple Mount will be GONE!
In Luke 8 Jesus is teaching the Parable of the Sower. The word "hear" is mentioned in some form 9 times in the first 21 verses! How and what we hear (by choosing to listen!) affects every area of our lives. Romans 10:17 tells us that this is how we get faith, by hearing and hearing and hearing the Word of God. Prepare the "soil" of your heart by spending time in daily prayer, praise and worship and fellowship with HIM. Then, when you spend time in His Word, faith will come and faith will grow! When we act on that Word, by faith, we will have what the Word promises! That is exactly how God planned it to work!
Micah 1-2 cover the warnings that the prophet gives to the nation. He warns them that, because of their sin, God's wrath was coming, the cities shall be ruined, but, there was hope for the future if they repent! Micah 2:12-13:
12 I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them [Israel] together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the midst of their pasture. They [the fold and the pasture] shall swarm with men and hum with much noise. 13 The Breaker [the Messiah] will go up before them. They will break through, pass in through the gate and go out through it, and their King will pass on before them, the LORD at their head.
He has already brought His people back to the land that HE gave to them! More Jewish people are returning to Israel all the time! This IS the time of the SIGNS! Are you watching them unfold with great excitement? This is THE most exciting time to be alive on earth! Come quickly, Lord Jesus! AMEN!
Shalom in Him
