Sign #2

The occupation of the city of Jerusalem by the nation Israel

Zechariah 8:7-8 (NIV)
⁷ This is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west.   ⁸ I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God."

Zechariah 1:14-16 (NIV)
¹⁴ Then the angel who was speaking to me said, "Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, ¹⁵ but I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity.'  ¹⁶ "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,' declares the LORD Almighty.

What it looks like

The world witnessed Israel taking full control of the city of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War.  Since then, the division of Jerusalem and the ownership of the Temple Mount have been the source of countless U.N. resolutions, diplomatic crisis, and calls for war.  Still, the "Peace Process" has been unattainable.  Jerusalem has become a burden to the world.

From God's point of view, Jerusalem is the center of the world. He said through the prophet Ezekiel, "This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her"  Ezekiel 5:5.

In 2009 I visited the land of Israel and the holy city Jerusalem. I gazed upon the beautiful Temple Mount while standing atop the Mount of Olives, the sight of Jesus Second Coming. Jerusalem is the focal point of all history, beginning, middle and the end. It is here where the Messiah will rebuild His Temple and reign over the entire world. As we enter 2011 the world is anticipating a Palestinian state in the land of Israel and East Jerusalem to serve as the capital of the future Palestinian state. And, exactly as prophesied in Zechariah, the land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem is being divided before our very eyes.

Current Status

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