“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the LORD. “Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!” (Zechariah 2:10-13)
Congratulations, Nation of Israel, on the 42nd anniversary of the restoration of Jerusalem to Jewish rule. As I write this, the sounds of your celebrations drift up to me from inside the Old City. Fireworks will soon light up those ancient walls, and music will echo across the capital late into the night.
For thousands of years your forefathers longed, prayed and wept, faithfully nurturing their love for this city and daily expressing their belief in their ultimate and permanent return to Jerusalem.
For centuries, Zion lay desolate, like the land around her unwanted and uncared for, waiting for the return of the only people who ever treasured her and under whose hand she had once blossomed and thrived. She waited, too, as she still waits, for the day when the glory of the God of Israel will once more be manifested in her midst, and the nations of the world will come up to worship the King.
Sixty-one years ago, as your people lay besieged inside the Jewish Quarter, starving, cut off from the rest of the nation, fearful for their lives, hundreds of your sons and daughters risked and gave their lives to break through the enemy lines and save you. Eventually, painfully, you lost that battle.
Forty-two years ago, after 19 years of being so near and yet so far from the heart of the city, more of your sons risked - and many gave - their lives. And this time they secured your freedom.
And since 1967 Jerusalem - for so long love deprived -has been blooming and thriving once more. Under your proudly-waving blue and white flag, millions of people from around the world have been welcomed, and peoples of all faiths enjoy the freedom to make pilgrimage and to worship here.
The city appears in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) 669 times and Zion (which usually means Jerusalem, sometimes the Land of Israel) 154 times, or 823 times in all. The New Testament mentions Jerusalem 154 times and Zion seven times.
(It is mentioned not once in the Islamic Quran.)
Nonetheless, the non-Jewish world is united in the arrogant presumption that it has the right to dictate Jerusalem’s future. United Nations, European Union and dozens of diplomats’ cars drive all over the place (often paying little heed to Israel’s traffic laws) challenging the Jews’ right to the city. Relentlessly they plot its redivision and the handing over of half of it to the Muslim Arabs, who insist they have the right to it as the capital of their “Palestine” and whose leaders vow to sacrifice untold numbers of “martyrs” to “redeem” Jerusalem “in blood and fire.”
They will never succeed.
Jerusalem is the capital city of the State of Israel and the historic and biblical capital of the Jewish people. It has never, ever in the history of mankind, been the capital of any other nation or state.
Speaking today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared: “United Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Jerusalem was always ours and will always be ours. It will never again be partitioned and divided.”
Amen.
Yes rejoice, Israel. Celebrate, Jerusalem! All those who love Zion rejoice with you.
May God bless Israel, May God bless Jerusalem, and may His glory soon be seen again in this place.
Rejoice indeed Jerusalem rejoice, you are forever Israel’s capital city and although I live in South Africa and have never been to you, you are my capital city too, because my Messiah will soon return to you to set up His kingdom and my family and I will travel up to you annually to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. My constant prayer is for the Peace of Jerusalem - G-d’s eternal city, which will never be divided.
Thanks again Stan, you’re the man. Love your articles. G-d bless you and your family.
Stan. Thank You.
So shall it be written, so shall it be done. Amen and Amen.
Ohhh Stan, I so LOVE your writings! HalleluYAH!!!!!!!
Hallelu et Adonai! Come and praise the Lord!
Stan, thank you for sharing a taste of Jerusalem Day with us in such a beautiful and poignant way.
And Thank You Father - God of Israel - that Bibi has boldly spoken the words of Your heart! Jerusalem stands, never to be divided again! Hallelujah! For You have said, “…this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever.” (Ezk. 43:7) Praise Your Holy Name! We call on You Adonai, “Come and take up Your throne on Your holy mountain!”
Rejoice Jerusalem, for your God reigns! He reigns gloriously! Look to Him, for He is your defender and strong tower. He is the warrior who fights your battles for you. He alone, is everything you need.
Praise God!
May the LORD of Hosts give Bibi a head like iron to resist and defeat secular and Islamic forces efforts to divide God’s City. I have been to Jerusalem and think and pray for her daily. May those who love her be secure in all of their ways. Those with Jerusalem in their hearts are a witness to the entire planet of Who is in control, a witness of He who sits in the heavens and laughs at the deceptions of world leaders as they gather to fight against His city. Through blood and fire this City of the great King was reborn; and through blood and fire from the heavens she will exist for the ages to come. All who resist God’s proclaimations will find themselves holding the short end of the stick when the Great King Yeshua Messiah arrives! He is even at the door!
B I W X
Another big thank you from Northern Maine, for being a watchman on the wall. It’s starting to feel like the circle is closing in on support for Israel. Even though the New England States seem to be falling off the radar in delusion, God still has His remnant. Israel the apple of His eye will remain to His glory, we stand with you.
AMEN and AMEN!! Hallelujah!
42 and counting!
God bless Jerusalem, God bless Israel, as promised.
Wonderful word. Finally a leader in the world that will not bow down to an unrighteous ploy of the enemy.
Praise God for such a leader.
Mr.,not President Obama will soon see the might and Power of our GOD-America will see the power of our GOD-Iran and Islam will see the power of our GOD–and finally ALL ISRA’EL WILL SEE THE POWER OF OUR GOD ONCE AGAIN-Jerusalem and Isra’el will be SAVED!
Amen Stan, I was hoping Mr. Netanyahu would not bow down to the US pressure of photo-op political correctness just to please an enemy of Jerusalem. The followers of Islam hate the God of Israel and do not know him. They follow the leader of darkness and death. Not the light of Christ our lord. Amen forever !!
Glory Hallelujah! Yes Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion, Shout oh daughter of Jerusalem! Behold your King is coming! Coming unto thee. Oh yes The Lord liveth, Blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted. The Lord my God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob is the One and Only God. He will be exalted, and we will praise and worship him for He is worthy of our praise. Let those who plot against you and Israel be shamed and confounded. Let them see that you Oh Lord is God of the whole universe and that Israel is your portion and no one and nothing will stand in your way. Hallelujah Praise to our God forever and ever Amen.
Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
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It is more and more become the battle between the kings of the earth and Jehova … We all know the final result ^_^ Praise the LORD
Amen Stan
Glory Hallelujah To The Lamb For He Alone Is Worthy
God bless you, Stan, for refusing to cast away your fearless confidence and boldness which have the greatest recompense! Well done!!! The truth must be resonated throughout the whole earth so that the ears of those who hear it will tingle. Jerusalem will NEVER be divided. It is the Holy City, which our Dear Lord has chosen for Himself - the city which He loves - His tabernacle and His dwelling place in Zion. We stand in agreement with God’s word. As it is in heaven, O Lord, so let it be here on earth. Amen. Even so, Lord, come quickly!!!!
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from hereafter even forever! Here the word of the Lord, O you nations, and, declare it in the isles (the coastlands all over the earth), and, say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and, keep him, as a Shepherd does his flock!
Remember, He that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep! He is awake 24/7, 365/12, and, into eternity past and present! He looks down at all the inhabitants of the earth. Just think about it - how awesome is that!!!
God will not break His covenant nor alter the thing that is gone out of His lips. Remember, He is God Almighty, all by Himself!!!! His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of You, O city of God. Selah! Keep not Your silence, O God, hold not Your peace, and, be not still, O God. Amen!!!!!!
God bless and increase you and your family in all your spheres of influence!!!!!
I just wish Bibi would stop referring to Obama as “a great friend to Israel”! He is no friend! No sooner did Bibi declare Jerusalem forever theirs, when the US State Department and Hillary Clinton totally blew off his words as if they mean nothing!
Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city of our God! Soon the King of kings and Lord of lords will assume His rightful place on the throne of David.
Amen & Amen!