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Jerusalem, Zion, Israel and the Nations Compiled by Ruth Ward Heflin Jerusalem, Zion, Israel and the Nations Copyright © 1999 — Ruth Ward Heflin ALL RIGHTS RESERVED All Scripture quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. McDougal Publishing is a ministry of The McDougal Foun- dation, Inc., a Maryland nonprofit corporation dedicated to spreading the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to as many people as possible in the shortest time possible. PUBLISHED BY: MCDOUGAL PUBLISHING P.O. BOX 3595 HAGERSTOWN, MD 21742-3595 www.mcdougal.org ISBN 1-884369-65-0 Printed in the United States of America For Worldwide Distribution Hardback edition: 1994 Softback edition: 1999 Other books by Ruth Ward Heflin: Glory Revival Glory River Glory Jerusalem, Zion, Israel and the Nations would not have been possible without the many hours of selfless help by my friend, who also happens to be my publisher, Rev. Harold McDougal. Ruth Ward Heflin Contents Jerusalem........................................................1 Her Names — Past, Present and Future................................ 3 Her Past ............................................................................... 17 Her Present and Her Future ................................................ 49 Other Significant Verses About JERUSALEM.................. 59 Zion ...............................................................67 ZION Past ............................................................................ 69 ZION Present and Future .................................................... 75 MOUNT ZION .................................................................... 85 ZION: The Mountain of the Lord ....................................... 89 Other Significant Verses About ZION ............................... 97 Israel ...........................................................101 The Land and Its Promises................................................ 105 The People and Their Promises ........................................ 115 ISRAEL and Strangers ...................................................... 145 The Nation and Its Promises ............................................. 157 The Nations ................................................193 The Ingathering From THE NATIONS............................ 195 The Gathering of THE NATIONS to Zion ....................... 203 The Thrust to THE NATIONS ......................................... 209 The Offering From THE NATIONS ................................ 215 Other Significant Verses About THE NATIONS ............ 219 More Lengthy Passages To Be Considered ...................... 231 Index .................................................................................. 289 God is returning the focus once again to Jerusa- lem. The place of beginnings is also the place of endings. And Gods endings are always glorious. This overview is by no means definitive but an unfolding of scriptures coming into prominence in these days. As Moses saw the Promised Land from Nebo, one sees the world from Jerusalem. Ruth Heflin Jerusalem, Israel Ezekiel 16:3-14: Thus saith the Lord God unto JERUSALEM; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to sup- ple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, be- hold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine. Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast ex- ceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. And thy renown went forth among the heathen [THE NATIONS] for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. Jerusalem Psalms 122:1-9: I Was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O JERUSALEM. JERUSALEM is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of JERUSALEM: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy pal- aces. For my brethren and companions sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. JERUSALEM: Her Names Past, Present and Future Aholibah Ezekiel 23:4: And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and JERUSALEM Aholibah. Ariel Isaiah 29:1: Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Isaiah 29:7: And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. -3- The City of David 2 Samuel 6:10: So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 1 Kings 2:10: So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 1 Kings 11:27: And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 1 Chronicles 13:13: So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 2 Chronicles 8:11: And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: The City of God Psalms 46:4: There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. -4- Psalms 87:3: Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. The City of Judah 2 Chronicles 25:28: And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. The City of Joy Jeremiah 49:25: How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! The City of Peace Hebrews 7:2: To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; The City of Praise Jeremiah 49:25: How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! The City of Righteousness Isaiah 1:26: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy coun- -5- sellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. The City of Solemnities Isaiah 33:20: Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see JERUSALEM a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. The City of the Great King Psalms 48:2: Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. Matthew 5:35: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by JERU- SALEM; for it is the city of the great King. The City of the Lord Isaiah 60:14: The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bend- ing unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. -6- A City of Truth Zechariah 8:3: Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of JERUSALEM: and JERUSALEM shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. The Faithful City Isaiah 1:26: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. The Gate of My People Obadiah 1:13: Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; Micah 1:9: For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to JERUSALEM. Great Among the Nations Lamentations 1:1: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! -7- how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she be- come tributary! A Green Olive Tree Jeremiah 11:16: The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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