In this issue we look at Jerusalem’s past, present and future, including both earthly Jerusalem and heavenly Jerusalem. Think of what she is today, and take a look at her future.
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy. 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. Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country. And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. As ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath and I repented not: so again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. These are the things that ye shall do; speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates. Love the truth and peace. Many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord” (excerpts from Zech. 8).