Eagle-eyed by John Mark Long: courtesy http://www.propheticartists.com

BLESSINGS & CURSES – ADDENDUM ON JERUSALEM

Continuing on from my dear friend Neil Mackereth’s Blessings and Curses, I offer further historical information that’s of a personal nature from before the Lord stunned me with that foretaste of what it will be like when He returns.

I received Neil’s first draft on 4th Sept and responded: “Just read hardcopy over lunch and laughed as it’s 2nd God-incidence today. A few days ago I drafted brief comments to Saturday Men’s Breakfast Bible group on Jerusalem’s significance but other matters meant I hadn’t sent it. So, yours is the ‘SEND’ confirmation.”

First, I suggest readers revisit Neil’s historical section ‘A British Perspective’ covering 1917 of his previous in order to gain the fuller sequence of events, as in my following remarks to SM’s W/App discussion and augmented herein:

GOD-INCIDENTAL BIBLE STUDY

“Guys, for info I offer two points re last SM on Hebrews 7 and which I drafted days ago but got a 2nd ‘God-incidence’ today from fellow writer on same topic; so “Go!”…

1st > Genesis 14:18 is first mention, albeit implicit, of Jerusalem circa 4,000 years ago and I was impressed with its increasing significance throughout the Bible, for not only Jews but also all nations: eg Zechariah 12 & 14 and Jesus’ return.

ALSO 40 years ago the Lord shook me, as a New Ager, with ‘coincidental’ exposure to its importance when flicking through this book I’d been given, at the time I was watching a tv documentary.

The following photo of the Al-Aqsa mosque and listing from Daniel and Revelation caught my attention AND simultaneously the documentary showed elite Iranian and Iraqi troops rehearsing the storming and liberation of the Holy City, even though it was during the Iran-Iraq war!!

2nd > cross-reference to Gen 14:18 ‘God Most High’ (Elyon).

My Bible notes Elyon is ‘derived from ‘alah’ meaning ‘to ascend’. Note it’s muslim name for God and that it connects into Jerusalem’s liberation from the Ottoman empire in 1917 by General Allenby or ‘Alla en nabi’ = prophet of God.

In The Invisible Hand a Turkish saying is recounted about that definition which explains why our troops captured the city without any violence, as below:”

NB: God-incidental relevance of Isaiah 31.5, 33.20 and 40:1-2 to prepared Anglican prayers for the morning and evening on the day of Jerusalem’s deliverance:

Selah!

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