JERUSLEM
THE
KEY TO END TIME PROPHECY?
Before there was
a nation of Israel, there was a
city. It was discovered as in existence in the earliest
traces of human
settlement; a city area, found on a hill in the southeast of
the Fertile
Crescent Area. It
has been dated from
the late Chalcolithic Period (Copper Age) and early Bronze
Age (c. 3000 BC.).
Excavations have
revealed that a settlement existed
on a site south of the Temple Mount, and a massive town wall
was found just
above the Gihon Spring, which determined the location of the
ancient
settlement.
In earliest of
times it was a city named
Urusalim. The
name is likely of western origin
and means “Foundation of Shalem (GOD).”
The city and its earliest rulers, apparently the
Egyptians, are
mentioned in the Egyptian Execration Texts (c. 1900-1800
BC).
The Biblical
narrative in Genesis describes two separate occasions of
interaction between
Abraham and the “High Priest of GOD”, Melchizedek, who is
described as “King of
Salem” (Jerusalem).
It would appear
that a city that was to become Jerusalem had existed even in
ancient
times. Maybe it
was and always will be
“the City of God.” Revelation describes it as the place to
which Jesus
will return and will set up His
Millennium Kingdom and reside here on earth in Jerusalem.
The point of this
discussion is to introduce that the city where Jesus died,
ascended and will
sometime return should be of great importance to any end
time discussion.
In December 11, 1917, there was not
a nation of Israel, but General
Allenby, out of respect for the City of Jerusalem, walked
into the old city and
by his action, declared it to be free from 400 years of
occupancy of the
Ottoman Turks. This British rule led to the Balfour Accord
issued on December
14, 1917.
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Then on January 23, 1950, Israel
declared Jerusalem to be the nation’s
capital. Yes, almost 73 years ago.
And then on December 6, 2017, President
Trump officially recognized
Jerusalem the Eternal Capital of Israel and promptly moved
the American Embassy
to the City on the 100th
Year anniversary
of Allenby’s famous walk.
In January
2020, Israel celebrated
the 70th anniversary of Jerusalem as its capital.
And then, in January 2030 the date will mark the 80th year
anniversary of the city
of Jerusalem as the capital.
Could this
be the year that Jesus names Jerusalem as His Capital in the
New Jerusalem? Uhmm?
How long is the maximum of a generation according to
the Bible?
Could this be an
end date of the prophetic time line?
Seems like many Jerusalem events occur in the winter? Does the Bible say
that the Rapture has to
occur on a Hebrew Feast Day?
Are the days
from Daniel of 1260 and 1260 for
the length of the Tribulation (Time of Jacob’s trouble)
valid for calculation
of 2520 days from beginning to end? Could
they also be from the end to the beginning?
Could Jerusalem be
the key to end time prophecy and not the Nation of Israel
alone?
Now where have I
heard that before? Perhaps
a time that
we think not and do not expect!