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Jerusalem: everyone has an opinion. As a Christian, have you fallen out with God?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shalom from Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital! Last year ended with political fireworks! On December 6th US President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, advancing the fulfillment of Zechariah 12:2-3.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Having often cited these verses, we were not too surprised, but it is imperative for us to remember that it is not Trump<\/strong>, or Israeli Prime Minister [PM] Bibi Netanyahu<\/strong>, or religious Jews or Christian Zionists, who make Jerusalem a target; it is our Creator God (12:1). He brings His plans to pass in His time, regardless of man’s plans. (Ps. 33:10-11) “Behold, I, [YHWH], make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the peoples all around\u2026”Most of Israel’s Arab neighbors despise Jerusalem remaining under Jewish sovereignty. “In that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples. All who lift it shall be cut to pieces, though all nations of the earth will gather together against it.” (Zech. 12:2-3) Today, this is occurring in the geo-political realm; in the future in actual combat, yet note God’s decree: “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to utterly annihilate all nations that come against Jerusalem.” (Zech. 12:9)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jerusalem: everyone has an opinion. As a Christian, have you fallen out with God? Shalom from Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital! Last year ended with political […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}