{"id":16415,"date":"2020-02-19T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16415"},"modified":"2020-02-19T06:09:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T14:09:19","slug":"why-pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/why-pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Why pray for the peace of Jerusalem?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jerusalem-in-2008-0114.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 122:6,<\/strong> <strong><em>Pray for the peace<\/em><\/strong>. In the past, yes, and also in the future, but now? What is there now in Jerusalem to pray for? The temple is gone and an abomination sits atop Mount Moriah, and Jerusalem is full of Yeshua-deniers, atheist, agnostics, secular humanists and misguided religious zealots of one stripe or the other, not to mention sexual perverts and deviants of all kind. The book of Revelations refers to last days Jerusalem as spiritual Sodom and Egypt (Rev 11:8), and it is the city that will kill the two witnesses (Rev 11:7\u20138).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is hope for Jerusalem, though. Many Jews will look up Yeshua at his second coming whom they pierced and put their faith in him. It is also the city to which Yeshua is returning and from which he will rule the world as the King of kings during the Millennium.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there is hope for Jerusalem\u2019s future, but presently, it\u2019s a spiritual mess and what is there to pray for?<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Why pray for the peace of Jerusalem?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/why-pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem\/',contentID: 'post-16415',suggestTags: 'Jerusalem',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 122:6, Pray for the peace. 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The temple is gone and an abomination sits atop Mount Moriah, and Jerusalem is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/why-pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2749],"tags":[1304],"class_list":["post-16415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-land-the","tag-jerusalem"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why pray for the peace of Jerusalem? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/why-pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why pray for the peace of Jerusalem? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Psalm 122:6, Pray for the peace. 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