Considering the fact that we have
cleared the Jews of any blame for the crucifixion of
Jesus (1) - an
event that can only be blamed on religious fanatics (2) - we
could never be considered anti Semites. How could we be? Jesus is Our
Lord, Mary is Our Heavenly Mother, Paul was the Apostle of the
Gentiles,
and countless others original Christians were Jews. Therefore, the
purpose of this document
is not to
fan the flames of anti-Semitism.
The purpose of this brief document is to illustrate how politics and
denial obliterate even Holy history.
The argument about who has the
Spiritual Rights to Jerusalem has been going on since the Resurrection
of Jesus Christ. However, there should have never been any argument
about it because the Holy
Texts clearly indicate that only those who strive to live the teachings
of our Lord Jesus Christ have any claim to it.
Obviously, those who today claim to have a Divine Right to it, do not
have it - that is, if we are going to believe the same Holy Texts they
use
to claim their rights.
To arbitrarily deny the Messianic Role of Jesus Christ - a role which
is overwhelmingly confirmed by
fulfilled
prophecies (3)
- simply is not a valid argument. Even the
Muslim
Qur'an acknowledges Jesus
as having been sent by God the Father (4).
DETAILS
Let us
settle
once and for all who Jerusalem belong to, who should rule it
and live
in it.
It is amazing how simple it is to determine who are
the only ones who truly
have
the only
legitimate claim to Jerusalem. The greatness of its
simplicity is only matched by the magnitude of its political
incorrectness.
Without opening the floodgates of "fancy words" commonly used by
"experts",
"theologians" and "religious leaders" to confuse and impress the
children
of God, let us start from the
beginning.
Starting with Abraham
[from Genesis 11 on], then on to
Moses
[from Exodus 3 on], moving on to David
[from
2 Samuel 2 on] and right on to
Solomon.... specifically to the point where we read in 1 Kings 11:
[29]
So it came to paste at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him
in the way: and they two were alone in the held. [30] And Ahias taking
his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:
[31] And he said to Jeroboam: Take
to
thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Behold I
will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee
ten tribes. [32] But
one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my
servant David, and Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen out
of all
the tribes of Israel.... [35] But I will take away the kingdom
out of his son's hand and will give thee ten tribes:
[36] And to his son I will give one
tribe (Tribe
of Judah), that there may remain a lamp for
my
servant David before me
always in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen, that my name
might be
there. [37] And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that
thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel (the
other eleven Tribes).
So we see that the straight lineage coming from Abraham through David
hit a junction during the Kingdom of Solomon: One continuos lineage -
the Tribe of Judah - was kept by
the Lord for the sake of His servant David, while those who continued
the
other path at the junction, the Ten Tribes,
were no longer part of the
original lineage and eventually dissolved into the world
population.
What do we see here? We see that because most had rejected the original
path given by God, they lost the privileges associated with the
original lineage.
Now Jesus comes into the scene. His life is such a fulfillment of the
Prophecies identifying Him as the Messiah
(3) that not even the most
intelligent human being could have written the New Testament in a
manner to better justify Jesus Messianic role.
Here we come to a second key junction: many Jews, but also - just as
the Prophets announced - many people from other nations (gentiles)
accept Jesus as
our Messiah. At this key junction, those who accepted Jesus as the
Messiah
continued the
lineage which, for the sake of His servant David,
was kept by God. As it happened to the Ten Tribes, the Jewish
Establishment of the time, which rejected the Messianic role of Jesus,
had to leave Jerusalem once it was destroyed - as Jesus announced - and
eventually dissolved into the
world population - probably integrating into the communities descending
from the Ten Tribes. Those are today's Jews.
Therefore, it should be crystal clear to anyone who is not spiritually
blind or submerged in denial, that only those Christians - who compose
Jesus Family
(5)
- and not those who just signed up in a Christian Church for whatever
reason - should be the legitimate claimants of Jerusalem.
The Jews who did not (and still do not) accept Jesus as the Messiah and
were dissolved into the world population, have no more right to the
Davidic lineage than Jeroboam and his subjects had.
They can claim all they want, but the overwhelming Biblical
and historical facts obliterate their claims.
CONCLUSION
Of course, things will remain as they are;
the non Davidic lineage
will
keep Jerusalem until the End of These Times. Once Jesus returns, all
will be changed and what we know now as Jerusalem will be the New
Jerusalem - the home of all those who strive to do the Will of His
Father.
[10]
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee
from the hour of the temptation, which shall come upon the whole world
to try them that dwell upon the earth.
[11] Behold, I come quickly: hold
fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. [12] He that
shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and
he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which
cometh
down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. [6] He that hath an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. [7] And to the
angel of the church of Philadelphia, write: These things saith the Holy
One and the true one, he that hath the key of David; he that openeth,
and no man shutteth; shutteth, and no man openeth.
[Revelations 3]
and
[1]
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the
first earth was gone, and the sea is now no more.
[2] And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming
down out of
heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [3]
And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the
tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall
be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God.
[4] And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying,
nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.
[5] And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new.
And he said to me: Write, for these words are most faithful and true.
[Revelations 21]
For additional details we refer you to the
February
10th post of our February 2018 "For
Your Information and Reference"
Forum.
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(1) & (2) The
Jews did not crucify Jesus, the
religious fanatics did
(3)
Old Testament
Prophecies
Overwhelmingly Identify Jesus as THE ONE and ONLY Messiah
(4)
Judaism,
Christianity and Islam
(5)
Who compose Jesus
Family?
For
whosoever shall (strive to) do
the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister,
and mother. [Matthew 12:50]
