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JERUSALEM
When people think of Jerusalem they often mean the city part and forget that Mount Zion is also included in Jerusalem. King David built his royal palace on Mount Zion, and later king Solomon built the Temple there too.
God`s word tells us concerning the two parts of Jerusalem.
`Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city!` (Isa. 52:1)
`For Zion`s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem`s sake I will not rest.` (Isa.62: 1)
Now we are told that `Jerusalem above is free and is the mother of us all.` (Gal. 4: 26)
So what does the heavenly Jerusalem look like?
`For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched........but you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels.` (Heb. 12: 18 & 22)
We are told that the heavenly Jerusalem is also made of two parts: Mount Zion and the city. Now we ask, `Why two parts and who will be in them?`
I believe God`s word tells us that Mount Zion was the seat of the throne, on earth by King David, and in heaven the Lord Jesus Christ. The Body of Christ has been promised that they will rule and reign with the Lord on His throne, and that will be, I believe from Mount Zion.
Christ said - `To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne.` (Rev. 3: 21)
So who then is in the city part of the heavenly Jerusalem?
`...they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a CITY for them.` (Heb.11: 16)
These are, I believe, the Old Testament saints who believed God for the promise of the city.
Summing up I believe -
Mount Zion for the Body of Christ. The City for the Old Testament saints.
`God having provided something better, (greater dominion) for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.` (Heb. 11: 40)
When people think of Jerusalem they often mean the city part and forget that Mount Zion is also included in Jerusalem. King David built his royal palace on Mount Zion, and later king Solomon built the Temple there too.
God`s word tells us concerning the two parts of Jerusalem.
`Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city!` (Isa. 52:1)
`For Zion`s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem`s sake I will not rest.` (Isa.62: 1)
Now we are told that `Jerusalem above is free and is the mother of us all.` (Gal. 4: 26)
So what does the heavenly Jerusalem look like?
`For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched........but you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels.` (Heb. 12: 18 & 22)
We are told that the heavenly Jerusalem is also made of two parts: Mount Zion and the city. Now we ask, `Why two parts and who will be in them?`
I believe God`s word tells us that Mount Zion was the seat of the throne, on earth by King David, and in heaven the Lord Jesus Christ. The Body of Christ has been promised that they will rule and reign with the Lord on His throne, and that will be, I believe from Mount Zion.
Christ said - `To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne.` (Rev. 3: 21)
So who then is in the city part of the heavenly Jerusalem?
`...they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a CITY for them.` (Heb.11: 16)
These are, I believe, the Old Testament saints who believed God for the promise of the city.
Summing up I believe -
Mount Zion for the Body of Christ. The City for the Old Testament saints.
`God having provided something better, (greater dominion) for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.` (Heb. 11: 40)
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