No more alien than my perspective of 1st century Jerusalem symbolizing the "geheena/lake of fire" in Revelation. Might be worth publishing.........."IT IS FINISHED"!
Is the GREAT CITY in Revelation symbolizing the LAKE OF FIRE?
Gehenna/Lake of Fire/Jerusalem
Matthew 23
33 "
Serpents! produce of vipers! how? ye may be fleeing from the judging of the
geennhV <1067>
37 - “O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather<1996> your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
38 Behold!
Your House is being left
desolate/a wilderness<2048>
Luke 13:35
Behold!
Your House is being left
desolate/a wilderness<2048>,
Revelation 18:
17 ‘For in one hour such great riches
was desolated<2049>.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance
19 - “
They cast dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas,
that great City, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth!
For in one hour
She was desolated.’<2049>
They I key in the phrase "dust on heads" to see where it is used in the OT. Makes harmonizing a lot easier, imho........
Joshuah 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening,
he and
the elders of Israel; and
they put dust on their heads.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground
and keep silence;
They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.
1st century Jerusalem became like Tyre and suffered the same fate:
Ezekiel 27:
17 “
Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
30 They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and
cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes
Then I look up the phrase "
elders of Israel" in the NT.
Listed in 2 verses, both in Acts:
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
“Rulers of the people and
elders of Israel:
Act 5:21
And when they heard
that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together,
with all
the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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