Berean, I'm glad that you support Jews for Jesus.
You seem to be preoccupied with Jerusalem. Jerusalem is not the source of all that is wrong with the world.
You quote Paul in Galatians. Paul is arguing with Judaizers. That is why Paul makes such a stark contrast with the Old Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem. The Old Jerusalem he is talking about is the ways of the Judaizers, who won't let go of old customs that are not needed. We are not concerned with Judaizers here.
Let me quote a couple of passages from Isaiah.
On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 25:7-8 NIV
2 In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.
Isaiah 2:2 NIV
The mountain that Isaiah is talking about in both Chapter 2 and Chapter 25 is Mount Zion, in Jerusalem. When he says that Mt. Zion will be the highest of mountains, I suspect that this will be allegorical, it won't literally be higher than Mt. Everest. It will simply be the most important location in the world, and recognized for what it is. Isaiah says that God will destroy death forever on that mountain. He doesn't say that the old mountain has to be destroyed first and replaced by a new one for that to happen.
It is others who are preoccupied with earthly Jerusalem, which is found in Revelation 11:8.
Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
.
Upvote
0