Waskom Community Church

BIBLE FACTS ABOUT JERUSALEM
Psalm 122:1-9

Its PROMINENCE in the Bible

Mentioned 811 times - not once in the Qur'an;
The word "Zion" refers to Jerusalem 152 times;
Called the "holy city" 10 times and the "city of God" twice;
called the "city of truth" and "the city of the great King" and "the city of Judah" and also the "city of David."
Its PRIORITY above all cities - Psalm 48:2 - "the joy of the whole earth, the city of the great King." Psalm 137:5 refers to it as "my chief joy." Psalm 87:2 says "The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob."

Its PRAISE in the earth - Isaiah 62:7 - "give Him no rest, till He establish,and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth."

Its PLACE in Jewish history

The place where Abraham was blessed by a king and priest named Melchizedec over 4000 years ago - Genesis 14:18-19
The place where Adonizedek was king when Joshua entered the land - Joshua 10:1
The place which was given to the tribe of Judah by Joshua - Joshua 15:1,8
The place which Judah and Benjamin could not conquer from the Jebusites - Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:21
The place which King David took from the Jebusites 3000 years ago - II Samuel 5:4-9
The place where King David purchased the site of the Temple Mount from Aravnah the Jebusite and built an altar there - II Samuel 24:18-25
The place where King David ruled for 33 years
The place where King Solomon built the temple - II Chronicles. 3:1
The place where King Solomon ruled for 40 years - I Kings 11:42
The place where the kings of Judah ruled for over 400 years and the place where they were buried.
The place where Babylon under King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city and its temple in 586 BC - II Kings 24:10, 14; 25:9-10
The place to which Jewish captives returned through the kindness of Cyrus, King of Persia
The place where Jewish refugees came under the leadership of Ezra, Nehemiah, Zerubbabel and Joshua the high priest and rebuilt the city and its walls
The place where Antiochus Epiphanes of the Seleucid dynasty defiled the rebuilt temple, and a great Jewish revolt took place under Judas Maccabeus and cleansed the temple, giving us the celebration of Hanukkah - in the middle of the 2nd century BC
Its PREEMINENCE as the city where the LORD God of Israel would put His Name forever - II Chronicles 6:6; Psalm 76:1-2; 99:2; 132:13-14

Its PICTURE of God's protection is well known - Psalm 46:6; 125:2

Its PROPHECIES about the Messiah

His coming as a humble King - Zechariah 9:9
His consecration as a child - Luke 2:25-32
His concern for its people - Matthew 23:37 cf. Psalm 36:7
His cutting off - Daniel 9:24-26- Yeshua crucified by Romans (Gentiles) - Matthew 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-33
His conquest of all nations who come against Jerusalem - Zechariah 12:9; 14:3-4
Its PUNISHMENT by Roman armies - 70 AD - predicted by Yeshua - Luke 21:20-24

Its PROBLEM for all nations - Zechariah 12:1-3

Its PROMISES of salvation and future glory Joel 2:32; Zechariah 12:10; 13:1; 14:16 Isaiah 2:2-3; 62:1-5; 65:18-19