-
8/3/2019 Two Jerusalems, Pt.10
1/3
Two Jerusalems, Pt.10
By, Apostle John Eckhardt,www.impactnetwork.net
Receive a greater understanding of the KINGDOM!
To order visit:http://www.johneckhardtministries.com
There are two Jerusalems in Scripture, as well as two
temples.
The first is earthly and physical, while the second is heavenly
and spiritual. Both cities go by
the name Jerusalem. Both temples go by the term Temple.
It is for us to know which one is being discussed in any portion
of Scripture.
Not only did the glory depart from the temple, but He also
forsook Jerusalem itself. Why, then,
does Scripture prophesy also of the restoration of Jerusalem?
Jerusalem in Scripture is always
written in the plural. It is Ieru shalayim, Jerusalems. While
the ancient rabbis discussed
this fact, they never understood that there were two Jerusalems.
There was the old city, and
there was the New Jerusalem, revealed in the New Testament by
men who understood the
difference.
But we who are Christians, claiming to believe that the New
Testament is part of the inspired
word of God, should have no trouble accepting the fact that God
has blessed the heavenly
Jerusalem, rather than the physical city on earth.
The key, of course, is to understand that Yerushalayim is a
plural word, indicating more than
one city. Though the prophets of the Old Testament never mention
the heavenly Jerusalem,
they prophesied of it nonetheless by use of the plural name. And
so, when we read the Old
Testament, we must seek to know which Jerusalem the prophets
were referencing. As a
http://www.impactnetwork.net/http://www.impactnetwork.net/http://www.impactnetwork.net/http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/http://www.impactnetwork.net/
-
8/3/2019 Two Jerusalems, Pt.10
2/3
general rule, when the prophets speak of Jerusalem in positive
terms, they prophesy of the
New Jerusalem. When they speak of Jerusalem negatively, it
speaks of the Old Jerusalem.
(Stephen E.
Jones)
The earthly Jerusalem would not continue as the center of
worship. It is not a
continuing city.
Hebrews 13:14
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to
come.
Clarkes Commentary on the Bible
For here have we no continuing cityHere is an elegant and
forcible allusion to the approaching
destruction of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem that was below was about
to be burnt with fire, and
erased to the ground; the Jerusalem that was from above was that
alone which could be
considered to be , permanent. The words seem to say: Arise, and
depart; for this is not
your rest: it is polluted: About seven or eight years after
this, Jerusalem was wholly destroyed.
Vincent Word Study
Here, on earth. Continuing city. Let us go forth without the
gate to Jesus; for the system which
has its center in Jerusalem, the Holy City, is no more ours. We
are excluded from its religious
fellowship by embracing the faith of him who suffered without
the gate. The city itself is not
abiding. As a holy city, it is the center and representative of
a system of shadows and figures
(Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 9:9, Hebrews 9:23, Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews
10:1), which is to be shaken
and removed, even as is the city itself (Hebrews 12:27); Hebrews
8:13; Hebrews 9:10; Hebrews10:9, Hebrews 10:18. If the epistle had
been written after the destruction of Jerusalem a
reference to that event could hardly have been avoided here.
-
8/3/2019 Two Jerusalems, Pt.10
3/3
To order visit:http://www.johneckhardtministries.com
To connect with Apostle John Eckhardt on Face book, please go
to
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apostle-John-Eckhardt/294531486518
and select like.
http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apostle-John-Eckhardt/294531486518http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apostle-John-Eckhardt/294531486518http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apostle-John-Eckhardt/294531486518http://www.johneckhardtministries.com/
