Jerusalem Jerusalem: Origin Stories - Judges 1:8, 21 - 2 Samuel 5: 6-12

Jerusalem

Jerusalem:

OriginStories

- Judges 1:8, 21 - 2 Samuel 5: 6-12

Psalm 48: 1-31 Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise,

in the city of our God, his holy mountain. 2 It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth.

Like the utmost heights of Zaphon

is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. 3 God is in her citadels; has

shown himself to be her fortress.

Isaiah46: 3-9

God Reminds Israel

of who He Is and who they are

Ezekiel 16

God Tells a Story:

Rescue Restoration Rebellion Repercussions Redemption

Jeremiah 11: 9-13

God’s Punishmentfor Israel’s

Unfaithfulness& Idolatry

Book ofLamentations

“A Funeral For a City”

Micah 6:3

“My people, what have

I done to you? How have I

burdened you? Answer me.”

Matthew 23: 37-39 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children

together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not

see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Hosea14: 1-4

God’s Faithfulness

andForgiveness

Jeremiah 33: 6-11

God’s Planto BringHealing

to Jerusalem

Micah 7: 18-1918 “Who is a God like you,

who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?

You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot

and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”

Zechariah 8: 20-23

God Witnesses

to the World through His City

Questions To Answer:

1.) In what ways have you been“rescued” and “restored” by God

over the course of your life?

Questions To Answer:

2.) In what ways do you become forgetful of God’s goodness and

choose “other gods” to satisfy you?

Questions To Answer:

3.) Will you pray for God to make your town a “city of righteousness?”