Jerusalem

Rev. Joseph Chang5/31/2015

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I. God chose Jerusalem as his dwelling place.

• 1581 Heinrich Bunting depicts Jerusalem as the center of the world.

• 5 主耶和華如此說：這就是耶路撒冷。我曾將他安置在列邦之中；列國都在他的四圍。【結 5:5 】5"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. 【 Ezek 5:5 】

Jerusalem• 2500 ft elevation• 1 square km area• No Natural Resources• Not the capital of a big nation• Not a harbor• Not air travel center• No special industry

Deuteronomy 12:5-6• 5But you are to seek the place the LORD your God

will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; 6there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

• 12 那時所羅門說：耶和華曾說，他必住在幽暗之處。 13 我已經建造殿宇作你的居所，為你永遠的住處。【王上 8:12~13 】12Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 13I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever." 【 1King 8:12~13 】

• Hear the prayer of Israelites and bless them (1 Kings 8:30, 36)

• Hear the prayer of the Gentiles (1 Kings 8:41)• Hear the prayer of Israelites even in their exile

(1 Kings 8:48-50)• So the nations will know the Lord is God (1

Kings 8:60)

II. History of Jerusalem before Temple Period

• City of Salem = City of Peace• 18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out

bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19and he blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. 【 Gen 14:18~20 】

II. History of Jerusalem before Temple Period

• City of Jebusites• 6The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to

attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, "You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off." They thought, "David cannot get in here." 7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David. 【 2Sam 5:6~7 】

• Egyptian Record (1900-1800 B.C.) Urushalim• Jebu + Salem = Jerusalem

Mount Moriah• 1Some time later God tested Abraham. He said

to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. 2Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." 【 Gen 22:1~2 】

Araunah’s Threshing Floor• 1Then Solomon began to build the temple of

the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David. 【 2Chr 3:1 】

III. History of Jerusalem with Temples

• A. Solomon’s Temple 所羅門的聖殿 (957B.C.- 586 B.C.), about 370 years.

III. History of Jerusalem with Temples

• B. Destruction by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar

• 9th of Av. 586 B.C.

III. History of Jerusalem with Temples

• C. The Second Temple by Zerubbabel (516 B.C. to 70 A.D.)

• 586 years.

• 1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing: 2"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. 【 Ezra 1:1~2 】

Solomon Temple Dedication

Zerubbabel Temple Dedication

1 Kings 8:63 Ezra 6:1722,000 Cattle 100 bulls120,000 Sheep 200rams

400 lambs12 male goats to atone 12 tribes of Israel

• D. 馬加比王朝的聖殿潔淨 Maccabees’ Temple Rededication

安提阿哥依披芬尼四世(Antiochus IV Epiphanes)

• E. 希律王重新裝修聖殿 King Herod Improved on the 2nd Temple

• 9 這殿後來的榮耀必大過先前的榮耀；在這地方我必賜平安。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。【該 2:9 】9'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty." 【 Hag 2:9 】

IV. History of Jerusalem without Temple

• A. Destruction of 2nd Temple (A.D.70)• 2"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I

tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." 【 Matt 24:2 】

Gentiles’ Time• 24 他們要倒在刀下，又被擄到各國去。耶路

撒冷要被外邦人踐踏，直到外邦人的日期滿了。【路 21:24 】24They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 【 Luke 21:24 】

• Destruction of the 1st temple: 9th of Av. 586 B.C.

• Destruction of the 2nd temple: 9th of Av, A.D. 70, six centuries later

• 第一聖殿摧毀日期 : 9th of Av. 586 B.C. • 第二聖殿摧毀日期 : 9th of Av, A.D. 70, six

centuries later

• 14 因他使我們和睦（原文作：因他是我們的和睦），將兩下合而為一，拆毀了中間隔斷的牆；【弗 2:14 】14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 【 Eph 2:14 】

• 29 因為神的恩賜和選召是沒有後悔的。【羅 11:29 】29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. 【 Rom 11:29 】

IV. History of Jerusalem without Temple

• B. The long barren years• 1. Byzantine Period (A.D. 324-638), many church erected

over holy sites, including Church of Holy Sepulcher.

• 2. Moslem Period (A.D. 639-1099) Caliph Omar enters Jerusalem in A.D. 638. Dome of Rock (Mosque of Omar) built in 687-705.

From the EastDome of the Rock 金頂寺

• 3. Crusader Period 十字軍時期 (A.D. 1099-1187).

• 4. Mameluke Period (A.D. 1250-1517).• 5. Ottoman-Turk Period 厄圖曼土耳其時期

(A.D. 1517-1917).

• 6. British Mandate 英國託管時期 (A.D. 1917-1948).

• 7. State of Israel 以色列立國時期 (A.D. 1948- )• 1948-1949 Independence War 獨立戰爭• 1956 Suez Canal War 蘇伊士運河戰爭• 1967 June 5-10 6 Days War, Israel won full control of

Jerusalem 六日戰爭 .• 1973 Yom Kippur War 贖罪日戰爭 .• 1982 Lebanon War 黎巴嫩戰爭 .

Conclusion 結論• 6 你們要為耶路撒冷求平安！耶路撒冷啊，

愛你的人必然興旺！【詩 122:6 】6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. 【 Ps 122:6 】