Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Our God and heavenly Father,
How Holy is Your Name!
Thank You For Giving Us Hope,
Perseverance,
Stamina,
and Determination,
When it seems that everything and everyone is working against us.

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.

We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Back in 1970, when I was dating, I would often get taken to "arty" movies (perhaps to impress the date that we were cool and hip and very very oh so intellectual, LOL), and, in one of them the voice-over read this Chapter from Revelation. Not having been exposed to the Bible, both my date and I thought that these were the words of the director of the film (Ingemar Bergman), and both of us thought that they were the most profound, deep, thoughtful, and COOL poetic words we had ever seen in a movie. Imagine how surprised I was when I encountered these words in the BIBLE, some 10 years later!

In any case, once again we see the similarity to the openings of both the Gospel of John and his first Letter. Jesus isn't just Jesus to John. He is the Light, the Logos, The Word, The Lion of Judah, The Lamb of God, The Root and Offspring of David, The Vine, The Bread of Life, and here, He is all of those at once.

The first three Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are call the "Synoptic" Gospels. That means that they basically "see" the story the same way. John's Gospel is "Autoptic", meaning that he is looking at the Story his own way, as a Theologian. Our Eastern Orthodox FRiends actually refer to the Apostle John as "John the Theologian" because of this very thing. In the Book of Revelation, we see "John The Theologian" in full flower, like a rose opening up.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS