Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
When I was a child, growing up in the City of Boston, one of my favorite places to visit was an old mansion in Jamaica Plain called "The Childrens' Museum". It was there that I learned about dinosaurs, and, at the time, nobody seemed to know how or why they had disappeared from the earth. It just seemed to me that they were "too big and powerful to fail"! In modern times, the generally accepted theory is that a very large meteorite or even a comet, crashed into the Earth somewhere near Yucatan, Mexico, which killed them all (except the ones that turned into birds, LOL!). If that theory had been advanced even a half-century earlier, scientists all over the world would have laughed it off.
Yet, here we have a 2000 year old prophecy that indicates that such a thing is possible. A meteorite CAN kill off more than two thirds of the life on the planet, and many scientists are warning us every year about "near-misses" and "possible collisions" with bunches of space rocks. There was a very close call right after 9/11/01 that I thought was certainly going to be the "BIG ONE", but, Thank God, it missed us.
Here is an ironic note that may, or may not mean anything. When the NIV Bible was first translated back in the early 70's (long before the nuclear disaster that poisoned a large area in the Ukraine), the Ukrainian-Language Version of the NIV Bible translated the name of the star "Wormwood" with an old-fashioned word for the herb that is a similar poison. The word they used was Chernobyl.
Another observation on today's reading is this: If sometimes you feel your intercessory prayers aren't reaching God, and they seem to be bouncing off the ceiling back at you, remember this passage. Those prayers are sweet-smelling incense to God, being borne to His Throne by Angels.
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
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