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I just found it so strange and refreshing that teenagers are forwarding reminders everyday to each other to “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”
It would be interesting for those same teenagers to know what is the result of praying for the Peace of Jerusalem. They may not really realize or know exactly what they are praying for.
One result (which is the main result for this prayer) is that the Messiah of Israel comes back to earth to establish His Kingdom on earth. You see..., He is the only One who can bring this kind of Peace to Jerusalem that people are praying for.
In addition, a "side-benefit" to the "Peace of Jerusalem" (if you want to put it that way) -- is that the world will never engage in war again. All the militaries of the world will be dismantled. All weapons will be destroyed. All the ways for doing war and even learning how to do war will be forgotten.
So, Jerusalem becomes the "center" for world peace, at that time.
That's ironic, because just before that, Jerusalem was the center for World War, at that particular time (yes, all the nations of the earth gather for war, in Israel). And right afterwards, Jerusalem becomes the "center" for world peace, a "world without war", and all peace flows out from Jerusalem to the entire world.
Now, that's quite a "turnaround" -- I would say.
To those teenagers..., I know how they get sometimes ... :-), one thing that would ring in their ears is that when Jerusalem gains the Peace, that all are praying for -- it's a world-wide peace that results, and the nations do war no more.
And so the nations learn war no more, and the verse that is quoted in front of the United Nations -- comes true.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.
So, just tell those teenagers that the "Peace of Jerusalem" means world-wide peace and no more war for the nations. And that this comes at the coming of the Messiah of Israel.
Here is that section in Isaiah Chapter 2 ...
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem.
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the
Lord's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And
shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach
us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go
forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They
shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning
hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall
they learn war anymore.
Also, another section ...
Micah Chapter 4
1 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the
Lord's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And
shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow to it.
2 Many nations shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach
us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion the law
shall go forth, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples, And rebuke strong nations afar
off; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears
into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
4 But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, And no
one shall make them afraid; For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has
spoken.
5 For all people walk each in the name of his god, But we will walk in
the name of the Lord our God Forever and ever.
6 "In that day," says the Lord, "I will assemble the lame, I will
gather the outcast And those whom I have afflicted;
7 I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast a strong nation; So
the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on, even forever.
8 And you, O tower of the flock, The stronghold of the daughter of
Zion, To you shall it come, Even the former dominion shall come, The
kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem."
BUT, a "proviso" here, just so those teenagers are warned ...
There is a "pseudo peace" that is coming to Jerusalem, and the people of the world will celebrate, because they will think that "this" is the "Peace of Jerusalem" that everyone has been waiting for and that this is the beginning of world-wide peace, as a result.
However, it comes from one who is the "false Messiah" and he is the pretender, one who pretends to be the coming of the Messiah and to set up the Kingdom.
He does come to set up a Kingdom, but it's the one-world government that is evil, even though it will not appear to be evil to those who cheer its coming. This false and evil Kingdom will be judged by God and the true Messiah (who does establish the true "Peace of Jerusalem) will come to smash it and totally obliterate all signs of it from the world.
Thus, those same teenagers should be warned not to fall for the pretender, who comes, falsely, proclaiming this peace. The pretender comes first and establishes his kingdom -- and then the true Messiah of Israel comes, and smashes the pretender's kingdom setting up the 1,000 year Kingdom of peace and no war, until the time of the Great White Throne Judgment (of Revelation 20).
