Scripture for Today, 5-30-17

~ JERUSALEM ~

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Jerusalem will always be Israel's capital 
5-22-17, Arutz Sheva -- At the opening ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the liberation and unification of Jerusalem, held at the foot of the Tower of David in the Old City. Prime Minister Netanyahu said:

"The Temple Mount and the Western Wall will always remain under Israeli sovereignty. It is not our adherence to Jerusalem that demands an explanation, but rather the disgraceful attempt to expropriate our ties to Jerusalem and our sovereignty in Jerusalem. Where were UNESCO and its ilk, when for 19 years we were deprived of our right of free access to the holy sites of our people? Why were their voices not heard when all traces of Jewish existence in eastern Jerusalem were shattered? Well, in the face of this hypocrisy, which, unfortunately, has reached delusional heights, we will continue to insist with all our strength on the truth: Jerusalem has always been the national capital of the Jewish people alone, and not of any other people.”

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Psalm 122:3-6; 125:2"Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they be secure who love you! v2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore."
Isaiah 62:1"For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch."
Jeremiah 3:17"At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart."
Zechariah 8:3; 12:9"Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. v9 And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."