The Peace of Jerusalem

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1 The Peace of Jerusalem

2 Psalm 122: A song of ascents. Of David. 1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, Let us go to the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. 4 That is where the tribes go up the tribes of the LORD

3 to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel. 5 There stand the thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure.

4 7 May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels. 8 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, Peace be within you. 9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity. Psalm 122 New International Version

5 Tonight s Menu: Old Jerusalem Restaurant, San Francisco

6 Tonight s Menu: The House The Gates The City The Thrones The Peace The Prosperity

7 But before we eat: A Slight Detour:

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9 Mariahilfberg, Amberg, Bavaria Wallfahrtskirche

10 Mariahilfberg, Amberg, Bavaria

11 Where and Why? The biblical rationale for Jerusalem

12 David + Araunah (Ornan)

13 David + Araunah (Ornan)

14 18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 So David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad. 20 When Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground

15 21 Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? To buy your threshing floor, David answered, so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped. II Samuel 24:18-21

16 The House 1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, Let us go to the house of the LORD.

17 The Building of the

18 The Building of the

19 Model of Tabernacle in Timna Valley

20 The Gates 2 Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.

21 Jerusalem: David/Solomon

22 Jerusalem: David/Solomon

23 Golden(Eastern) Gate, Jerusalem

24 Sheep Market, Herod s Gate, 1900

25 Damascus Gate

26 The City 3 Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. 4 That is where the tribes go up the tribes of the LORD to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.

27 Ancient Jerusalem

28 City of David: Artist Rendition

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30 14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me. 15 Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

31 16 Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field. 17 Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD. Exodus 23:14-17

32 16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed: 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you. Deuteronomy 16:16-17

33 The Thrones 5 There stand the thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

34 Solomon s Throne Room

35 A Messianic Throne: 3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. Isaiah 11:3-5

36 The Peace 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure. 7 May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels. 8 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, Peace be within you.

37 The Prosperity 9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

38 Let us pray Beit Tanchum Synagogue, Carmel