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Good for Bibi and so he should in my opinion.

Folks are forever calling for Israel to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinians, and the pressure appears to have been ramped up of late.

CBN:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turned to the Bible on Wednesday to answer questions over the Jewish state’s claim to Jerusalem.

“As to how many times Jerusalem is mentioned in the holy scriptures of other faiths, I recommend you check,” he said.

Netanyahu told Israel’s parliament that Jerusalem’s alternative Hebrew name of Zion appears in the Old Testament 850 times.

He then quickly pointed out that Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran, Muslim holy book.

“Because you asked: Jerusalem is mentioned 142 times in the New Testament, and none of the 16 various Arabic names for Jerusalem is mentioned in the Koran. But in an expanded interpretation of the Koran from the 12th century, one passage is said to refer to Jerusalem,” he said.

The parliament was meeting to commemorate Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967.

Reuters and the Jerusalem Post have a little more.

I loved this little article by Victor Sharpe:

eChurch – If I forget thee o Jerusalem – White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was ordered by the Obama to express displeasure at the decision by Israel to build houses in the East Jerusalem suburb of Gilo

Here’s a small piece I put together recently pondering on Jerusalem through the lens of Scripture:

eChurch – Beware An Overly Dogmatic Interpretation of Luke 21:24: Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Here’s another:

Don’t mess with Jerusalem world – God has his eyes set upon it!

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