JERUSALEM (CITY OF PEACE)

By

Dr. and Mrs. Elias E. Hidalgo

THE CITY OF JERUSALEM

THE CITY OF JERUSALEM, CHOSEN BY GOD HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO HOLY SCRIPTURE, IS THE PLACE WHERE THE LORD HAS PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE.

BUILT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ITS NAME IS THE HEBREW WORD 'SHALOM' WHICH MEANS PEACE, AND YET JERUSALEM HAS SEEN VERY LITTLE PEACE OVER THE MILLENNIUMS.

YOU MIGHT ASK, WHY?

REMEMBER

REMEMBER THAT ITS ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO HOUSE A PEOPLE (THE JEWS) THAT WOULD WORSHIP THE LORD IN TRUTH, WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART.

BIBLICAL HISTORY ITSELF REVEALS TO US, THAT AS LONG AS THE JEWISH PEOPLE FOLLOWED THE LAWS AND PRECEPTS ESTABLISHED BY GOD HIMSELF, THE CITY OF PEACE WAS BLESSED AND FLOURISHED.

ON THE OTHER HAND

ON THE OTHER HAND, AS SOON AS WICKEDNESS AND THE CESSATION OF TRUE WORSHIP TOOK PLACE, THEN THE LORD SENT FORTH CORRECTION MANY TIMES BY OUTSIDE FORCES (NATIONS) THAT WOULD COME INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND BEGIN TO DENUDE THE LAND AND DESTROY THE SACREDNESS OF THE HOLY CITY. THE LORD WARNED ISRAEL THAT BOTH BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS WERE SET BEFORE THEM, AND SINCE THE ALMIGHTY IS TRUE TO HIS WORD, HE SURELY BROUGHT BOTH GOOD AND OR EVIL UPON THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, BASED ON THEIR RESPONSE TO THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.

IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK UPON 'MODERN' DAY ISRAEL TODAY, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAME MEASURE WITH WHICH THE LORD DEALT WITH HIS PEOPLE LONG AGO, SEEMS TO BE USED TODAY ALSO.

WHY DO YOU THINK

WHY DO YOU THINK, THERE IS TROUBLE WITHIN THE LAND OF ISRAEL THAT EXISTS TODAY?

I AM SURE THAT WITH THE ABOVE QUESTION YOU MIGHT HEAR A MULTITUDE OF ANSWERS, AND YET, THE LORD HIMSELF REMINDS US IN SCRIPTURE THAT HE NEVER CHANGES, THUS, HIS WORD IS TRUE TODAY AS IT WAS YESTERDAY. OBEDIENCE REAPS BLESSINGS, WHILE DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS FORTH CHASTISEMENT.

IMAGINE

IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? IF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WITH A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AGREEMENT TURNED TO THE LORD IN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE, AND BEGAN CALLING UPON THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, FIRST FOR THEIR FORGIVENESS AND SECONDLY FOR HELP FROM TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND.

WELL, THE WORD OF GOD IS VERY CLEAR TO REMIND US THAT IF A NATION TURNS FROM ITS WICKED WAYS AND CALLS UPON THE LORD GOD FOR DIRECTION AND HOPE, THAT THEN, THE ALMIGHTY WILL RESPOND IN TRUTH AND IN MERCY TOWARDS THAT NATION.

WE WOULD IN A MOMENT SEE THE PRESENT STATE OF ISRAEL, DELIVERED FROM ITS OPPRESSORS AND THE CITY OF PEACE (JERUSALEM) RIGHTFULLY RESTORED TO ITS PROPER DESTINY AS THE CITY OF GOD.

YOU AND I

YOU AND I AS BELIEVERS IN OUR LORD Y'SHUA KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, THIS WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN Y'SHUA (JESUS) RETURNS AND REDEEMS HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SIN AND POURS HIS SPIRIT OF GRACE AND OF SUPPLICATION UPON THE YOUNGEST TO THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE EARTHLY (JEWISH) FAMILY OF JEHOVAH.

AS WE THINK UPON THE NATION AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, WE SHOULD ALSO FOCUS UPON OUR OWN NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WOULD TO GOD

WOULD TO GOD THAT WE AS A NATION WOULD REFUSE EVIL AND CHOOSE THE GOOD. HOW OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE MILLIONS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY THAT ARE STILL IN SPIRITUAL DARKNESS AND WITHOUT HOPE AND FAR REMOVED FROM GOD THE FATHER AND HIS BELOVED SON, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

FOR OVER FORTY YEARS

FOR OVER FORTY YEARS (40) YEARS THROUGH SHALOM SCRIPTURE STUDIES WE HAVE BEEN PROPAGATING THE WORD OF GOD TO BOTH JEWISH AND GENTILE INDIVIDUALS, REMINDING EACH INDIVIDUAL TO REPENT AND TURN FROM THEIR SINS, AND RECEIVE THE GREAT SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS, Y'SHUA (JESUS).

WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSING TO MANY JEWISH AND GENTILE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE IN TURN BELIEVED AND RECEIVED THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF SALVATION, BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS OUR LORD. WE GIVE GOD ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY, NOW AND FOREVER.

O LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BRING DURING THIS YEAR OF 5774 (JEWISH), 2014, MANY SOULS INTO YOUR BLESSED KINGDOM.

IF YOU ARE READING

IF YOU ARE READING THESE WORDS, AND YOU HAVE NEVER BOWED YOUR HEART AND MIND TO GOD, WE PLEAD WITH YOU TO DO SO EVEN NOW.

ASK THE LORD TO FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS, AND OPEN YOUR MIND AND HEART TO Y'SHUA (JESUS) AND ASK HIM TO COME INTO YOUR HEART AND GRANT YOU THE GIFT OF FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS, WAS BURIED ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, AND THAT ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW THAT HE LIVES AND THAT HE HAS SET ASIDE A PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR YOU, TO RECEIVE YOU UNTO HIMSELF.

THIS IS YOUR DAY OF SALVATION, PLEASE DON'T LET IT SLIP BY.

THE LORD BLESS

THE LORD BLESS AND KEEP EACH ONE OF YOU IS OUR EARNEST PRAYER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.

SHALOM (PEACE) IN Y'SHUA OUR BLESSED LORD

DR. AND MRS. ELIAS E. HIDALGO