In
part 1 I addressed where Jerusalem is not, and some other identifying
characteristics such as Jerusalem not being located in the same place where
it was in ancient times. Also we know it is not just one city as the
bible describes it as being many cities in which will be called God's
cities.
In
part 2 I addressed the misconception that Jerusalem is located inside
of you, and it consists of literal physical cities.
However
the modern New Jerusalem of the bible, some people call “The New
Jerusalem” is not the prophetic New Jerusalem of a future time when
the Messiah comes to rule in Zion (on the throne of Yahweh).
Next, we look in the bible for answers. This is the
easiest way of telling where this new land containing the people of Israel, the cities of Yahweh (Jerusalem) and the throne of Zion will be.
Looking in the bible at Isaiah 49:6-12 we find this location.
Looking in the bible at Isaiah 49:6-12 we find this location.
In Isaiah 49 verse 12, Isaiah tells us that the new land will be North and West of Palestine. This image was copied from Kingdom Identity Ministries website.
The most important part of the map above, as far as the subject of this post goes, is the upper left corner which is not clear enough to understand from the map above. So, I took a picture of the map on my study wall I bought from KIM years ago.
What
this map shows is the location according to the book of Isaiah that
is both North and West of Palestine. If you go Longitudally to the
North from Palestine and go over the North Pole, then go West
Latitudinally the lines meet on the other side of the Hawaiian
Islands encompassing both Western Europe and America. Yes, that is
correct this is where the regathering of Israel will be according to the Prophet Isaiah.
However this is not the Prophetic Jerusalem of Revelation and will take one more post to explain where the New Jerusalem is coming from and where it possibly is going to be. Although this is only one mark of Israel I have addressed in this post, there are over a hundred marks of Israel in the bible that are worth looking at. I will list most of the other marks at the end of this post for those who are interested in investigating on their own. I pray I have given enough information for people to want to do research on their own and I really have no desire for anyone to just take my word for it.
This is a short video presented by Sheldon Emry discussing the location of the new Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
However this is not the Prophetic Jerusalem of Revelation and will take one more post to explain where the New Jerusalem is coming from and where it possibly is going to be. Although this is only one mark of Israel I have addressed in this post, there are over a hundred marks of Israel in the bible that are worth looking at. I will list most of the other marks at the end of this post for those who are interested in investigating on their own. I pray I have given enough information for people to want to do research on their own and I really have no desire for anyone to just take my word for it.
Praise
the Lord for the prodigal children who return to their Father!
This
following list is identification marks of Israel. This list was copied from the Kinsman redeemer website. http://kinsmanredeemer.com
- a great and mighty nation: Gen.12:2, 18:18, Deut. 4:7-8
- named "Great": Gen. 12:2
- be blessed of God: Gen.12:2
- will be a blessing to other nations/races: Gen. 12:2-3
- other nations affected depending on how they deal with Israel: Gen. 12:3
- a great multitude (population): Gen. 13:16 and 22:17
- Egyptian captivity and deliverance (precedent for chastisement): Gen. 15:13- 14
- given land in Middle East: Gen. 15:18
- become many nations: Gen. 17:4
- a company or commonwealth of nations: Gen.35:11
- descendants to be kings and rulers: Gen. 35:11
- land of Canaan theirs for an everlasting possession: Gen.17:8
- mark of circumcision: Gen. 17:10-11
- keep the way of the Lord, do justice and judgment: Gen. 18:19
- keeping sabbath a sign forever: Ex. 31:13
- possess the gates of their enemies: Gen.22:17
- Israel chief among the nations: Jer. 31:7
- only Israel is custodian of God's Word: Ps. 147:19, Is. 59:21
- possess God's laws: Deut. 33:4
- blessed above all people when obedient to His law: Deut. 28
- judged for disobeying: Deut. 28:15-68, Amos 3:1-2
- control of the seas: Num. 24:7, Ps. 89:25
- God's servant race: Is. 41:8
- will possess God's Holy Spirit: Is. 44:3, 59:21, Hag. 2:5
- a missionary nation: Is. 49:6, 66:19
- great agricultural wealth: Gen. 27:28, Deut. 8:7-9, 33:13-14
- a land of great mineral wealth: Deut. 8:9, 33:15-16, Gen. 49:25
- Israel brings glory to God: Is. 46:23, 49:3
- Israel to be God's glory: Is.46:13, 60:1-2
- God's instrument in destroying evil: Jer. 51:20, Dan. 2:34-35
- to be God's witnesses: Is. 43:10
- will demonstrate praise and expertise: Is. 43:21, Micah 5:7
- a multitudinous seed: Gen. 13:16, 24:60 dust 15:5 stars 22:17 sand
- God of the Bible to be God of Abraham's descendants: Gen. 17:7
- to be God's inheritance/heritage: I Kings 8:53, II Sam. 7:23
- to rule over others: Gen. 27:29, Deut. 15:6
- Israel to have power with God and men: Gen:32:28
- a righteous nation guarding truth: Is. 26:2
- Israel to be a nation forever: II Sam. 7:16,24,29 I Chron. 17:22-27
- to be heir of the world: Romans 4:13
- Israel to have all the land needed: Deut. 32:8
- an undefeated nation, protected by God: Is. 54:17, Lev. 26:6-8, Micah 5:8-9
- Israel to be God's battle axe to destroy evil: Jer. 51:19-20
- Israel's home invincible from outside forces: II Sam. 7:10, Is. 41:11-13
- a just nation: Gen. 18:19, Lev. 19:15, Deut. 1:17
- possess the wealth of the earth: Gen. 27:28, 49:25-26
- possess the heritage of the heathen: II Sam. 22:44, Ps. 2:8, 111:6
- Israel to be envied and feared: Deut. 2:25, 4:8, 28:10
- shall lend to other nations: Deut. 15:6
- kind to the poor / brethren: Deut. 15:7, Ps. 72:4
- to free kindred slaves and political prisoners: Is. 42:7, 49:9, 58:6
- Joseph's descendants blessed above rest of Israel: Gen. 49:22-26, Deut. 33:13-16
- Out of Judah would come the rulers of Israel: Gen. 49:10
- the throne of David is a perpetual monarchy: Ps. 89:35-37, Jer. 33:17, II Sam. 7:13,16, II Chron. 13:5
- 12 tribed Israel to lose all trace of her lineage: Is.42:19, Hosea 1:9
- divorced and dispersed, they could not return to Palestine: Hosea 2:6
- blind to their identity: Is. 29:10-11, Romans 11:7-8,25
- Israel to spread abroad in all directions: Gen. 28:14, Deut. 33:17, Is. 27:6
- Israel to have a new home: II Sam. 7:10, I Chron. 17:9
- new home is not Palestine, but the isles of the sea: Is. 24:15, 49:1, Jer. 31:10
- Israel's new home northwest of Palestine: Is. 49:12, Jer. 3:18, 31:8
- would occupy and live in the islands and coasts: Is. 49:1,3, 51:5, Jer. 31:7- 10
- would colonize, spreading abroad: Gen. 49:22, Ps. 2:8, Zech. 10:8-9, Is. 26:15, 27:6
- colonize the desolate places: Is. 35:1, 43:19-20, 49:8, 54:3
- Israel to lose a colony (America from England) then expand: Is. 49:19-20
- will irrigate the deserts: Is. 58:11
- will build the waste places: Is. 58:12
- will be a maritime nation, command of the seas: Num. 24:7, Ps. 89:25
- will receive strangers and refugees (kinsmen living abroad): Lev. 19:34, Is. 11:10,14:1, 56:6-8
- Israel to have a change in name: Is. 65:15, Hosea 2:17
- Israel to be called by a new name: Is. 62:2
- Israel named after Isaac's son i.e.. Saxon: Gen. 21:12, Romans 9:7
- Israel to be called the sons of God i.e.. accept Christ: Hosea 1:10
- were to be called by the name of God i.e.. Christian: Num. 6:22-27, Rev. 3:12
- Israel to have a new language (English): Is. 28:11, Zeph. 3:9
- Israel to come under new covenant: Jer. 31:33, Heb. 8:10
- 'brith' means covenant, 'ain' means land (Britain- covenant land)
- 'ish' means man (British- covenant man)
- Joseph's coat of many colors, forerunner of Scottish plaid: Gen:37:3
- the cubit of the Pyramid, Noah's ark, Moses tabernacle and Solomon's temple is the English 25 inch measurement
- the population of the wilderness with Moses and the original 13 American colonies was 3 million
- inscribed on the Liberty Bell is Leviticus 25:10
- like Joseph, lost Israel is powerful yet unrecognized by brothers, giving bread to the world
- the coronation ceremony for British royalty same as King David: II Kings 11:12, II Chron. 13:5
- the coronation stone of British royalty is the stone of Israel which Jacob used for a pillow and set up as a pillar: Gen. 28:19,22, 35:14-15
- Joseph was hated as we are today by the rest of the world: Gen. 37:4, 49:23
- Joseph sold into slavery as we are put into economic bondage: Gen. 37:28, Jer. 30:8
- the descendants of Joseph spread abroad: Deut.33:17
- today we declare ourselves to our brethren as Joseph did: Gen. 45:1,3
- America shall blossom as the rose in the desert: Is. 35:1
- eagle with outstretched wings national emblem of U.S.A.: Is. 18:1, Rev. 12:14
- our early ambassadors had to travel over sea: Is. 18:2
- a nation meted out (measured, surveyed land by boundaries): Is. 18:2
- whose land the rivers have spoiled (to cleave or specifically quartered): Is. 18:2
- people scattered , tall and peeled like smooth trees (no beards) and terrible from their beginning fits the Indians wasted by continual wars and the later White Americans
- the land beyond (west of) the rivers of Ethiopia is America: Is. 18:1
- "In God we trust" became our national motto passed by Congress, becoming law of the United States of America, July 30, 1965
- Israel's sojourn into the wilderness (America): Hosea 2:14
- Israel to be a people saved by the Lord: Is. 43:9-12, 44:1-3
- As the end of the age draws near, travel and search for knowledge and information shall be increased: Daniel 12:4 much more so in America
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