Recently an article appeared in Prophecy News Watch that arrested my attention. The article is entitled, "The Vatican Wants to Lay Its Hands on Jerusalem." We can go back in history and easily discover that Jerusalem has been the target and prize conquest of many ancient cultures and religions. I suppose what is happening right now concerning the Vatican should not surprise us; but even though it is not surprising, it is heart-wrenching because we know how the Father feels about Jerusalem, His City. In His own words, He tells us, “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before Me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there" (1 Kings 9:3), and “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever" (1 Kings 21:7).
The eyes and heart of God are set upon Jerusalem, the City where He put His Name, and the place where He established the worship of His people, the tribes of Israel. The Catholic Pope of Rome is greatly confused about the heritage and ownership of this City. The following are direct quotes from this article:
"Peace negotiations in the Middle East must tackle the issue of the status of the holy sites of Jerusalem," Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican's Council for Interreligious Dialogue, declared several days ago in Rome. The Vatican's former foreign minister asked to place some Israeli holy places under Vatican authority, alluding to the Cenacle on Mount Zion and the garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The first site also houses what is referred to as King David's Tomb. Vatican officials are now reiterating their demand for control over the religious sites in the ancient and holy city founded by King David as the capital of ancient Israel and now the capital of the reestablished Jewish state. The Vatican's former archbishop in Jerusalem, Michael Sabbah, just promoted an appeal to the European Union and United States to "stop the Hebraization of Jerusalem."
Stop the Hebraization of Jerusalem? So, Jerusalem is not a Hebraic place? It is not the place where God Himself instructed the Hebrews to build a Temple to worship Him? Was King David the King of Rome or the King of Israel?
Satan is the author of confusion!
Please remain in prayer for the Jewish people. Age after age, century after century, their rightful inheritance has been stolen from them. That ancient serpent, the devil, has one goal and one goal only: to wipe out the race of people from whom the Seed, the Messiah, would come! And he knows his days to accomplish this are short. He attempted to complete his mission through Antiochus Epiphanes, through the Roman emperor Titus, through the evil ruler Hitler, and other anti-Messiah types, but he has not yet won that battle. And so he persists today, through the diabolical plans of Islamic rulers and the greed of the Vatican. One final anti-Messiah will soon rise on the scene and sit in a re-built Jewish temple, declaring Himself to be God (see 2 Thessalonians 2:4).
We are on the cusp of another great war today, I believe. But we do not fear or tremble; we know that Jerusalem belongs to the King of the Universe, and He will come again to rule the nations from Jerusalem. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - to do this is to pray for His soon return. He speaks to us from the pages of His revelation to the Apostle John: "I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem...!" (Revelation 3:11-12). Hallelujah!
(To read the entire article mentioned, you can click on this link):
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2011/December17/1724.html
