We Ought Not Pray For Peace In Jerusalem

Psalm 122:6, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.” Isaiah 57:21, “There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.”

I was watching Pat Robertson on his 700 Club the other day. He said, “'Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,' and then he quoted only the first part of Psalm 122:6.” But let's read the rest of the Bible verse, “they shall prosper that love thee.” You see friend, this ungodly world expects God to bless wicked people. Isaiah 48:22 and 57:21 warn that THERE IS NO PEACE, SAITH MY GOD, TO THE WICKED! Isaiah 3:11, “Woe unto the wicked!  it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.”

There is no Bible promise of peace in Jerusalem today. In fact, the Bible teaches the exact opposite! Luke 21:24, “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” We are now living in the Times Of The Gentiles. This is illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar's image in Daniel chapter two. In the dream, at the very end a stone cut without hands out of the mountain smashes the Gentile kingdoms of this world. That stone is Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords, Who is one day coming to set up His earthly Kingdom. Jesus will reign supreme from the city of Jerusalem over the entire world. We (all raptured saints) will reign with Him (Revelation 20:6). 

Israel today is a very wicked nation! Tel Aviv has been nicknamed by the Huffington Post as the “Gay Mecca” of the world for sodomites. Less than 3% of Israel's inhabitants profess to be Christians, and that includes all the unsaved Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventists, Church of Christ, et cetera. I dare say that 1 in 200 people are genuinely born-again in Jerusalem today! The Bible says in Psalm 1226: that THEY SHALL PROSPER THAT LOVE THEE! There is hardly any love in the great city where our Lord was crucified for the Lord Himself. 

Jerusalem has become a tourist trap to make money! For a fee they will show you where Jesus' brushed His teeth, made morning coffee and went jogging each day...lol. It is ridiculous to say the least. I have never been to Israel, but would love to go someday. I couldn't care less about all the places where Jesus allegedly dwelt. But what does intrigue me is to know that our dear Savior walked somewhere in that city, and I'm sure He got around and went just about everywhere. I'd like to see the same sea of Galilee that He walked on, and the same sunset that He saw, and walk on the same dirt that He traveled upon. Someday, but not likely in this lifetime, I'd like to visit Israel. I admit that it sickens me when I hear about pastors who are living large, who have been to Israel a dozen times!

So do not pray for the peace of Jerusalem, because you are wasting your time friend. The Bible says that Israel WILL BE TRODDEN DOWN by the Gentiles until Christ returns at His Second Coming. Only then will the Lord Himself regather true saved Israel (Hosea 3:4-5). No unsaved Jew has any right to lay claim to the Promised Land. Romans 2:29, “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.” You are only a Bible Jew if you have been born-again dear friend. Galatians 3:7, “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”

What further saith the Scripture? Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” The Holy Bible speaks very plainly in this matter. If your DNA is mostly that of a biological Jew, you are NOT of the seed of Abraham biblically unless you are in Jesus Christ by faith. That is what we just read! The promises made by God to Abraham's seed only apply to those who are in Christ.

There will never be any peace in Israel until Jesus returns to cleanse that place of the stench of it's sin and evil. Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) was right that Israel today is no different than any other heathen nation. I say that kindly and with love. I love Jewish people. I love Arabs. I love everywhere, regardless of who they are. God so loved THE WORLD that He gave His only begotten Son to die on Calvary's cross to save them from sin and Hell. Dear friend, have you received that free gift? Jesus didn't stay dead. Three days later He resurrected from the tomb into which His lifeless body had been laid to rest.

Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever,
With His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Listen to song | Cool Acapella (one man sings all the parts)

I have nothing against Jewish people. That is not why I wrote this blog. I don't like when preachers lie. I don't like hearing Pat Robertson manipulating the Word of God to fit his agenda. There is a sinful movement in America called “Zionism” which seeks to recruit churches and raise billions of dollars annually to support wicked, but God Himself does not support wicked Israel today. Consider what God said to His people in Exodus 19:5-6, “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:  And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.  These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.” The key word there is “if” God said “if ye will obey my voice,” then I will bless you! Yet over 95% of Jews today reject Jesus as their Messiah, claiming that the messiah has not come yet. The Bible teaches that when the Man of Sin, the Antichrist comes, the Jews will embrace him as their False messiah. How sad!

I pray for the salvation of Israel, not for peace in their homeland. There will never be any true peace in Jerusalem until the Jews repent of their UNBELIEF and turn to Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Romans 5:1-2, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Jesus is precious!