Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

It is nearly impossible to read this Psalm in the present day and not think about the mess in the Middle East. This Psalm speaks of a confederacy of nations surrounding Israel joining together to invade. It is strikingly similar to Ezekiel 38, which occurs immediately after the famous "Dry Bones" Chapter. The names of the enemies are similar in both Passages, and seem to be speaking of the same thing.

In the History portions of the Hebrew Bible, there are no references to a confederation of this size. The closest historical event would be 2 Chronicles 20, where there is a small alliance of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and a few others who invaded Judah. So "Psalm 83/Ezek 38" could be speaking of a future battle.

Now, you may think that this isn't possible, because all the names of those enemies are obsolete. Nobody speaks of "Moab" or "Edom" anymore. But, consider the following graphic, which gives the current names of the areas once occupied by these countries:

It also helps to recognize that the current names of the countries surrounding Israel are less than 100 years old, and only came into use after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after WW1. Now the Psalm and the Prophecy make perfect sense!

The Psalm has a Chiastic Structure, with lots of Parallelisms and Contrasting Couplets. But the best line is the Coda, where it states that the goal of the Psalm is for ALL People to worship the ONE TRUE GOD.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 5:16)

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This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

Amen

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR
THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!
And for the Preservation of the Valiant
Israeli Nation!

_ EEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

__________________________________________________Psalm 83 (KJV)

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PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Deliverance Of Our Beloved Nation From The Lion’s Mouth.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For Our Brethren Of All Faiths Throughout The World Suffering Persecution.
We pray in particular on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and throughout the Mideast. The members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, some of which date from the days of the Apostles, suffer under cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors, we are all "Nazarenes."

Amen, left that other site

Israel looks like a David against a Goliath...
and we know how that story ended.

Joining in prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

Joining in prayer. God bless.

Excellent resource.

Amen to your prayer