Then the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’ Thus says the Lord, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age. And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets’ . . . Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west; and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.’ (Zechariah 9:1-5, 7-8, NASB)
Zechariah is considered by scholars as one of the minor prophets, although I don’t know that the age of the prophet has anything to do with how effective he was ( 🙂 ). The Bible passage above is from one of the visions of Zechariah.
First, God announces His jealousy for Zion. One of God’s names is “Jealous.” God desires to live there, and to live among His people. Indeed, Jerusalem is His city. He says that when He sets up His throne there, that “it will be called the City of Truth.” God loves truth. He hates lies and deceit. It’s no wonder that He wants His city to be named after what He loves. Further, God says that “the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
Further, Jerusalem will be a city of peace. How peaceful will it be? “Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age. And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.” Compare that to the turmoil taking place in the city right now, with weeks of political demonstrations in her streets.
Finally, God promises to bring His people back from all over the earth to populate the Holy City, “and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.” The only time we will see truth, righteousness, and justice, is in God’s Kingdom of Heaven, in the New Jerusalem! God has promised that if we will believe in His Son Jesus, then we will spend eternity in heaven with Him!
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