Quotes About Jerusalem

Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine.

Jerusalem doesn't belong only to Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims and Jews, but to the world.

I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and North African Jews.

I have a need of such clearance as the Savior effected in the temple of Jerusalem a riddance of clutter of what is secondary that blocks the way to the all-important central emptiness which is filled with the presence of God alone. 4 —Jean Danielou

but if the Spirit "bloweth" where He "listeth," those, too, who have become believers here are made partakers of that gift; and that according to the proportion of their faith, not in consequence of their pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem and a theological event that transformed the world.

The central point of the world is the point where stillness and movement are together. Movement is time, but stillness is eternity. Realizing how this moment of your life is actually a moment of eternity, and experiencing the eternal aspect of what you're doing in the temporal experience—this is the mythological experience. So is the central mountain of the world Jerusalem? Rome? Benares? Lhasa? Mexico City?

There was thus a Hittite population which clustered round Hebron, and to whom the origin of Jerusalem was partly due.

The historical background of this dispute could be the 5th c. bce debate over whether or not the Transjordanians, headed by Tobiah, were a part of the community centered in Jerusalem (Neh. 2.10, 19, 20; 13.1–9). Alternately, the Transjordan community may represent all those who live outside of Israel, and the story aims to teach that in order for them to retain their identity and ties with Israel they must not conduct sacrificial practices elsewhere,

God promises something that has never yet been true of the earthly Jerusalem: "I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler. No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise" (vv. 17-18).

The Jews did not kill Me.] First, no one could have taken My life if I had not willingly laid it down. Also, this is a fraudulent charge that is repeatedly reinvented. They alone did not kill Me--Romans, Greeks, people from everywhere in the world were gathered in Jerusalem on that day and participated in the events that took place. All of humanity must bear the blame for what happened.

order: •    1065: Jerusalem falls to the Turks, instigating the circumstances that will create the Crusades, which in turn are the circumstances (allegedly!) that will lead to the creation of the military-religious orders of the Knights Templars and Knights Hospitallers. •    1099: Jerusalem is recaptured for the Western Church by Godfroi de Bouillion, one of the original Templar Knights.

Jerusalem is a very small town. And Bathsheba was a very loud woman. Maybe even Uriah knew.

of the mystic seer who wrote the inspired verses. 'And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out

Psalm 125:1–2 says: "Those who trust in, lean on, and confidently hope in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides and stands fast forever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from this time forth and forever." Like

21 THEN I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away (vanished), and there is no longer any sea. [Is 65:17; 66:22] 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband; [John 14:2, 3; Gal 4:26; Heb 11:10]

In one way or another, it is evident that the Jerusalem liturgy celebrated the kingship of Yahweh.

Everyone was amazed and puzzled. They each heard their own language! "What does this mean?" some asked. Others sneered, "They're drunk on new wine." Then Peter stood up. "People from Judea and all who live in Jerusalem. We're not drunk. It's only nine in the morning.

The soil of the sacred city is filled with the remnants of empires that miscalculated. Jerusalem is the city of God. But it is also a gravestone to the folly of man. – Holy Father

weighty ashlars of the Western Wall.

As he waited for daybreak he sifted through the individual scents that combine to create the unique fragrance of Jerusalem: sage and jasmine, honey and coffee, leather and tobacco, cypress and eucalyptus.

According to Borg and Crossan, the way to understand Jesus' riding into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey is to appreciate the story of Jerusalem. Key to this story is the role of the city as the "center of the domination system

We will make a great and awful mistake if we fail to settle Hebron, neighbor and predecessor of Jerusalem, with a large Jewish settlement, constantly growing and expanding, very soon. This will also be a blessing to the Arab neighbors. Hebron is worthy to be Jerusalem's sister.

Why had I not understood that this was not simply the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the church of his tomb? It was also the Church of the Resurrection.