Jerusalem: Future world capital

All three religions see Jerusalem as a hugely significant place Jerusalem today Population 801,000 All three religions see Jerusalem as a hugely significant place Jewish 64% Muslim 32% Christian 2%

Whose capital is it anyway? Both groups see Jerusalem as their capital Jerusalem is right on the border of Israel and the West Bank

Jerusalem in the Bible Salem - Gen 14:18 Jebus - I Chron 11:4 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. Jebus - I Chron 11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

Jerusalem in the Bible Abraham & Isaac - Gen 22:2 Ornan the Jebusite - I Chron 21:26 Moriah, Ornan, temple - II Chron 3:1

Jerusalem in the Bible The place God has chosen - Deut 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: Temple dedication - II Chron 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

Jerusalem in the Bible David captures city Destroyed by Babylonians Rebuilt at the time of Nehemiah Destroyed in AD70 - Soon after Jesus' death

Jerusalem: The future 2 Sam 5:5 2 Sam 7:13 Acts 1:6 Luke 1:32 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: Luke 1:32 2 Sam 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Jerusalem: Political capital Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Jerusalem: Religious capital Zechariah 8:22-23 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. Zechariah 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Jerusalem: The future Isaiah 62:7 Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. Isaiah 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.