1. Jerusalem of the Future Dr. Joseph Chang 6/7/2015 BOLGPC

2. Kerry: Peace between Israelies, Palestinians Still Possible. (12/7/2014)

3. 6 你們要為耶路撒冷求平安！耶路撒冷啊， 愛你的人必然興旺！【詩 122:6 】 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. 【 Ps 122:6 】

4. 6/5-6/10, 1967 Six Day’s War Israel Vs Egypt, Jordan & Syria

5. I. Backward Looking Politics UN Security Council Resolution 242, 1967

6. I. Backward Looking Politics Camp David Accords, 1978, Peace Treaty btw Israel & Egypt was reached.

7. I. Backward Looking Politics Oslo Agreement, 1993, Israel and the PLO came to terms, but Oslo’s promise was not realized.

8. I. Backward Looking Politics Camp David, 2000, At Camp David in 2000, Ehud Barak (L) and Yasser Arafat (R) failed to agree

9. I. Backward Looking Politics Annapolis, 2007, Annapolis envisioned a full peace deal by the end of 2008

10. I. Backward Looking Politics Washington, 2010, Barack Obama believed the 2010 talks could produce an agreement within a year.

11. I. Backward Looking Politics Peace hope comes and goes. Egypt recognized Israel in exchange of Sinai Peninsula. American financial assistance comes and goes.

12. II. Forward Looking Policy 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. 【 Isa 9:6~7 】

13. Return of the King Strider/Aragon/ Ranger of the North King of Gondor

14. Return of the King Stewards of Gondor – Denethor II

15. Boromir Faramir

16. A.D. 70—1948 1948—now

17. 不可能有分治的耶路撒冷 /Cannot have a divided Jerusalem. 聖殿要被重建 /Temple will be rebuilt.

18. III. Jerusalem of the Future 21 "Present your case," says the LORD. "Set forth your arguments," says Jacob's King. 22 "Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come, 23 tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear. 【 Isa 41:21~23 】

19. III. Jerusalem of the Future 6 "This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. 7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come-- yes, let him foretell what will come. 8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one." 【 Isa 44:6~8 】

20. III. Jerusalem of the Future Dome of the Tablets or Dome of the Spirits

21. III. Jerusalem of the Future God will not allow the coexistence of His Temple with a Mosque. The 3 rd Temple is going to be much larger.

23. III. Jerusalem of the Future Ezekiel 40-48 mentioned about 3 rd Temple.

24. III. Jerusalem of the Future 1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was flowing from the south side. 3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle- deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist.

25. III. Jerusalem of the Future 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in--a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Sea. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

26. III. Jerusalem of the Future 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds--like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." 【 Ezek 47:1~12 】

27. 14 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. 16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." 【 Matt 8:14~17 】

30. Ezekiel 48-Israel’s Land Division

31. Why Temple Again 為什麼又要有聖殿 26 你們每逢吃這餅，喝這杯，是表明主的死， 直等到他來。【林前 11:26 】 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 【 1Cor 11:26 】

32. Can we eat blood? 18 "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19 For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.") 【 Mark 7:18~19 】

33. Can we eat blood? 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life. 【 Lev 17:11 】

34. 19 所以據我的意見，不可難為那歸服神的外 邦人； 20 只要寫信，吩咐他們禁戒偶像的污 穢和姦淫，並勒死的牲畜和血。【徒 15:19~20 】 19 "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 【 Acts 15:19~20 】

35. IV. Christians will inherit the spiritual Jerusalem We are the spiritual heir of Abraham. 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 【 Gal 3:27~29 】

36. IV. Christians will inherit the spiritual Jerusalem 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 【 Rev 21:1~2 】

37. IV. Christians will inherit the spiritual Jerusalem 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. 【 Rev 21:27 】

38. Conclusion Christians look to the heavenly Jerusalem. God seems allowing us to have part in deciding the future of earthly Jerusalem. Are we going to have wisdom to help the coming of his kingdom? Or to block?