There are increasing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, the fate of which is one of the most contentious issues in the Israel-Arab conflict.

Christian, Islam and Judaism, the three religions which trace their shared origins back to the biblical figure of Abraham.

Jerusalem - its name resonates in the hearts of Christians, Jews and Muslims alike and echoes through centuries of shared and disputed history.

Known in Hebrew as Yerushalayim and in Arabic as al-Quds, it is one of the oldest cities in the world. It has been conquered, destroyed and rebuilt time and again, and every layer of its earth reveals a different piece of the past. While it has often been the focus of stories of division and conflict among people of different religions, they are united in their reverence for this holy ground.

At its core is the Old City, a maze of narrow alleyways and historic architecture that characterises its four quarters - Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Armenian. It is surrounded by a fortress-like stone wall and home to some of the holiest sites in the world.

Each quarter represents its own population. The Christians have two, because Armenians are also Christians, and their quarter, the smallest of the four, is one of the oldest Armenian centres in the world.

It is unique in that their community has preserved its own particular culture and civilisation inside the St James Church and monastery, which comprises most of their section.
The church

Inside the Christian Quarter is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a significant focus for Christians all over the world. It is located on a site which is central to the story of Jesus, his death, crucifixion and resurrection.

According to most Christian traditions, Jesus was crucified there, on Golgotha, or the hill of Calvary, his tomb is located inside the sepulchre and this was also the site of his resurrection.
The church is managed jointly by representatives of different Christian denominations, mainly the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, Franciscan friars from the Roman Catholic Church and the Armenian Patriarchate, but also by the Ethiopians, Coptics and Syrian Orthodox Church. It is one of the main pilgrimage destinations for millions of Christians worldwide who visit the empty tomb of Jesus and seek solace and redemption in prayer at the site.

The mosque

The Muslim Quarter is the largest of the four and contains the shrine of the Dome of Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque on a plateau known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary..
The mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and is under the administration of an Islamic trust called the Waqf.

Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad travelled here from Mecca during his night journey and prayed with the souls of all the prophets. A few steps away, the shrine of the Dome of the Rock holds the foundation stone, where Muslims believe Muhammad then ascended to heaven.

Muslims visit the holy site all year round, but every Friday during the holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of thousands of Muslims come to pray at the mosque.

The wall

The Jewish Quarter is home to the Kotel, or the Western Wall, a remnant of the retaining wall of the mount on which the Holy Temple once stood.
Inside the temple was the Holy of Holies, the most sacred site in Judaism.

Jews believe that this was the location of the foundation stone from which the world was created, and where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. Many Jews believe the Dome of the Rock is the site of the Holy of Holies.

Today, the Western Wall is the closest place Jews can pray to the Holy of Holies.

It is managed by the Rabbi of the Western Wall and every year hosts millions of visitors. Jewish people from all over the world visit this place to pray and connect to their heritage, especially during the High Holidays.
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The wall
The Jewish Quarter is home to the Kotel, or the Western Wall, a remnant of the retaining wall of the mount on which the Holy Temple once stood.
Inside the temple was the Holy of Holies, the most sacred site in Judaism.
Jews believe that this was the location of the foundation stone from which the world was created, and where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. Many Jews believe the Dome of the Rock is the site of the Holy of Holies.
Today, the Western Wall is the closest place Jews can pray to the Holy of Holies. It is managed by the Rabbi of the Western Wall and every year hosts millions of visitors. Jewish people from all over the world visit this place to pray and connect to their heritage, especially during the High Holidays.

Jerusalem, as it exists today, is not a holy city. It ceased to be a holy city well about 1900 years ago when God carried out His final judgment against the Kingdom of Israel(and Judah) in the land of Canaan. That is what was prophesied and recorded in Scripture.

What exists today is not even God's Nation of Isreal, neither is it God's Jerusalem, but rather a city built by men for men.

Kobojunkie:
Jerusalem, as it exists today, is not a holy city. It ceased to be a holy city well about 1900 years ago when God carried out His final judgment against the Kingdom of Israel(and Judah) in the land of Canaan. That is what was prophesied and recorded in Scripture.

What exists today is not even God's Nation of Isreal, neither is it God's Jerusalem, but rather a city built by men for men.

The time it was a holy city, it was not built by men?

Jerusalem is the city of the great king. The first king of Israel to rule from Jerusalem was David. The last king was his son Solomon.

Israel believe the great king from the bloodline of David that will unit and deliver Israel will rule from Jerusalem.

It is the kings city.

Even Jesus will rule from Jerusalem

Satan self will rule from Jerusalem.

You can't be a spiritual king without ruling from Jerusalem.

Even prophets die in Jerusalem.

Beautifulday:
■ The time it was a holy city, it was not built by men?

Holiness is a state of being in complete compliance with God's Law(His instructions, commandments, and teachings). Whether it was an item used in the temple or a man wanting to be used by God, Holiness has to do with conformance to the Will/Law of God.

What made Jerusalem Holy was not the hands that built it but rather the God whose command and specifications the men who built it followed in doing so.

Kobojunkie:
Holiness is a state of being in complete compliance with God's Law(His instructions, commandments, and teachings). What made Jerusalem Holy was not the hands that built it but rather the God whose command and specifications the men who built it followed in doing so.

Scripture of the command and specifications abeg

Beautifulday:
■ Scripture of the command and specifications abeg

Read through the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to get the teaching you need on Holiness.

Kobojunkie:
Read through the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to get the teaching you need on Holiness.

No be only read the entire Bible. Do you even know how David conquered Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is held in high regard because of its security features.

When David came to take the city of Jerusalem. They told him, the lamb and the blind will defeat him.

Kobojunkie:
Read through the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to get the teaching you need on Holiness.

We are talking about Jerusalem and you are talking about holiness. Nah so you dey always switch on topic.

You always sound very confused

Jerusalem is not holy. It is the king of holiness that makes it holy.

No object is holy. It is men that make object holy. The process is call consecration.

Beautifulday:
■ We are talking about Jerusalem and you are talking about holiness. Nah so you dey always switch on topic. You always sound very confused

Your confusion is never mine... I have told you that several times before now.

Do you believe what Jesus Christ said in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 of the Last Days(tribulations and Endtime included) taking place in the same generation that his disciples lived which is about 1900 years ago? Let's start there.

Kobojunkie:
Your confusion is never mine... I have told you that several times before now.

Do you believe what Jesus Christ said in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 of the Last Days(tribulations and Endtime included) taking place in the same generation that his disciples lived which is about 1900 years ago? Let's start there.

Copy and post those scriptures so that others can see and read them.

Beautifulday:
■ No be only read the entire Bible. Do you even know how David conquered Jerusalem.
■ Jerusalem is held in high regard because of its security features. When David came to take the city of Jerusalem. They told him, the lamb and the blind will defeat him.

4 Books I mentioned don't make up the entire Bible. In the Old Law of Moses which God gave to Moses, He explained in detail and by way of many examples — punishments that He inflicted on the people of Israel — the difference between holiness and unholiness. Once you learn that you can better understand my earlier response.

2. Jerusalem was selected by God as the city of His own where His temple and His throne are situated, High up top. It had nothing to do with this idea of security you have.

Kobojunkie:
4 Books I mentioned don't make up the entire Bible. In the Old Law of Moses which God gave to Moses, He explained in detail and by way of many examples — punishments that He inflicted on the people of Israel — the difference between holiness and unholiness. Once you learn that you can better understand my earlier response.

2. Jerusalem was selected by God as the city of His own where His temple and His throne are situated, High up top. It had nothing to do with this idea of security you have.

Ok you want me to go and read from exodus to Deut to come and answer you? Guy you need to join the comedy industry. You will excel. You got the talent.

Why can't you post the scriptures to support your claim.

When did God choose Jerusalem?

Beautifulday:
Jerusalem is the city of the great king. The first king of Israel to rule from Jerusalem was David. The last king was his son Solomon.

Israel believe the great king from the bloodline of David that will unit and deliver Israel will rule from Jerusalem.

It is the kings city.

Even Jesus will rule from Jerusalem

Satan self will rule from Jerusalem.

You can't be a spiritual king without ruling from Jerusalem.

Even prophets die in Jerusalem.

no Dey follow kobojunkie talk the guy looks confused,a Muslim , suicidal or sick upstairs. Have you not noticed his post on every Christian topics. he is a child of doom or Lucifer desperate to cause confusion among Christians

Plus1234:
no Dey follow kobojunkie talk the guy looks confused,a Muslim , suicidal or sick upstairs. Have you not noticed his post on every Christian topics. he is a child of doom or Lucifer desperate to cause confusion among Christians

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Politicians claiming religionists are the people showing interest in Jerusalem today because of it's historical background if we want to talk about blessings from God the city lost it in the first century!
If you care to know this is what Jesus Christ the Son of the living God said about Jerusalem:

This is why I say to you, the Kingdom of God will be taken from you and be given to a nation producing its fruits. Matthew 21:43

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets and stoner of those sent to her—how often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you did not want it. Look! Your house is abandoned to you. For I say to you, you will by no means see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in Jehovah’s name!" Matthew 23:37-39

Jesus said Jerusalem will never know PEACE until the inhabitants say "blessed is the one who comes in the name of JEHOVAH/YAHWEH"

So have the inhabitants of Jerusalem changed their attitudes towards preachers sent to them by God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ?

NO!

In fact last year their parliament passed a bill forbidden the mention of that name "Jesus" in their country! And immediately God sent them a warning message in the form of a crow which tore their national flag on their national house of assembly.

And what did they have to say?
Well instead of admitting they have committed a blunder they were heaping the blame on the surrounding nations claiming they sent the bird!

So JERUSALEM is a CURSED city today until they welcome all preachers in the name of Christ Jesus!

MaxInDHouse:
Politicians claiming religionists are the people showing interest in Jerusalem today because of it's historical background if we want to talk about blessings from God the city lost it in the first century!
If you care to know this is what Jesus Christ the Son of the living God said about Jerusalem:

This is why I say to you, the Kingdom of God will be taken from you and be given to a nation producing its fruits. Matthew 21:43

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets and stoner of those sent to her—how often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you did not want it. Look! Your house is abandoned to you. For I say to you, you will by no means see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in Jehovah’s name!" Matthew 23:37-39

Jesus said Jerusalem will never know PEACE until the inhabitants say "blessed is the one who comes in the name of JEHOVAH/YAHWEH"

So have the inhabitants of Jerusalem changed their attitudes towards preachers sent to them by God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ?

NO!

In fact last year their parliament passed a bill forbidden the mention of that name "Jesus" in their country! And immediately God sent them a warning message in the form of a crow which tore their national flag on their national house of assembly.

And what did they have to say?
Well instead of admitting they have committed a blunder they were heaping the blame on the surrounding nations claiming they sent the bird!

So JERUSALEM is a CURSED city today until they welcome all preachers in the name of Christ Jesus!

Very Apt & straight to the point.

CHRISTENDOM no dey read Matthew 23:37-39.

Janosky:
CHRISTENDOM no dey read Matthew 23:37-39.

lost fraud jw janonsense

it's good that you don't include so called Jw's in Christendom/Christianity

Dictionary

Christendom
/ˈkrɪsndəm/
noun

1.
the worldwide body of Christians.



Christendom. / (ˈkrɪsəndəm) / noun. the collective body of Christians throughout the world or throughout history. an obsolete word for Christianity.

Janosky:
Very Apt & straight to the point.
CHRISTENDOM no dey read Matthew 23:37-39.

lost fraud jw janosky

christians of course read the bible

at least you people don't consider yourselfs christians,
you got that part right

Christendom

1. the collective body of Christians throughout the world or throughout history.
2. an obsolete word for Christianity.




 
Mat 23:39  "For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!'" 

blessed is he who comes in the (authority and character) of the Lord (not in the name "Jehovah"]

and Jesus too of course comes in the authority and character of God (not in the name "Jehovah"]
but in the called by name "The Word of God"

Rev 19:13  He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 

preachers and the Lord Jesus Himself come in the authority and character of Yahovah
those whose character is; lying, falsely accusing, blaspheming, paranoia, etc.
don't come in Yahovah's authority and character but are frauds

name
onoma
a “name” (literally or figuratively), (authority, character): - called, (+ sur-) name (-d).