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Category: Discover Israel

Yerushalayim

Tags:  hanukkah, shoah

City of Gold and Light

There are themes of this ‘City of cities’ that weave through history like bright, multi-hued strands; and there are her songs that sing through the centuries like echoes of eternity. How blessed we are when we catch a glimpse of her beauty and catch a few bars of a refrain. Let us, through these pages, expectantly turn our attention for a short while upon this beloved city of our Beloved; perhaps He will graciously "give us eyes to see and ears to hear."

As those who have been able to visit the capital city of modern Israel will know, even on a physical level, the wonder and beauty of Jerusalem make a deep impression on one. There is another element involved, however, if one views it with a heart of love and an eye of faith. In Jerusalem, with the bustle, the noise and the inevitable grime of any modern city, things look quite natural. Then suddenly, as if a veil is gently pulled aside for a lingering moment, one sees something of deep and breathtaking splendor. It’s a beauty that is different than that found in any other beautiful city. A quality one not only sees, but experiences with all one’s being. It is the revelation of a miracle concealed in the seemingly mundane. This can be unnerving, as generally people feel comfortable in the essential sameness of things—when things fit neatly into a category. However, the rebirth of modern Israel and the re-establishment of Jerusalem as its capital are, of themselves, a proclamation of the extra-ordinary. Her existence shakes the complacently conventional and the established norms, and confronts the world with the reality of the Word of God. Suddenly the long-forgotten words of the ancient prophets—the ‘resurrection’ of Ezekiel, the ‘returns’ of Isaiah and Jeremiah and the ‘redemption’ of Zechariah—are front-page news!

A Meeting Place

It’s astounding whom one ...

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