Worship God The idea of connecting God's presence to a building is an Old Testament concept. The temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70. God now dwells in the hearts of his people. (Jeremiah 31) Peace Jerusalem is the pattern of the heavenly City of God which will be established in the earth. His will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Luke 11:2) For every physical element on the earth there is a spiritual counterpart. Crown of Thorns In Jesus??Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem they worshiped him with palm branches (JN 12:13). That was better than making a crown out of gold. In Exodus 20:25 the Israelites were told, ?œIf you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.??Palm branches came straight from the trees and were not polluted with human tools. Secret Rapture It also teaches that during this seven-year period the Antichrist is going to come into power, sit in a rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God. New Creation Acts 13: 29-34,37,38: ?œAnd when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people. Minimalist War The IDF conducted limited raids and border skirmishes while political waffling in Jerusalem relied on the IAF to win the battle with minimal loss of Israeli life. Statements from Israeli officials revealed a divided government that could not decide on the appropriate course of action. Christianity But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (KJV) Jesus For a thousand years in the Middle East from 1300 BC until 300 BC the Jewish and non Jewish people burned their first born children alive on fire altars in a valley outside of Jerusalem to their God. Jewish People God will give His Son Jesus the throne of King David in the coming Millennium Kingdom where He will rule this entire earth from the city of Jerusalem for a 1000 years.