Jeremiah 3:17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no longer stubbornly follow their own evil will.
The vision of the Hebrew prophets was that there will be a time when all creation is brought to rights, when things are returned to the way God intended in creation and the new heaven is created here on Earth. Christians believe the same thing and we look forward along with our Jewish sisters and brothers to that day. Christians tend to believe in these things in a more spiritual than literal way, but the belief of the Hebrew prophets is that this would literally mean all the peoples of the world would acknowledge Jerusalem and their physical temple as the center of life.
We can share belief in this way: there will be a time when the entire world worships the one true God, when all people are gathered together under the lordship of Christ. There will be a time when we worship together, when we put away our swords and our tanks and our missiles. There will be a time when we worship the God who is also our king. There will be a time... Come quickly, Lord Jesus.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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