{"id":50396,"date":"2019-02-27T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=50396"},"modified":"2022-09-21T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:33:11","slug":"the-vision-of-jerusalem-then-now-and-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-vision-of-jerusalem-then-now-and-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vision of Jerusalem \u2013 Then, Now and in the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[635,363],"acf":{"old_id":"50396","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"165","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Midrashic elaborations and messianic speculations on the Holy City","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, in detailing the statutes and ordinances that the Israelites are to observe after they cross over the Jordan and possess the Promised Land\u2026\u201d (Deuteronomy 12:1 and on), Moses speaks of \u201cWhen the Lord enlarges (yarhiv) your territory, as He has promised you\u2026 (verse 20). The Midrash (Deuteronomy Rabbah 4:11) interprets this biblical expression as referring to Jerusalem, in support of which are cited several Messianic verses (e.g. Malachi 3:4, 23-24; Zechariah 1:16-17, 9:9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another midrashic tradition (Song of Songs Rabbah 7.5.3) details the extent to which Jerusalem will be expanded: In the future, Jerusalem will spread out until it reaches the gates of Damascus, as it says, \u201cThe prophecy of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach\u201d (Zechariah 9:1). When Rabbi Yehudah said that this refers to a place called \u201cHadrach\u201d, Rabbi Yosi ben Dormaskit exclaimed, I am from Damascus and indeed there is a place there called \u201cHadrach\u201d! But Rabbi Nehemiah said, rather \u201cHadrach\u201d refers to the King Messiah who will be both \u201c<em>Had<\/em>\u201d (sharp, hard, severe, unforgiving) and \u201c<em>Rach<\/em>\u201d (soft, gentle, forgiving) \u2013 \u201c<em>Had<\/em>\u201d to the other Nations and but \u201c<em>Rach<\/em>\u201d to Israel. Similarly, the Messianic King is called \u201cHadrach\u201d, because in the future he will lead (<em>yadrikh<\/em>) all the Nations of the world to do Teshuvah (i.e. repent). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The continuation of the same verse, \u201c\u2026and Damascus is His resting place [menuhato]\u201d (Zechariah 9:1) suggests that God\u2019s \u201cresting place\u201d is the Holy Temple, as it says, \u201cThis is My resting place [menuhati] forever\u2026\u201d (Psalms 132:14). Moreover, Jerusalem will spread out on every side! Then the Israelite exiles will return and rest there, in fulfillment of the prophecy &#8220;And Damascus is his (i.e. Israel\u2019s) resting place\u2026\u201d (Zechariah 9:1) But, if Jerusalem will spread out \u2013 not only to incorporate Damascus, but in every direction, what means the verse \u201c\u2026and the city shall be built on its [own] mound\u2026\u201d (Jeremiah 30:18)? This verse suggests that in the future, Jerusalem will resemble a fig tree, narrow at the bottom and wide above (i.e, a slender trunk supporting a broad treetop). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this way, Jerusalem will spread out on all sides over the returning exiles, for them to rest under its shade, as it is written \u201cFor you shall spread out to the right and to the left \u2026\u201d (Isaiah 54:3). What is more, in the future Jerusalem will expand, extending upwards, even until it reaches the very Throne of Glory in heaven! From this we may envision, that from that day on, the now reunited Earthly Jerusalem (<em>Yerushalayim shel Matah<\/em>) and the Heavenly Jerusalem (<em>Yerushalayim shel Ma\u2019alah<\/em>) again shall be as one, for as long as we \u201clive on earth\u201d (Deuteronomy 12:1).<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":50397,"id":50397,"title":"dt12-jerusalem","filename":"dt12-jerusalem.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt12-jerusalem.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-vision-of-jerusalem-then-now-and-in-the-future\/dt12-jerusalem\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt12-jerusalem","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":50396,"date":"2019-02-27 10:59:47","modified":"2021-03-16 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