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THE KING OF THE NORTH AT JERUSALEM
Zechariah 13: 1: “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness.”
This verse is employed by God’s servant to describe the work of the Gospel (Patriarchs and Prophets, Page
413; Prophets And Kings, Page 695; 6 Testimonies, Page 227; etc.)-thus “the inhabitants of Jerusalem”
refer to believers in any part of the world.
Joel. 2: 1: “Blow you the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain.”
God’s servant applies this in connection with the preaching of God’s last-day Message-see Great
Controversy, Page 310, 311; 8 Testimonies, Page 195.
Zechariah 14: 2, 3, 12-14: “I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle. Then shall the Lord go
forth, and fight against those nations.” This prophesied gathering of the nations to light against Jerusalem
the Lord’s servant quotes in Great Controversy, Page 657; Early Writings, Page 289 when describing the
fate of “those who have professed to be the spiritual guardians of the people” (Great Controversy, Page
656), but have “fought against Jerusalem”-the true church.
The Spirit of Prophecy, when writing of the last days, never applies a prophecy (no matter how the
language would indicate its literal fulfillment) in connection with literal Jerusalem, but always in
connection with the church.
In the book of Ezekiel, chapters 40 to 48, is a description of a great city and temple “upon a very
high mountain” in “the land of Israel” (Ezekiel 40:2; etc.). “This is the law of the house; Upon the top of
the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy” (Ezekiel 43:12). “Waters issued out
from under the threshold of the house eastward” (Ezekiel 47:1). Concerning the river which emerged from
the eastward side of this house on the “very high mountain” in “the land of Israel,” the Spirit of Prophecy
says: “Wonderful is the work which the Lord designs to accomplish through His church. A picture of this
work is given in Ezekiel’s vision of the river of healing. (Ezekiel 47:8-12).” In 6 Testimonies, Page 227
God’s servant declares that this “mighty river seen in Ezekiel’s vision” comes from the fountain opened “to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem” (Zechariah 13:1), and is being fulfilled in the work being done by God’s
people to-day.
That the Christian church is portrayed by the beautiful imagery of the huge temple and city in the
“holy oblation” “in the land of Israel,” has been expressed by many godly commentators. See Dr. Clarke’s
Commentary, Brown’s Bible, etc. The tract of land which was set aside to contain the temple, city, etc.,
called “the oblation,” measured 200 miles around. (See the writer’s other publications for further details.)
When John pictured the slaughter of those who attacked God’s people in the final conflict, he declared that
the winepress of God’s wrath in which they would be destroyed was “trodden without the city, by the space
of a thousand and six hundred furlongs” (Revelation 14:20; 19:15). One thousand six hundred furlongs
make 200 miles, which is the circuit of the Holy Oblation in which the temple and city were pictured in
Ezekiel’s vision of the church-”in the land of Israel.” “Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof
shall be most holy.” It is called the “holy oblation” because “The Lord is there” (see Ezekiel 43:12; 48:20,
21, 35). The Revelator declares that “Armageddon” “the mountain of slaughter” occurs outside “the holy
city” – “the true church.” Thus “the glorious holy mountain” (Daniel 12: 1) cannot possibly refer to literal
Jerusalem, but to the church.
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JERUSALEM, THE STORM CENTRE OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY
Throughout the Scriptures, the storm center of the ages is the city of Jerusalem, the name of which
means “foundations of peace”; Jerusalem, the city of “the Prince of Peace.” Jesus likened the church to “a
city set on an hill” giving light to “the world” (Matthew 5: 14). That city is’ Jerusalem built on Mt. Zion:
“Jerusalem ... is the city of the great King” (Matthew 5: 35). To correctly understand all the prophecies
depicting the spiritual conflict, Jerusalem must be interpreted as the center of the battle between good and
evil. In the Old Testament, Jerusalem was the literal center of national Israel, and many of Israel’s national
enemies came against Jerusalem-the city of “peace.” Though foes were without, peace reigned within the
city when Israel was faithful. In this we see typified the church as a whole, and also each individual.
Through their allegiance to God, the church and individual Christians become the center of attack by foes
who are stirred to “war” against the Holy Son of God within. But, while enemies gather outside the walls of
“the holy city” (Revelation 11: 2, etc.), the heart is at peace with God. After the millennium, Jerusalem -
“the New Jerusalem” - will still be the center within which “the Prince of Peace” reigns, but enemies, bent
on “war,” will literally gather outside.
As the writer has fully demonstrated in his “Certainty Of the Third Angel’s Message,” the
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