Jerusalem

 Jerusalem is a symbolic city representing the individual - both the city of righteousness and the city of harlots. The city, like the individual, goes through a continuous cycle of destruction and salvation - the living Atonement. Like us, Jerusalem will be ultimately saved, made the throne of the Lord, a gathering place, a city of truth, the Lord will fight for it(us) until it shall be redeemed. Remember that during the hard times that the Lord will defend you and fight for you and because to him you are like the city that shall not be forgotten. *Christ's lineage is through Jerusalem, so in His blood runs the history of the fallen/lost/destroyed and found/redeemed/renewed.

*Gen 14:8 - Melchizedek was king, brought bread and wine

*Josh 15:63, Jed 1:21 - The Jebusites dwell in Jerusalem, they could not be driven out

*Judges 1:8 - Children of Judah fought Jerusalem and took it

*2 Sam 5:6 - Jerusalem is the City of David

*1 Chron 1:11 - Jerusalem comes from Jebus, Jebusites dwell there

*2 Kings 18:17(Isa 36:2, 2 Kings 24:10, 25:6, 2 Chron 36:19, Jer 52:14) Great armies come against Jerusalem(Nebuchanezzar, Chaldees, Lehulstime)

*2 Chron 36:22 - Go up to the house at Jerusalem

*Ezra 1:2 - Built by Cyrus

*Neh 2:17 - When you are in distress and you've been burned, rebuild your walls.

*Psalms 51:18 - "Do good in thy pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jews."

*Isa 1:26 - Jerusalem is the city of righteousness, the faithful city

*Isa 4:3 - If you're left in Jerusalem, you are called holy or saved by the approval of the Messiah(see footnote)

*Isa 48:2 - Some people call themselves holy and pretend to call on God(1 Nephi 20:2)

*Isa 52:1 - Jerusalem shall be redeemed(it is a symbol for ourselves)

*Isa 62:7-12 - Jerusalem shall be praised, redeemed, sought out, made holy, "a city not forgotten"

*Jer 3:17 - One day, Jerusalem will be called the throne of the Lord, all nations will gather to it.

*Jer 26:18, Micah 3:12 - Jerusalem shall become heaps

*Jer 39:1 - Jerusalem captured by king of Babylon

*Ezekiel 16 - Jerusalem is a metaphor for us - has become a harlot, worshipping fake gods, taken on sins of the nations around her but she will repent and renew covenants with the Lord.

*Ezekiel 26:2 - Do not rejoice in the fall of others

*Dan 9:16 - Prophets plead for Jerusalem

*Joel 2:32 - Whoever calls on the Lord, like Jerusalem, shall be saved

*Joel 3:17 - Jerusalem shall be made holy and "no strangers pass through her anymore" *What strangers do we have in our heart?

*Micah 4:2 - The word will come out of Jerusalem, the law out of Zion

*Zech 8:3 - Jerusalem is the city of truth, the Lord will return to His holy mountain

*Zech 12:6-8 - The Lord will defend Jerusalem. It shall be redeemed. All those that are weak will be like David.

*Zech 14 - In the last days, the Lord will fight for Jerusalem.