Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18 :21, 24
May God add His blessing to the reading of the Word. May his anointing flow. There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Hallelujah! There are some things back there in 2011 that make us not want to go on: sickness and disease—so many things. But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. We know the situations and circumstances we’ve been in; and it’s Y’shua, Him only, who brought us out, and gave us the strength to persevere.
For many of us, the book of Ezekiel appears long and complex. Nevertheless, it is where we find prophecy concerning the New Jerusalem, that is Yhvh Shamma, God is there—similar to the Hebrew Yerushalayim. “And the name of the city from that time on will be: The Lord is there.”
Jerusalem stood at the center of a cherished dynasty, chosen by God and by man. The loose network of Israelite tribes had come together under Saul, and formed a kingdom under David. It was King David who relocated the capital from Hebron to Jerusalem.