Also which Jerusalem was he talking about, earthly Jerusalem aka Sodom (where our Lord was crucified) or heavenly Jerusalem the mother of us all?
Thanks.I enjoy the way you write, must of paid attention in school.
My two cents, looking at that from another perspective. Sorry about the rambling and poor grammar.. I hope it make some sense.
I would suggest the heavenly Jerusalem also called the “married land”. She is the segregate mother of us all . Not the corrupted earthly Jerusalem. It will vanish on the last day, the second resurrection.
Our hearts are not on the earthly corrupted Jerusalem.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Matthew 6:19
I think because when Christ, the Holy Spirit of God spoke without parables he spoke not hiding the spiritual the understanding from the believer . Therefore we should expect while we are given accurate historical event, along with it we are to search as for silver or Gold the spiritual understanding that is found in those events. Again seeing Christ, is the eternal word of God He spoke
not without giving us His understanding.
When it comes to phrase like the “mother of us all" from my experience many ignore the spiritual meaning ...again hid from the lost. That parable the mother of us all as to a ongoing theme can be seen in the verse that speaks of "the trouble of Jacob" as well as others verses that support the conclusion..
Some miss out on the spiritual understanding being confused what to do with the parables.. It become who is the greatest mentality, as men look to other men outwardly to have their faith in respect to.Possibly in fear of that the Holy Spirit cannot guide them. Or if they error they could be called false teachers .
The apostles faced that dilemma of "who is the greatest" frequently because they did not understanding the spiritual meaning which Christ hid from them.
The verse below speaks of Jacobs trouble .
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth? Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness? 7 Wo! for great [is] that day, without any like it, Yea, a time of “adversity it [is] to Jacob”, Yet out of it he is saved. Jer 30:6
That same theme (the mother of us all ) continues.
At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God ofall the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.” (Jeremiah 31:1)
I think we should ask ourselves. Were they not already the people of God? Yes. Then why does God say that they will be His people in the future, “at that time”? Because they were His people according to the Old Covenant, and they have broken that Covenant, as we read in the same chapter God had divorced them. Equating backsliding with divorce the death of a relationship.
Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
While at that time it signals looking again at Jeremiah 31 the time of trouble of Jacob represents ,the last days beginning with the renting of the veil to indicate Christ has come in the flesh.
It is the time of the first century reformation the shadows and types that spoke of the suffering of Christ before hand and the glory that followed in respect to an outward Jew have ended. The carnal ceremonial laws came to an end. Our husband Christ had come. The government of God was restored to a previous time before Israel had an outward representation. It was a tribulation for the Jews like none before and will never occur again, losing their outward identity that was used in parables.
The theme “the mother of us all “continues to help us find the spiritual understandings hid from the lost in the next chapter.
There he uses daughters to describe backing sliding divorced Israel in respect to an outward Jew. (not born again)
Jer 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man
Isiah 62 speaks of the time of Jacobs trouble, using Zion to represent the mother of us all in lieu of the first century reformation. The new name mentioned there is the name He renamed His people in Acts which God named Christian. She is the bride of Christ as the segregate mother of us all
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. Isa 62:1-5
02657 Chephtsiy bahh {khef-tsee'baw}
from 02656 with suffixes;; n pr f
AV -
Hephzibah 2; 2
Hephzi-bah = "my delight is in her" 1) the queen of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh 2) a name for Jesusalem (fig.)
01166 ba`al {baw-al'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 262; v
AV - marry 8, husband 3, dominion 2, wife 1,
married wife 1, Beulah 1; 16
1) to marry, rule over, possess, own 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to marry, be lord (husband) over 1a2) to rule over 1b) (Niphal) to be married
