As Deity Incarnate (Is 7:13,14; 9:6,7), the Messiah Y’shua-Jesus, AND His City, Jerusalem, share the Title “YHVH TZIDKENU,” “The LORD our Righteousness” (Jer 23:5-8; 33:14-17; Rom 3:21,22)

We ought all to respond to conviction by the Spirit, of the fact that according to the pattern, for perfection of a chaste remnant virgin Israel of YaH (Rom 11:1-5,11-15,23-29; Gal 6:16), purification of Israel must be initiated IN and then radiate outwards FROM the redemption (with judgment AND by personal salvation) prophesied in and for Jerusalem (Is 1:27; Lk 2:38), for the nation to be fully committed to its set apart purpose as ancient witness nation (to minister the salvation which is by the righteousness which is of faith, UNTO sanctification by the Spirit, under grace – Is 27:6; Matt 24:9-14; Acts 10:35; Rom 3:31; Eph 2:10; 2 Thess 2:13,14; 1 Jn 3:3-10; Heb 12:14,28), as anchor community in the commonwealth of Israel.

This is “the same (Hebrew) body” as before, now enlarged by the New Covenant by adoption of believers from the nations who through surnaming by the God of Jacob (Is 45:4; Acts 15:14) are Israel’s inheritance in the Messiah – Is 14:1; 54:3; Acts 7:38; Lk 1:33; Eph 1:5; 2:11,12,15,19; 3:6).

Israel remains intact as witness nation as God’s firstfruits (Ex 4:22,23; Jer 2:2,3; Rom 9-11), His stewards of the Holy Torah, with Shabbat, its centrepiece, as the fulcrum of obedience to “the Way” (2 Sam 7:23-29; Is 44:1-8; 56:6; Jer 17:19-27; Neh 13:15-22), hence the contemplative expression ‘While Jerusalem PRAYS (shut down in intimate fellowship with the LORD on Shabbat), Tel Aviv PLAYS’ (Is 1:26,27; 2:2-4; 31:9b; Micah 4:1-8; Rev 11:8).

Therefore we are led to pray for sanctification of the elect royal City of Jerusalem (where the nations will bow the knee to Zion’s headship of the nations every Feast of Tabernacles) from all trace of “friendship with the world,” for its dynastic crown (the fallen monarchy/sukkah of David) to be restored, to again be “the Princess of the Provinces” (Lam 1), no longer a tributary (vassal) to foreign regimes, but pre-eminent in the estimation of all, to the ends of the earth, to BE “the praise of the whole earth,” BECAUSE THEY FINALLY YIELD TO THE SPIRIT TO BE SANCTIFIED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS through obedience to the commandments, to be “as their Master (is)” – by striving in the Spirit for masteries of “the Way of YHVH” so that God can fulfil His promises to Abraham because this remnant will “remain forever” inscribed for life in the Messiah (Gen 18:18,19; Deut 4:5-8; Ps 122:5; 132; Is 4:16; Jer 3:15-17; 31:7,10,17,31-36; 33:17-26; Zech 14:9-19; Lk 6:40; 20:21; Acts 24:14; Jn 17:17,19; 1 Jn 2:3-6,17,28,29; 4:17)

As it is written:

Deuteronomy 4:5-8
King James Version
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the Land whither ye go to possess it.

6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon Him for?

8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

After all, what Israel was birthed to do, is proclaim the existence, Oneness and Majesty of their God while demonstrating the truth that the salvation which has come out of Zion is the grace to ‘say no to unGodliness’ (Torahlessness) to turn “from disobedience to the wisdom of the just,” for our souls to be purified by obedience to righteousness, to be holy, to lay hold on eternal life (Rom 6:1-22; Titus 2:11-14; Heb 12:14,15,28; 1 Jn 3:3-10).

Hence our prayer:

Father, in Y’shua’s Name, O that You’d “cut short in righteousness” the work of Your Hand in stripping away the foreskin of defiled Jerusalem’s backslidden Adamic nature, through “crucifixion with You” in the Messianic ‘mikveh of mikveh’s’ (Jer 17:13,14; Rom 1:6; 6:1-6; 8:3,4; Col 2:10-13) by shining Your “great light,” as both “God and Saviour” (Is 45:17-25; Titus 2:13), Incarnate as the Light of the world, into every shadowy recess in Your City, to have “the light of the knowledge of the glory of the Messiah Who is Your express Image,” irresistably draw her citizens HOME through Y’shua as “the hope (in Jer 17:13 hope = mikveh, of the glory) of Israel,” through “the one (Messianic) faith” and holy vocation as royal priesthood (Ex 19:5-8) through which You have ordained their glorious latter-house exaltation (Is 46:14; Haggai 2:7,9; Lk 1:32,33; 2:32; Eph 2:11,12; 4:1-6), through the power of utterance of Your Glad Tidings, which is “unto salvation to everyone who believeth, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”

Force out true heirs of Israel as workers of YOUR harvest, into Israel Your vineyard (Is 5:7; Matt 21:40-43), so that the world can at last witness what “life from the dead” really looks like through an impeccable witness, faithful in every respect, to the Father’s Instruction in the everlasting covenant (Matt 5:19; Rom 3:31; 11:1-5,11-15,23-29; Heb 13:20,21)

Father, “open doors of utterance” to those whose sufficiency YOU are and who are equipped and prepared to proclaim the Glad Tidings of “everlasting (Jewish) salvation” “as it ought to be proclaimed” (Is 44:1-8; 45:17-25; Jn 4:22; Rom 9:4,5; 2 Cor 3:5,6) so that in time, Your vision FOR ZION, in Ex 19:5-8 and Eph 2:11-19; 3:1-10 may be fulfilled as salvation again radiates, this time globally through redemption in Jerusalem as every thirsty soul who resides in or frequents Your royal City (Matt 5:35) becomes a sanctified “living stone” whom You’re not ashamed to call a brother (1 Peter 2:5; Heb 2:11), building Your renewed spiritual House of Jacob (Jer 31:31-36; Titus 3:4,5) as Your Messianic holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Y’shua-Jesus the King-Immanu El- Messiah-Shepherd and Chief Cornerstone (Gen 49:24; Lk 1:33; 20:16-18; Eph 4:14-16; Heb 3:4-6), so that the stones of Jerusalem need not be raised up as children of Abraham or need to cry out in anguish, as the dust of Sodom and Gomorrah did (Gen 18:20,21; Matt 3:7-10; Lk 19:40-44; Rom 8:18-22; Rev 11:8).

So shall Balaam’s visions come to pass with the return of Y’shua, the “Star out of Jacob and Sceptre out of Israel,” as ‘Shiloh’-LORD Immanu El-Son of David (Gen 49:10; Nu 24:17,19; Acts 3:19-23), in the words: “…the people will dwell ALONE and not be reckoned among the nations” (Nu 23:9; Deut 32:8,9,43; 33:28; Ps 105:8-11; Jer 31:7,10,17,31-36; Rom 15:8); “Surely there is no (successful) enchantment (sorcery) against Jacob; neither is there any divination against Israel; according to THIS TIME (Y’shua’s return as Lion of Judah to destroy all their enemies on “the Day of Jerusalem” at Har Megiddo and later at Gog and Magog) it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel: (look at) ‘What God hath wrought.” “How goodly are thy tents O Israel and thy tents O Israel (Nu 23:23; 24:5-9; 2 Sam 7:23-29).

Amein