Jerusalem is not found in England,
but here is a Green and Pleasant EXILE!
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And did Jeroboam’s sin in ancient time
spread upon England’s Mountains green:
And were his golden calves,
On England's pleasant pastures seen!
And did this shameful sin,
burn forth upon our clouded hills?
And vainly counterfeit Jerusalem here,
Among these far and foreign isles.
Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O Clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have turned back to Jerusalem,
from England’s green and pleasant Exile.
So let Her righteousness shine forth,
As the brightness of a lamp that burns.
Let Her be praised in all the earth.
Till Her streets are filled with joy.
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......an explanation for the hardness and resistance there is here, to the message of the restoration of The Whole House of Israel returning to the land of Israel.
Isaiah 62;7
"And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth."
Matthew 23;37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you were not willing."
Our Capital City.
Cup of trembling.
Psalm 137; 5,6
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if
I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
When the northern house of Israel broke from Judah and then rejected Jerusalem as the place to go for the feasts and offerings, they lost so much. Counterfeiting Jerusalem in Dan and Bet-el was never going to work; another replacement theology. Those of Ephraim must acknowledge this sin and make Jerusalem their highest joy once again!
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