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THE
WORD
Salt Lake City, Utah.
When the founders of this community came together to name their new home, they opted for an obvious and practical choice. Since it was located on the Great Salt Lake, it seemed natural to call it Salt Lake City.
Perhaps it was the same case with Little Rock, Arkansas. (I have no personal knowledge.)
But undoubtedly, the worst miscarriage of logic in naming any area is Jerusalem. It translates:
CITY OF PEACE
Yet there is no place on Earth, no ground, no terrain, that has been more blood-soaked than this domain. Almost every nation of the world that was once an empire has sent troops, conquered it and owned it for a season, only to have someone stronger, meaner and uglier snatch it away.
How it ever received the honor of being deemed “The Holy City” is far beyond this author’s comprehension. Because even though Christians joined with Jews and Muslims to tout the great significance of Jerusalem, it was the source—and the final execution arena—for Jesus of Nazareth.
Matter of fact, he wept over the city because it was so unable to repent of its self-righteousness and realize the futility of its direction. He closed his statement by saying, “Your house is left to you desolate.”
Desolate.
Empty.
Not worthy of habitation.
Even the great temple of Solomon, which is advertised by the local tour guides, is now just a piece of crumbling wall. Why? Because it was destroyed.
Then, in Crusade after Crusade, European Christians attempted to free this “holy of holies” from Muslim domination, as it was passed back and forth like a bloody hot potato.
There is nothing holy about this city. And let us not forget—the Bible warns that it will be at the center of the final last destruction of humankind.
It is a city of blood—the showcase of a great feud between the children of two faiths who should be brothers, but instead, struggle and battle like feuding rattlesnakes.
So the word that should never be spoken aloud because of its falsity, misleading nature and foul reputation is Jerusalem.
Yes.
J IS FOR JERUSALEM
And I, for one, can think of many other regions that are more deserving of the title, “City of Peace.”
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