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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2011/06/14-biblical-names-for-jerusalem-and-how.html"><font color="#1177cc">14
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<div class="post-header-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn">Taylor Marshall</span> </span><span class="post-icons"><span class="item-action"><a title="Email Post" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=19781713&postID=5815486699301317251"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://img1.blogblog.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18" height="13"><font color="#1177cc"> </font></a></span><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-940717675"><a title="Edit Post" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=19781713&postID=5815486699301317251"><font color="#1177cc"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18" height="18">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Below are fourteen names for Jerusalem. Recall
that it is Catholic Tradition to speak of Heaven as the New Jerusalem and so
these titles apply also to Heaven, which is the eternal City of
God.<br><br>Saint Paul identifies the communion of saints in Heaven as
"Jerusalem" and as our mother: “But that Jerusalem which is above is free, which
is our mother” (Galatians 4:26, D-R).<br><br>This is another reason why
Catholics refer to the Church as the <i>New</i> Jerusalem and as Holy
<i>Mother</i> Church. When Catholic priests, monks, and nuns chant the 150
Psalms of David, they often mentally apply the meaning of "Heaven" or "Church"
to those passages that refer to "Jerusalem." Saint Paul's use of allegory in
Galatians serves as an interpretive key to reading the Old Testament in a
spiritual way.<br><br>In the Psalms, Jerusalem = Heaven. David = Christ.
Sufferings of David = Sufferings of Christ. Sacrifice = the Mass. Thanksgiving =
Eucharist. Priests = Priests. This makes the Psalms one of the most
Christological books on the Old Testament and they very heart of New Testament
worship.<br><br>Below are the various titles of Jerusalem in the Old
Testament.</div><br>1. The city of David 2 Sam. 6:12<br><br>2. The city of the
great king Matt. 5:35<br><br>3. The holy city Isa. 48:2; 52:1; Matt.
4:5<br><br>4. Salem, which means "peace" Gen. 14:18<br><br>5. The city of God
Ps. 46:4; 48:1; 87:3<br><br>6. The city of the Lord of hosts Ps. 48:8<br><br>7.
The city of righteousness Isa. 1:26<br><br>8. The city of truth Zech.
8:3<br><br>9. The city of the Lord Isa. 60:14<br><br>10. The perfection of
beauty Lam. 2:15<br><var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var><br>11. The joy of the whole earth Lam. 2:15<br><br>12. The
Lord our righteousness Jer. 23:6; 33:16<br><br>13. The Lord is there Ezek.
48:35<br><br>14. Ariel, the hearth of God Isa. 29:1</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div><div><font color="#0000bf"><i><font face="comic sans ms"><div><em><font color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS">Like a deer that longs for running waters so my soul longs for you, O God.</font></em></div></font></i></font></div><div><font color="#0000bf"><i><font face="comic sans ms">Ps 42:1</font></i></font></div><div><i><font color="#0000bf" size="1" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></i> </div><div><i><font color="#0000bf" size="1" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></i> </div></div></div></div></body></html>