They managed to rebuild the Temple. The canon of the Hebrew Bible was sealed at that time, and the main prayers were composed (Talmud, Berakhot 33a). On the other hand, prophecy ceased. So there were both accomplishments and descent.
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spiritual purity.
Yes, Jerusalem and Israel is where Christ lived, taught and died.
These verses deal with the spiritual and literal rebuilding of Jerusalem and Israel.
He wanted to expose the corruption of the Jerusalem Temple high priests and teach tolerance, care for the poor and the need to focus on a spiritual path to salvation rather than on the material world.
The battle of Armidegon is supposed fought at Jerusalem before Jesus returns. That is probably what is meant by "rockin' Jerusalem" as it is originally created to sound like, because it was an underground railroad song dressed up to be a negro spiritual.
The oldest recorded incident of currency trading was mentioned in the Bible when Jesus went to Jerusalem and entered the temple and threw out the money changers. back in those days since Jerusalem was the spiritual capital, people from near by regions would travel.. It was in Jerusalem that they would trade their foreign currency with the local currency.
The answer depends somewhat on what religion you come from; different religions have different holy cities. Jerusalem has a good claim to this, being one of the holiest cities in christianity, the world's largest religion, and judaism, as well as having religious significance to muslims. >>>>>>>>>>>>> The spiritual capitol of the world is in your heart. All spiritual activities are in the spiritual heart (not the physical heart). Only the spiritual energy from this spiritual heart could lead you to the cosmic consciousness, the devine, the Creator, God,etc. The holy cities in the world are just symbolic and historical.
Judaism and Christianity, all three are monotheist religions based on the same original history, that's why the spiritual center of all three is in Jerusalem
The Jews were God's chosen people and Jesus was born there...so there's a lot of spiritual significance.
They grew quickly during Reconstruction.
It doesn't face anything, since it is the spiritual center of the world. Rather, we face toward the Ark when we pray (Talmud, Berakhot 30a).The ark is positioned on the wall closest to the city of Jerusalem (typically the Eastern Wall in the United States and Europe, but the Western Wall in China and India).