JERUSALEM! A New Song on Psalm 137

In today's flabby Christian culture, there are many grievous misunderstandings concerning most everything taught in Scripture - from the nature of God to the nature of man, from the nature of sin to the nature of salvation. The true religion of the Bible has been trodden underfoot by the most vile deceivers and gainsayers in all of history. It's shouted from pulpits and podiums, "GOD WILL BLESS THOSE THAT BLESS ISRAEL!" Church leaders and politicians join hands, calling for us all to obey what they tell us is a Bible mandate. But what do they mean? What are they really talking about? They mean that we are supposed to bless that tiny little nation over there in the Middle East, where the name of the LORD Jesus Christ is hated and reviled. HOW? By building more bombs, of course - more drones, more armaments, more stinger missiles and by submitting to more surveillance in our daily lives. We are told that by giving up our Constitutional rights of privacy and the freedom of speech, we will "BLESS ISRAEL". What utter foolishness! What criminal nonsense! What profound blasphemy against our Holy God and His Word.

The truth is, there's a propaganda racket going on. The enemy of God is at work in this world lying to sinful people who love lies. The whole world is being manipulated by devils who pose as political and religious leaders, who are building a global war machine of death and destruction that will exceed anything ever before seen on the earth.

No, God is speaking about another Israel and another Jerusalem in Psalm 137. There are only two nations known to God. One is "the kingdom of this world", inhabited by the unregenerate who are ruled over by Satan. The other is "the Kingdom of God", where sinners, chosen by God before all time, are washed in blood of the Lamb, the LORD Jesus Christ. The Israelites who dwell in this spiritual nation are, "the Israel of God".