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comparison may be made between Israel’s entry into the promised land
and Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Ahead of both, there lay conflict, but
beyond the conflict, there was triumph. Their triumph is the triumph of
God – “As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord
Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure for ever” (Psalm 48:8).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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