TWO CITIES

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                                 TWO CITIES

       In Scripture there are two cities which were used as types of
something else which was to appear in the latter times.

       One city was Babylon, the beautiful, strong city which came to
temporary power about 600 years before Jesus.  It came to its end when its
message was given.  The World System, which it was a type of, was passed
down, in a series of steps, through Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, finally
ending in the ten-part extension of itself, which is with us yet today.  It
is the "Gold System" and is revealed in all forms of commerce and politics,
both secular and religious.  The "System" is a thing of beauty, and a thing
of power.  "Principal and Interest" are two of the more readily recognizable
apects of it in modern times.

       The other city was Jerusalem, which came to the acme of its prophetic
existance during the "reign of peace" of Solomon, who, being a man of peace,
was permitted to build the Temple.  The City and the Temple were both types
of the Church and the Body of Christ.

       The city was destroyed.  The Temple was destroyed.  But what they
represented lives on to this present hour, and shall never come to an end.
 It is the "Stone hewn out of the Mountain"  that is destined to strike
"Babylon" in the "feet" and utterly destroy it, just as the ancient city was
destroyed, never to rise again.

       Friends, the CHURCH will TRIUMPH over its Babylonish enemy.

       We are told to "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (the Church)."

       Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that
love thee. (The city that lieth foursquare)

       I Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;  For
kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND
PEACEABLE LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND HONESTY.