I waked up early this am and felt the tug of The Holy Spirit to do something and I prayed, 'what?" And GOD spoke to me, to read Ezra in The Bible, [I read and quote from The King James Holy Bible] and so I did. And I think these are the verses GOD inspired me to put here:

"Then Darius the King made a decree, and search was made in the house of rolls [archives] where the treasures of Babylon were laid up in Babylon. And there was found at Ach-me-tha in the Palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll [[scrolled paper] and therein was a record thus  written: 'In the first year of Cyrus the King the same Cyrus the King made a decree concerning the house of GOD at Jerusalem. Let the house be builded the place where they offered sacrifices and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits; and the breadth thereof threescore cubits... [note, I am skipping some verses describing how to build it so it is not so long,]; let the work of this house of GOD alone; let the Governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of GOD in HIS place. Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of GOD; that of The King's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men that they be not hindered;  that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto THE GOD of heaven, and pray for the life of the King and of his sons. Also, I have made a decree that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And THE GOD that hath caused HIS NAME to dwell there  destroy all Kings and people,that shall put their hand to destroy this house of GOD which is at Jerusalem.'  I Darius, have made a decree; let it be done with speed". .[Note: summing up many verses in this bracketed ..and the people set about building the house of GOD .. I am skipping many verses to chapter seven where King Artaxerxes confirms again the decree, but read the entire book of Ezra]... "Artaxexerxes, King of Kings unto Ezra the Priest, a scribe of the law of THE GOD of heaven, perfect peace, and as such a time. I make a decree that all they of the people of Israel and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. ..and whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren  to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your GOD. The vessels also that are given thee for the service of thy GOD, those deliver before THE GOD of Jerusalem. And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy GOD, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the house of The King's treasure house. And I, even I Ar-tax-erx-es The King do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the Priest the scribe of the law of THE GOD of heaven, shall require of you, it shall be done speedily.  Unto a hundred talents of silver and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. Whatsoever is commanded by THE GOD of heaven, let it be  diligently done for the house of THE GOD of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of The King and his sons?". Ezra 6:1-3,7-8,10-12,ch7:12-13,18-23, King James Holy Bible.

Now,here's the thing and the reason I have written this here: the house of GOD still exists and so do the Medes and Persians though they are called by different names today. [read entry about that on another blog of mine at http://gloriapoole.com/defiant and scroll to the one about Medes and Persians.] The infighting amongst the Jews and Arabs has to end! They have a common ancestor Abraham, and a common GOD. By that I mean they have the same GOD as do all of us humans. GOD is certainly not common in the sense of average but common meaning universal.  There is ONE GOD according even to the words of JESUS who said, "I and MY FATHER are one" John 10:30, KJV. JESUS was THE GOD in the flesh who put HIMSELF into the womb to come to the earth as an innocent baby to live amongst us and to know the temptations we as humans experience, yet HE was still GOD and still human; and HE came to be the perfect sacrifice the once for all to make atonement for sins, and allowed HIMSELF to be crucified and raised HIMSELF from the earthly mortal existence to the immortal supernatural back to heaven, to show the way for us humans to get to heaven.  JESUS is alive forevermore according to Revelation 1:7-18 and lives in heaven in a glorified body as do those who accept HIM go to heaven also do.

The Bible records the history of the Jews and of the Arabs and it records their sibling rivalries and it also foretells how the earthly existence of the planet(s) of the human realm will end in GOD's time and way in the book of Revelation. The point of the Scriptures here in thsi entry is that GOD will not tolerate the hindrance of HIS work on the earth, and that HE removes Kings and sets up Kings to do HIS bidding and maintaining the scribes of the Law of GOD is important to GOD and that HE provides for that 'work' and that the leaders of the nations must not hinder that work. And that GOD honors Jerusalem by putting it into the Kings' hearts to provide for the building of GOD's house of prayer and worship and to protect that house of prayer and worship. And I believe that is true not only of Jerusalem but around the world wherever there is a house of prayer and worship of THE ONE TRUE and LIVING GOD.

/s/ gloriapoole, Denver CO 80203