Jerusalem: The City of God

by Robb Moser

Jerusalem means the city of God, the holy city, by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning the holy; once the city of Judah.

2 Chronicles 25:28

Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

This name is in the original in the dual form, and means possession of peace or foundation of peace. The dual form probably refers to the two mountains on which it was built, Zion and Moriah; or, as some suppose, to the two parts of the city, the upper and the lower city. Jerusalem is a mountain city enthroned on a mountain fastness.

Psalm 68:15-16

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

Psalm 87:1

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 76:1-2

God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel.
His tabernacle is in Salem;
His dwelling place also is in Zion.

Psalm 122:3

Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is compact together;

It stands on the edge of one of the highest table lands in Palestine, and is surrounded on the south-eastern, the southern, and the western sides by deep and precipitous ravines...

55 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 14, 2013

About the author

Robb Moser was the pastor of Way Home Church and the publisher of Verse to Verse. Robb was a Word of God preacher and a Gospel of Jesus teacher. Moser studied at Moody Bible Institute and Reformed Theological Seminary.

He was raised in the Presbyterian church and attended Congregational, Lutheran, and community churches for 50+ years before starting a home church called the Way on Father's Day, Sunday, June 19, 2011. The Way was the name of the Jesus followers and the Christ believers. Acts 24:14 But this I admit to you that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets.