What did God say Jerusalem would be from the beginning?
From the beginning, God said Jerusalem would be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. It would become a source of stumbling for the nations, causing constant turmoil because they do not know what to do with Jerusalem, since they do not know the book.
Les explains that Jerusalem, from day one, was declared by God to be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. He notes that the world is in constant turmoil because the nations do not know what to do with Jerusalem, and that ignorance stems from not knowing the book. He also points out that God has divided all the nations, setting their borders and bounds according to the number of the children of Israel, making Israel the vortex of God's dealing with the nations.