– Der Prophet klagt
Gott sucht nach Menschen, die Seinen Schmerz über die Sünde in unseren Städten, Kirchen und Gemeinden mittragen.
Klagelieder 2,10-11
Die Ältesten der Tochter Zion sitzen auf der Erde und sind still, sie werfen Staub auf ihre Häupter und haben den Sack angezogen. Die Jungfrauen von Jerusalem senken ihre Köpfe zur Erde. Ich habe mir fast die Augen ausgeweint, mein Leib tut mir weh, mein Herz ist auf die Erde ausgeschüttet über dem Jammer der Tochter meines Volks, weil die Säuglinge und Unmündigen auf den Gassen in der Stadt verschmachten. (zitiert nach Lutherbibel 1984)
BETE FÜR ISRAEL, DASS ES DIE FOLGEN DER SÜNDE GEGEN GOTT VERSTEHT UND UMKEHRT.
According to the Bible, David was actually buried within the City of David together with his forefathers; by contrast, the 4th century Pilgrim of Bordeaux reports that he discovered David to be buried in Bethlehem, in a vault that also contained the tombs of Ezekiel, Jesse, Solomon, Job, and Asaph, with those names carved into the tomb walls.
The genuine David’s Tomb is unlikely to contain any furnishings of value; according to the 1st-century writer Josephus, Herod the Great tried to loot the tomb of David, but discovered that someone else had already done so before him.
The 4th-century accounts of the Bordeaux Pilgrim, Optatus of Milevus, and Epiphanius of Salamis all record that seven synagogues had once stood on Mount Zion. By 333 CE (the end of the Roman Period and beginning of the Byzantine Period) only one of them remained, but no association with David’s tomb is mentioned.
According to the Book of Samuel, Mount Zion was the site of the Jebusite fortress called the “stronghold of Zion” that was conquered by King David, becoming his palace and the City of David. It is mentioned in the Book of Isaiah (60:14), the Book of Psalms, and the first book of the Maccabees (c. 2nd century BCE).