There are people who examine
land mass of the world, and where
the nations are. They have decided
that it is literally true, that
Jerusalem is the center of the
world.

People have believed that for a
long time. Many centuries ago a
map was made where the nations
of the world fanned out from
Jerusalem like a large flower.
The basic idea has been proven.

The focus has pretty much always
been on the city of Jerusalem in
the Middle East.

The Bible recognizes this in the
book of Zechariah. "The burden
of the word of the LORD for
Israel, saith the LORD, which
stretcheth forth the heavens,
and layeth the foundation of the
earth, and formeth the spirit of
man within him.
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a
cup of trembling unto all the
people round about, when they
shall be in the siege both
against Judah and against
Jerusalem.
And in that day will I make
Jerusalem a burdensome stone for
all people: all that burden them
selves with it shall be cut in
pieces, though all the people of
the earth be gathered together
against it." Zechariah 12:1-3

We have been told that Jerusalem
will finally find peace when the
rest of the world is at peace.

But it is the other way around.

As goes Jerusalem, so goes the
world.

The peace of the world depends
on the peace of Jerusalem.

That is why the Bible says,
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem;
they shall prosper who love thee,"
Psalm 122:6.

There is one place in the world
that seems to sit in the spotlight
more often than others.

It's a place that's really the
center of the earth.

This is the nation of Israel, and
the City of Jerusalem. It often
wants us to, "pay attention!"