When the Nations Walk Through Jerusalem 🌍🇮🇱

Yesterday, during the Feast of Tabernacles, believers from around the world came to Jerusalem for the annual March of the Nations. The march, sponsored by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, was not merely a political statement — but a prophetic one.

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WHEN THE NATIONS WALK THROUGH JERUSALEM

As thousands of believers from the nations walked through the streets of Jerusalem yesterday waving flags, singing songs of praise, and blessing the people of Israel, something ancient was unfolding in real time — a glimpse of prophetic fulfillment.

The prophets spoke of a day when “the nations shall go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts”(Zechariah 14:16). And here it was — not a dream or distant vision, but a living picture — the nations walking in humility and joy through the city where God chose to place His name.

Of course, we know that Zechariah was ultimately pointing to the time after Yeshua returns to defend Israel and establish His millennial kingdom, when all nations will come to worship Him. Still, what we witnessed this week was an excellent dress rehearsal.

As we later watched the pictures and videos, our hearts swelled with emotion. It wasn’t just a parade — it was worship in motion. These men and women from across the earth were saying with every step: “Israel, you are not alone.”

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PROPHETIC TIMING THIS YEAR

This year’s march carried an even deeper meaning. Just that morning, the news broke that the hostages were finally coming home from Gaza captivity, and that the war — long, painful, and heart-wrenching — might at last be drawing to a close.

The air was electric with relief and gratitude. As the marchers lifted their banners and sang through the streets, their songs became more than celebration — they became intercession turned to praise. It was as if heaven and earth were joining together to declare that our God still writes stories of deliverance, that light still breaks through the darkness.

Each flag carried by those pilgrims represented not just a nation, but a story — stories of believers whose hearts have been touched by the God of Israel. They come not to challenge, but to comfort; not to lecture, but to love.

(The job of sharing the gospel is mostly left to us local Israeli believers — and we are up to the challenge! But a big part of preparing the heart of Israel to receive the gospel is seeing the love of believers from the nations.)

When Gentile believers walk through Jerusalem blessing her people, they walk in the footsteps of Ruth, who said, “Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” (Ruth 1:16) It’s a visible expression of the “one new man” that Paul described — Jews and Gentiles reconciled in Messiah, sharing in God’s covenant promises.

The nations are rising to bless Israel, and the Lord is smiling over Jerusalem once again.

May every footstep of love taken in those streets echo into eternity, preparing the way for the day when all nations will stream to Zion, and the knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.

“Many peoples shall come and say,

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob;

that He may teach us His ways,

and that we may walk in His paths.’”

— Isaiah 2:3

With love from Jerusalem (and Ashkelon!),

Ron & Elana Cantor

P.S. Please pray for our congregational meeting this afternoon — that God would pour out His refreshing winds upon us. And pray for rain, too! A big part of the Feast of Tabernacles is the beginning of what the Bible calls the former rains. May He pour out both the physical and spiritual rains upon this land. 🌧️