The lead negotiator, on behalf of the present Israeli government, in talks with the Palestinian Authority has confirmed his plan to relinquish sovereignty over much of Jerusalem including the Old City, but allowing the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter of the city to remain under Israeli rule.
Regarding the Holy sites, the Temple Mount, Vice-Prime Minister Chaim Ramon said that in Jerusalem there would be an undefined special sovereignty. A statement which caused several religious, political parties that are a part of the coalition government of Ehud Olmert to say they would leave the government if Jerusalem is divided.
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
An offer by the Israeli government to divide the city of Jerusalem with the Palestinian Authority is actually setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
It has been rumored that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is ready to divide the city of Jerusalem with the Palestinian Authority in order to come to a peace agreement.
The religious, political parties in Olmert's Coalition government say they will pull out of the government which could well bring down the Israel's government and stop the plan to divide Jerusalem.
Never has an Israeli Prime Minister been willing to divide the city Jerusalem after it was reunited in June of 1967. This offer by Olmert's government to divide Jerusalem plays into the prophetic scenario for the last days according to Bible prophecy.
The ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah wrote 2,500 years ago that in the last days, just prior to the second coming of Jesus, Jerusalem would become the center of controversy in the Middle East, Zechariah 12:2.
Ezekiel describes the city of Jerusalem as becoming much larger and the place for the temple where Jesus Christ will rule and reign during the kingdom to come, Ezekiel 45:1-6.
The Psalmist wrote that God has chosen Jerusalem as His dwelling place among His people forever, Psalm 132: 13-14.
The offer by the Israeli government to divide Jerusalem is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
