“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.” (Ezekiel 22:30) Guarding Israel in these ways is the desire of God’s heart, as He tells the Prophet Ezekiel: Others try to preserve the souls of the Jewish People by warning them about their need for salvation through Yeshua. It is reported that in South Korea, for instance, hundreds of Christians get up daily at 4 a.m. Many Believers think of themselves as these watchmen over Jerusalem thousands of prayer warriors around the world continually pray for the shalom (peace) of Jerusalem. The watchmen (shomerim) appointed by God on the walls of Jerusalem could be angels, such as those the watchers in Daniel 4:17, or the ones who patrol the earth in Zechariah 1:10, or the one who fought against the Prince of Persia on its way to minister to Daniel in chapter 10 of the Book of Daniel. Whenever things in Israel look dark or difficult, we who stand with the Jewish nation can take encouragement from God’s Word, for He Himself is the Shomer of Israel: “He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” (Psalm 121:4) The Hebrew word for watchmen here is shomerim, from the root shamar, which means to keep, guard, watch, and preserve.Ī Shomer Shabbat (literally, Guard of the Sabbath) is a person who keeps the Shabbat according to rabbinic fashion.Ī shomer is also a security guard in Israel, such as one who is hired to watch over a group of students going on a hike close to an Arab area, or one who is a security guard at the entrance of a shopping mall. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves.” (Isaiah 62:6) “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen All day and all night they will never keep silent. God so yearns for the safety and protection of Jerusalem in the last days that He says: (Photo by nightflightovenus CC 2.0) Watchmen Guard and Preserve Jerusalem This Israeli guard tower at the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City was erected in mid-2018.
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