We are walking through the biblical theme of the city.

In our last episode we talked about the golden age of Jerusalem, the time under King David,

where Jerusalem was marked by unity and peace with its neighboring nations.

However, this golden age doesn't last long.

The unity of Israel lasts Solomon's lifetime as well, but the cracks in that unity start to show

so that when Solomon dies, his son is not able to hold the tribes together and they split apart.

The tribe of Israel splits into two camps, the northern kingdom later to become Samaria

and the southern kingdom known as Judah, where the capital Jerusalem remains.

And as you read through, the kings scroll, Jerusalem and Samaria are like the twin monster.

It's like a dragon that sprouts two heads, but then the two heads are constantly fighting and

trying to annihilate the other one, but they're both manifestations of one terrible monster.

Today we'll look at how the prophet Micah claims that Jerusalem was built on human blood,

a pretty bleak assessment. Yet the story doesn't end for Jerusalem here.

At the center of the Micah scroll is the poem in what we call chapter four.

It's about how in the last days the mountain of the house of Yahweh will be set up as the head

of all mountains and all nations will stream to it and the nations will say, hey,

let's all go up to the mountain of Yahweh.

But it's envisioning a day when this human city, Jerusalem, will become the vehicle of God's

instruction and justice. Today Tim McEnieh, look at how the city of Jerusalem intended to be the city

of God became like the city of Cain. I'm John Collins and you're listening to Bible Project Podcast.

Thanks for joining us. Here we go.

Hey Tim. Hey John. Hi. Hi. All right, we're talking about the city. Yes we are.

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