So, they are killing each other again in the streets of Jerusalem. I wonder how one would explain this to people not steeped in prophecy and Biblical history? After all, Jerusalem is not a strategic city from a military or economic standpoint, not a major port city, not the capital of a superpower, no real wealth to speak of, in short, no real reason to fight over it, no reason the Israelis and Palestinians can't just share the land. It's only in the religious and spiritual context that the conflict even begins to make sense. This recent quote from Dave Hunt sums things up nicely:

"The very fact that Jerusalem is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible makes it worthy of special attention. This unique city is the only one upon which God has bestowed His distinctive blessing and protection (Ps132:13-14), and the only city for whose peace we are commanded to pray (Ps 122:6). God says He has chosen Jerusalem as the place where He has put His name forever (2 Chr 6:6; 33:7; Ps 46:4; 48:1-8; 87:3). The new heavens and new earth will contain "the city of my God...new Jerusalem" (Rv 3:12; 21:2). That there will be a "heavenly Jerusalem" (Heb 12:22) but no "heavenly" New York, Paris, London, Damascus, Cairo, etc. speaks volumes."