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What has Jerusalem to do with Jerusalem?

Psalm 122 calls us to ‘pray for the peace of Jerusalem’ and to seek her good. But how, precisely, is the Christian to do that? Are we to pray for the literal city of Jerusalem, or should we understand the proper noun figuratively, and relate this exhortation to the Church?

Psalm 122 calls us to ‘pray for the peace of Jerusalem’ and to seek her good. But how, precisely, is the Christian to do that? Are we to pray for the literal city of Jerusalem, or should we understand the proper noun figuratively, and relate this exhortation to the Church?