Psalms 132: 13 For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home. 14 “This is my resting place forever,” he said. “I will live here, for this is the home I desired. 15 I will bless this city and make it prosperous; I will satisfy its poor with food. 16 I will clothe its priests with godliness; its faithful servants will sing for joy. 17 Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people. 18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but he will be a glorious king.”

this is what God proclaims about Jerusalem and the descendants of david.. on the throne but surely after they were taken from the throne too.. 

but we look at Jerusalem and see all the turmoil... look at all the horrific things that have happened to the Israelites.. and still is happening today.. yet some how we think we should never have attrocities happen to us and our nation.. and we are surely not living by the ways of God as a nation in general... 

only God has the power of life and death.. no one can do anything God did not allow.. that is such a hard reality for some people.. to think that God allows terrible things to happen.. but He does.. it is all through the bible.. look at what His own Son lived and died.. and that was a horrific agonizing death.. and we try to sugarcoat it and say He died FOR us.. regardless of that being truth.. it was a horrific death.. and horribly painful... and God allowed it.. even planned it out that way... 

terrible things do not mean God is not in control... maybe He is trying to teach us something about ourselves instead of always looking for what it is saying about someone else.. Maybe we should be looking within..