Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action message to Congress urging them to support the agreement. The Christian leaders wrote: "This is a moment to remember the wisdom of Jesus who proclaimed from the Sermon on the Mount, 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God' (). ... There is no question we are all better off with this deal than without it." The letter was coordinated by a Quaker group, the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Signatories to the letter included Jim Wallis of Sojourners; John C. Dorhauer, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ; Shane Claiborne; Adam Estle
Mount of the Congregation Mount of the Congregation The Mount of the Congregation in the Old Testament (), has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with his people (; ) i.e., the mount of the Divine presence, Mount Zion. This position is agreed upon by various Biblical commentators, from Rashi to Matthew Henry. An alternate view is that the King of Babylon must be taken as expressing himself according to his own heathen notions, and not according to those of the Jews. The “mount of the congregation” will therefore in this case mean the northern mountain, supposed by