The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 87:1-7,
"He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you,
city of God:
'I will record Rahab and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush—
and will say, "This one was born in Zion."'
Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
'This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her.'
The Lord will write in the register of the peoples:
'This one was born in Zion.'
As they make music they will sing,
'All my fountains are in you.'"
A part of the intent of this psalm has to be to showcase Jerusalem as a type of the church. While the church was unknown to the "Sons of Korah", the Holy Spirit nevertheless inspired the writing of this psalm.
Zion is the location where God exists, it is the place where people are written into "the register of the peoples" when they are born. I can't help but think about how we are written into the Lamb's Book of Life when we are born into his family.
"Nothing impure will ever enter it [the "New Jerusalem", the bride of the Lamb] nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life."
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you,
city of God:
'I will record Rahab and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush—
and will say, "This one was born in Zion."'
Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
'This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her.'
The Lord will write in the register of the peoples:
'This one was born in Zion.'
As they make music they will sing,
'All my fountains are in you.'"
A part of the intent of this psalm has to be to showcase Jerusalem as a type of the church. While the church was unknown to the "Sons of Korah", the Holy Spirit nevertheless inspired the writing of this psalm.
Zion is the location where God exists, it is the place where people are written into "the register of the peoples" when they are born. I can't help but think about how we are written into the Lamb's Book of Life when we are born into his family.
"Nothing impure will ever enter it [the "New Jerusalem", the bride of the Lamb] nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life."
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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