Psalm 87
This is a Psalm of the sons of Korah - it seems to be in praise of Jerusalem, though seen through either rose tinted glasses or from a spiritual realm.
Have you ever read the Narnia books by CS Lewis? I first read them when I was young and still love them. In the final book, the last battle the characters are forced through a stable door to discover the land of Narnia on the other side- but a more perfect Narnia with all the characters from the earlier books.
Aslan (the metaphor for Jesus) tells them that they are in heaven where no good thing is ever lost and invites all the people to come "further up and further in" to the great adventure that is heaven.
Even on the earthly plane that we inhabit, Jerusalem is a unique city - it is holy in 3 of the worlds major religions, the psalm records Rahab and Babylon, the lands of the Philistines, Tyre and Cush as places and people who acknowledge God.
It is interesting that Jesus was not actually born in Jerusalem - and wept over Jerusalem as he entered for the last time.
I find it hard to get enthusiastic about cities.
I don't feel any more British having been born in the Capital city than my brother who was born in Hastings....
In the scheme of things I guess it is where God is present that makes a place special - that can be a bustling city, but just as easily a remote hermitage.
This is a Psalm of the sons of Korah - it seems to be in praise of Jerusalem, though seen through either rose tinted glasses or from a spiritual realm.
Have you ever read the Narnia books by CS Lewis? I first read them when I was young and still love them. In the final book, the last battle the characters are forced through a stable door to discover the land of Narnia on the other side- but a more perfect Narnia with all the characters from the earlier books.
Aslan (the metaphor for Jesus) tells them that they are in heaven where no good thing is ever lost and invites all the people to come "further up and further in" to the great adventure that is heaven.
Even on the earthly plane that we inhabit, Jerusalem is a unique city - it is holy in 3 of the worlds major religions, the psalm records Rahab and Babylon, the lands of the Philistines, Tyre and Cush as places and people who acknowledge God.
It is interesting that Jesus was not actually born in Jerusalem - and wept over Jerusalem as he entered for the last time.
I find it hard to get enthusiastic about cities.
I don't feel any more British having been born in the Capital city than my brother who was born in Hastings....
In the scheme of things I guess it is where God is present that makes a place special - that can be a bustling city, but just as easily a remote hermitage.
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