In Psalm 132, we find a prophetic scripture in which God spoke by the mouth of David about what His intention was concerning Zion. Zion was the seat of David’s rule after he became king over Israel, but prophetically Zion is the name for the Church of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Head and we believers on earth are the Body. So today, Jesus is a corporate unit, He being the Head and we His Church the Body.
No one knew what was in the mind of God the Father regarding dwelling in a spiritual House until David decided he would build a dwelling place for Him. He impressed God by this decision and heart commitment he made while he was still King. He loved God so much that building God a resting place was number one priority on his heart.
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Psa 132:1 A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
Psa 132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psa 132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
Psa 132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Psa 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
I figure that David must have thought a lot about God to have made him arrive at such a decision. His life of fellowship and intimacy with God must have been what made his thoughts to go along these lines. But whatever the reason was, he ended up thrilling God beyond measure. To the intent that God also made a promise to David that He had never made to any man before or since then.
Sa 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest roundabout from all his enemies;
2Sa 7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
2Sa 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
2Sa 7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
2Sa 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
2Sa 7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2Sa 7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
2Sa 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2Sa 7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
2Sa 7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as beforetime,
2Sa 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
2Sa 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2Sa 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
This House is The Church:
The House which God promised to build is Zion, and His Son who will reign forever over this house is Jesus. The way it translates to me is that God had had the Church in His heart; He had purposed to make the Church His Place of abode. David just happened to stumble upon that secret in the heart of God. But did he really just “stumble” upon it?
A few other verses in Psalm 132 read;
Psa 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psa 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Psa 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psa 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psa 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Psa 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
The angel Gabriel who came to announce the coming of Jesus to His birth mother, further attested to the lineage of David through which the child Jesus would come from and confirmed the tenure of His reign as being forever.
We are fortunate to be part of that Church today and are blessed to be a part of that “House” in which God has been pleased to dwell. But David indeed has done his part, the other’s Patriarchs in the Old Testament and saints whose names adorn the pages of the New Testament have run their race and finished with Joy. It is left to us, the end-time church, to finish this whole business in flying colours.
David by intimacy with God brought forth God’s intention to have a people called by His Name who He would inhabit as a dwelling place. We also by studying the scriptures and seeing what God has intended to do can put ourselves in a position where we will live and cooperate with Him to actualize His dream of a DWELLING PLACE.
What has God said about Zion?
Zec 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Notice the phrase “in that day” in this passage. It reminds me of John’s gospel, chapter 16:23 “In that day ye shall ask me nothing …” What day is being referred to here? There is another prophetic scripture in Isaiah 27:1-2 which starts with this same phrase,
“Isa 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isa 27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.”
This phrase is referring to no other day but that in which we are living right now. The day of the Lord. The day when these prophetic words will become relevant to the spiritual seed to whom it was directed. More than ever before, God desires to inhabit His HOUSE, the Church. Can we do what David did? Can we upon whom the Spirit of grace and supplication will be poured, stay in the place of prayer and intercession until God will make good to us what He promised to our fathers of faith? Can we endear our hearts to God as we make His concern ours, promising never to slumber nor give sleep to our eyes until Zion becomes the dwelling place for our God?
Yes we can, for we are the generation upon whom the “ends of the world has come.” We are the sons and daughters to whom God has purposed to send the outpouring of His Spirit in this latter days, the generation that will be priviledged to have the former and the latter rain in the first. It is time for us to arise, time to plough our fallow grounds and seek the Lord until He rains righteousness upon us.
Hos 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
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